Professor Lowe Balloon Landing Site

Spot Where Prof. T. S. C. Lowe famed aeronaut landed Apr. 20, 1861 in Union County, S. C.

After Balloon Flight from Cincinnati, Ohio

800 miles in nine hours

Died 1913 at Pasadena Calif.

Marker is on Pea Ridge Highway (South Carolina ...

The Breakthrough Trail

Pamplin Historical Park

A walk along the Breakthrough Trail is a journey into history! On April 2, 1865, thousands of Union and Confederate soldiers clashed here to determine the fate of Petersburg and Richmond. The Breakthrough Trail leads past many original ...

Christian B. Anfinsen

(1916-1995)

Noted biochemist, born in Monessen. Recipient, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1972 for his pioneering study into the structure of the enzyme called "ribonuclease." A laboratory chief, National Institutes of Health, 1950-1982; he taught at Johns Hopkins University after 1982.

Marker is ...

Butterfield Overland Trail

South Central Region

Overland mail stage line,

St. Louis to San Francisco

1858-1861

Forerunner to the Pony Express

Marker is on Calle de Guadalupe, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Second Brigade

First Division - Cavalry Corps

Army of the Potomac

Cavalry Corps First Division

Second Brigade

Col. Thomas C. Devin

6th. 9th. New York 17th. Pennsylvania

3d. (2 Cos.) West Virginia Cavalry

June 30 Started early for Gettysburg and encountered two Mississippi regiments and a section of artillery ...

The Breakthrough at Hart Farm

The Breakthrough Trail

“… after going through a leaden and war hail storm, thanks to the God of Battles, I am alive and happy. Our Corps charged the enemy’s lines last night, broke their line and drove them out of sight ...

Monona Lake Assembly Normal Hall

D. R. Jones, Architect

This pavilion was built as a 450-seat lecture hall for the Monona Lake Assembly. Established to provide instruction for Sunday school teachers, it soon became a popular summer camp for tourists from throughout the Midwest. As many ...

Battery Saxton

(Front Text):

Battery Saxton, constructed here in 1862, was in the second line of earthworks built by Federal troops occupying Beaufort during the Civil War. Laid out by the 1st New York Engineers with the assistance of black laborers, it held ...

Inner Harbor Lofts

This complex, once three separate structures built between 1886 and 1905, hosed a wide variety of industries. These included a shoe manufacturer, the nation's leading straw hat company, (M.S. Levy), one of the largest lithographers in the south, (Isaac Friedenwald ...

Baltimore Arts Tower

Once known as the Bromo Seltzer Tower, this building is a monument to Captain Isaac Emerson, the imaginative chemist who developed a famous headache remedy, and named it after Mt. Bromo - an active volcano in Java.

Emerson came to ...