Powers Bluff

The Indians named Powers Bluff Tah-qua-kik, and was for some years the home of three tribes of Indians; the Chippewa, the Potawatomi, and the Winnebago. Local historians say that some of the Potawatomi lived here as early as 1866. They ...

Adapting Power

The Raceway and Earlier Uses of the Site

This raceway brought water from the James River and Kanawha Canal to power waterwheels, and later turbines, that drove machinery. During its earliest use, the raceway contained at least two overshot waterwheels that ...

Geological History of Powers Bluff

Powers Bluff is a worn down peak of an ancient mountain range which once covered northern Wisconsin. In geology it is known as monadnock. It is comprised almost entirely of solid metamorphic rock called quartzite.

Powers Bluff originated eons ago at ...

Police Memorial

In Memory of

Left Panel

Captain

Roy Huskey

Rutherford County

Sheriff's Department

Born May 25, 1931

Shot and killed in the

line of duty in rural

Rutherford County

May 31, 1979

Center Panel

Trooper

R.L. "Pete

Peterson

N.C. State

Highway Patrol

Born January 29, 1942

shot and killed in the

line of duty in rural

Rutherford County

May ...

Historic Falls Portage

Under Four Nations

Portage Road, constructed on an old Indian trail,

was used to transport goods around the falls from

the Lewiston Landing to Fort Schlosser on the

upper river. It held the key to governing the

entire Great Lakes area and the

Mississippi-Ohio valleys. The ...

Oak Ridge Public School

Opened 1925

The Oak Ridge Public School had a capacity for 123 students and served grades 1-8. The structure contained six classrooms and had two indoor flush toilets, but no cafeteria or gymnasium. The center of the original building included a ...

North Star Mine Powerhouse

The North Star Powerhouse, built by A.D. Foote in 1895, was the first complete water powered compressed air transmission plant of its kind. Compressed air, generated by Pelton Water Wheels, furnished power for the entire mine operation. The 30 foot ...

Danish Dairy Cooperative

On March 28, 1885 one of Wisconsin's first incorporated creameries was organized as the Luck Creamery Company. The "Organization Artikler" were published in Danish in the Polk County Press on November 18, 1885, and printed in English about a month ...

First Army Corps

Anderson's Brigade, Meade's Division

U.S.A.

First Army Corps.

Anderson's Brigade, Meade's Division

Lieut. Col. Robert Anderson, 9th Penn. Reserve,

Commanding.

Organization.

9th, 10th,11th, and 12th Pennsylvania Reserves.

(September 17, 1862.)

Anderson's Brigade advanced from the North Woods about 6:30 a.m. in support of Doubleday's Division engaged on either side ...

Howard Automobile Company

Frederick Reimers, Architect, 1930, Hayashida Architects, 2006

City of Berkeley Landmark

designated in 1983

This Zig-Zag Moderne building, designed for the sale and servicing of Buick automobiles, captures the glamour, rising affluence, and sophistication of the post-World War I era. Charles Howard, who ...