Eagle Harbor Superfund Site

The Pacific Creosoting Plant/Wyckoff Facility was formerly one of the largest creosote plants in the world. Its products were used in major construction projects such as the Northern Pacific Railway and the Panama Canal. The plant has been a Superfund ...

Deffenbacher-Weagle House

Eva Laura Deffenbacher, another child of “Grandpa” Fred Deffenbacher, married Fred Weagle and lived in this home. Also built in 1910, this house is a Foursquare 19th/20th American Movements / Classic Box.

Bald Eagles

Though no historical information exists on Bald Eagle population size in California, it is widely thought that this species formerly occupied a widespread range and was quite abundant throughout the western states. After World War II, ...

Eagles Auditorium Building

On February 6, 1898, a group of theater managers met to discuss some business matters. The men decided to take a walk along the tide flats, and upon reaching the shipyards, settled upon some pilings, where the conversation took a ...

Eagles

Lords of the Air

To the Plains Indians, the eagle was a lord of the air, symbolizing both ferocity and purity. It flies high in the atmosphere where the air is the clearest and where, in the belief of many Indians, ...

Monteagle Sunday School Assembly

MSSA differed from other Chautauquas and is significant is that it was ecumenical from the beginning. Known as the Chautauqua of the South, it has conducted annual assemblies for religious and educational programs without interruption since 1883. In 1982, MSSA ...

National Historic Landmark - Eagle Island Camp

National Historic Landmark - Eagle Island Camp

Adirondack Camps had a strong and lasting influence on the design of rustic buildings developed in the national and state park systems during the 20th century.

Developed from 1903-1920, the Eagle Island Camp represents the ...

Old Abe the War Eagle

In the Spring of 1861 a band of hungry Chippewa Indians came to the McCann farm just across the river from here and traded a young eagle for corn. The eagle became a family pet. When Company C, 8th Wisconsin ...

Wilkeson Eagles Building 100th Anniversary

On this Hundredth year of the Wilkeson Eagles Building we dedicate this plaque to all the Fraternal Orders that have called it home. We also want to recognize the past and present members of these groups that have helped preserve ...

War Eagle Mills

Sylvanus Blackburn came to the War Eagle in 1832. By 1838 he had a saw mill, a grist mill, and a house. Peter Van Winkle came about 1850. By 1860, this was a thriving crossroads.

March 8, 1862, Generals Van Dorn ...