Palace and Savoy Hotels

Standing kitty corner to the Missoula County Courthouse are the historic Palace and Savoy hotels. Unlike most turn-of-the-century hotels in Missoula that were built within a few blocks of the railroad, the impressive, five-story 1909 Palace Hotel settled instead on ...

Pan American Center

The Pan American Center is located at the west end of the New Mexico State University Campus. It is named after the Pan American Highway, Interstate 25, which is adjacent to the facility.

W.C. Kruger and Associates of Santa Fe ...

Underground Missoula-Hammond Block

In Missoula, Montana, a local, urban archaeological survey is being conducted to see what evidence remains of the puzzling historic underground landscape. This study of Missoula’s subterranean archaeological features includes an analysis and inventory of steam tunnels, sidewalk vaults (spaces ...

Underground Missoula-Crystal Barber Shop

The American West’s urban undergrounds are laced with mystique and lore. Well-known historic undergrounds exist in cities such as Portland, Pendleton, Seattle, Boise, and Butte. Tales exist of secret underground passages to houses of prostitution, Chinese opium dens, and Prohibition-era ...

Celestine Hernandez

Celestine Bonifay Hernandez 1835-1857

The records hold little information about Celestine Bonifay Hernandez. She was born in 1835, the second of five children. Her parents were Faruco, from Florida, and Ysabel, from Lousiana. On April 27th, 1854, at the ...

Frank Sanchez

Frank Sanchez 1835-1877

Little is known of Frank Sanchez, even though he left behind one of the most distinctive markers in the cemetery. Sanchez was born in 1835 in San Antonio, Texas, and died in 1877 in Warrington, Florida. A ...

Francisco Moreno

Don Francisco Moreno 1793-1885

"The King of Pensacola"

Born in Pensacola on November 25th, 1793, Don Francisco Moreno was known as "The King of Pensacola" thanks to his wealth, influence in the community, and impressive number of descendants. Over the 92 ...

Ciriaco Lopez

Ciriaco Lopez 1780-1861

Ciriaco Lopez was born on May 15th, 1794, in Florida. He married a woman fourteen years his junior, Dona Feliciana Ysidra de Madrid, and she gave him a son, Heraldo.

Lopez was active in local politics. ...

Celestino Gonzalez

Celestino Gonzalez 1796-1844

Celestino Gonzalez was born in Pensacola, Florida, in 1796. On the 3rd of July, 1825, he married Paulina Granpera, a New Orleans native born on June 7th, 1800. The ceremony was held at St. Michael's Catholic Church. ...

Fort McRee

At the eastern end of Perdido Key is an area once used by the U.S. Army to defend Pensacola Bay. A three-tiered fort with a detached water battery called Fort McRee was built there between 1834 and 1839.

During the ...