Frances Albrier

(1898-1987)

It was just automatic for me to stand up and tell a person, “You’re wrong. You’re mistreating me. You’re discriminatory. Why don’t you give me a chance?”

Great generosity coupled with anger at injustice guided the life of Frances Albrier. In ...

The Medal of Honor at Gettysburg

The U.S. Army Medal of Honor was created in July 1862. The only standards for earning a medal were "gallantry in action" or other "soldierly qualities." With such vague criteria some courageous actions were recognized but many others went unrewarded.

The ...

Oxford Hotel and Annex

Lower Downtown Walking Tour

1891

The Oxford Hotel, built in 1891, is Denver's Oldest Hotel. Bankrolled by Brewer Adolph Zang and his partners Philip Feldhauser and William Mygatt, the hotel was designed by Denver's greatest 19th century architect, Frank E. Edbrooke. Through ...

Death of Lt. Meigs

The Heavy Hand of War

The death of Union Lt. John R. Meigs, near the granite marker on the hill in front of you, unleashed a firestorm of retaliation. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, erroneously told that civilian “bushwhackers” had killed Meigs, ...

"The Isolated and Advanced Position" of the 8th Ohio Infantry

"I received an order... to move my regiment...to the front of our position...and to hold my line to the last man."

Lt. Col. Franklin Sawyer, 8th Ohio

At 4:00 p.m. on July 2nd the 209 men of the 8th Ohio were ordered ...

Balsar House / I.O.O.F Hall

[Three small markers are mounted on the front of the building:]

Marker 1:

Balsar House

A hotel built in 1850 by

Madam Balsar

Remodeled for an opera house in 1870. Restored by the Independent Order Odd Fellows and used as a meeting place by fraternal ...

Signs From The Past

Wilson's Creek

The surrounding young forest can tell us much. Agriculture has long dominated the landscape. Nearby, John Gibson's horsedrawn plow broke ground for an oat field. Later, tractors would shape and alter the countryside. In the course of this evolution ...

23rd Ohio Infantry

(Front Inscription):

OHIO

23d Infantry

Commanded by

Major James M. Comly

Hugh Ewing's (1st) Brigade

Kanawha Division

Ninth Army Corps

Army of the Potomac

(Rear Inscription):

This Regiment with its Brigade crossed the Ford of Antietam Creek in the afternoon of Sept. 17, 1862, and held this position until the ...

Death of Lt. Meigs

Deadly Encounter

Here on the old Swift Run Gap Road on the evening of October 3, 1864, Union Lt. John Rodgers Meigs was killed in a fight with three Confederate scouts guided by local resident Pvt. Benjamin F. “Frank” Shaver, 1st ...

Birthplace of the University Of Georgia

Meeting Place of Legislature in 1785

Directly across Bay Street from this marker formerly stood the brick building. Built in late colonial days and known as the “Coffee House.” In which the Legislature of Georgia met in 1785. Owned by Thomas ...