Earl Douglass

Earl Douglass was born in 1862 in Medford, Minnesota. Although Douglass did not begin collecting fossils in earnest until in his early 30s, his interest in the sciences, especially geology, dated to his boyhood. As a young man, he ...

J. Earle Bowden Building

Constructed in the 1930s, The industrial building known today as the J. Earle Bowden Building has passed through many hands over the years. Local business owner John M. Pfeiffer sold the lot to E. J. Moore in 1946.who opened the ...

Early Industry

On Short Mountain, 7.1 mi., Henry Hoover & John Beeson established a millstone and grindstone factory in 1806. An inscription on a bluff of the mountain, and discarded fragments of stone mark the spot.

Marker is at the intersection of West ...

Camp Ford - Early Days as a Prison Camp

During the winter of 1863-64 the camp housed only about 170 prisoners, mostly officers. Life was generally

pleasant and the men were well treated. Prison crafts and endeavors flourished. Fairly substantial log cabins were

erected. Streets were laid out ...

Fayetteville's Earliest Methodist Church

Fayettevilles’ earliest

Methodist Church

Stood on this site

1840 – 1899

The Methodist Episcopal Church in Fayetteville was organized in 1832. The modest frame building of 1840, destroyed by fire during the Civil War, was replaced by a brick structure in 1868 as the ...

Early Belleville / Library Park

(side 1)

Early Belleville

Finding a mill site on the Sugar River, founder John Frederick settled here in 1845. His mill prompted "Yankee" settlement and a village developed with a hotel/tavern, blacksmith, harness maker and general store.

In 1847 an ...

Roddis Line – Early Logging

Iron County Heritage Area

America saw the vast forests of the Great lakes as an endless supply of the timber needed to settle the west. Farmers, factories and mills needed wood for fuel and building materials.

Men came to the northern forests ...

Lord Thomas Howard, Earl of Effingham

The City and County

of Effingham

erect and dedicate

this monument to the

memory of

Lord Thomas Howard

Earl of Effingham

who with courage and loyalty

to his principles

of freedom and justice

resigned his commission as

deputy marshal of

His Majesty George III

of England

rather than draw his sword

against the American Colonies

in ...

Early Day Wood Beam Walking Hand Plow

This plow was donated to the museum by Mr. and Mrs. Leslie E. Nelson, of Hurricane,

Utah.

History of the plow is from Mr. Nelson’s grandmother, Hulda Ellertson Kay, who was housekeeper for Apostle Hyde during the period of 1875.

The Nelson family ...

Early's Washington Raid

Diverting Federal Forces, July 1864

In mid-June 1864, Confederate Gen. Jubal A. Early's corps drove Union Gen. David Hunter's army into West Virginia after the Battle of Lynchburg. On June 23 Early launched an incursion through Maryland against Washington, D.C., to ...