Union Firepower

Steep terrain on both flanks of the Union line funneled the Confederate attackers into the face of 29 Union cannon lining this ridge. Six 12-pounder Napoleon guns of Company A, 5th U.S. Artillery, fired from near this spot.

During the afternoon ...

Homeland of the Kanza Indians

As early as the 1600s, the Kanza (or Kaw) Indians migrated from their home east of the Mississippi River and up the Missouri River into what is now northeastern Kansas. In the 1700s, the Kanza occupied two villages on the ...

Site of Eames Massacre

Here stood the home of

Thomas Eames,

burned by the Indians in

King Philip’s War Feb. 1, 1676.

His wife and five children

were slain and four carried

into captivity.

—

This memorial

is placed by his descendants

A.D. 1900

Marker is on Chatauqua Avenue when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Hope Fire Station

Directly across this street stands the Hope Fire Station, oldest fire station in Harrisburg and one of the oldest in the U.S. It was originally owned by the Hope Fire Company, which was organized in 1814, and which built this ...

First African-American Church Built in Wisconsin

St. Mark African Methodist Episcopal Church, the first African-American church built in Wisconsin, once stood on this site. The property was purchased in 1869, the year the congregation was organized. Construction on the St. Mark A.M.E. church began in November ...

Borchert Field/The Milwaukee Bears Negro National League 1923

Borchert Field

Borchert Field, home to Milwaukee professional baseball for over 60 years, was located between W. Burleigh, W. Chambers, N. 7th, and N. 8th Streets. Known originally as Athletic Park when it opened on May 20, 1888, the ballpark ...

First Meeting Place of Washington Lodge No. 37 F.&A.M.

This tablet marks the site

of the first meeting place

of Washington Lodge No. 37

F.&A.M.

1822 --- 1922

Marker is at the intersection of Pleasant Street and Water Street, on the left when traveling south on Pleasant Street.

First Corps

Army of the Potomac

Army of the Potomac

First Corps

Major General John F. Reynolds

Major General Abner Doubleday

Major General John NewtonFirst Division Brigadier General James S. Wadsworth

Second Division Brigadier General John C. Robinson

Third Division Brigadier General Thomas A. Rowley, Major General Abner Doubleday

Artillery ...

Fight in Ray's Cornfield

Wilson's Creek

John Ray watched the first stage of the Union defeat from the porch behind you. At 6:30 in the morning, August 10, 1861, soldiers appeared in his cornfield. The cornfield is the fenced high ground in front of you, ...

The Ray Family

Wilson's Creek

The Ray House is the only park structure on its original site that dates back to the Battle of Wilson's Creek. Postmaster and farmer John Ray built it in the 1850s. For ten years it served as the Wilson's ...