Madison Junction, Wyoming

August 23 - Nez Perce camp near tourists

On the night of August 23, a group of tourists camped in the Park became worried about the Nez Perce moving through the region. However, a scout assured the tourists that they ...

Madison River, Wyoming

August 23- Nez Perce enter Yellowstone

On August 14, nine days before the Nez Perce arrived, a party of tourists from Radersburg, Montana, passed here on their way to the Lower Geyser Basin where they set up their main camp ...

The Nez Perce Reach the Madison River

After spending one day at Henry_s Lake, the Nez Perce departed on August 22. They crossed the 7,072 foot Targhee Pass and descended to the Madison River. They then began a journey through the Yellowstone wilderness, an area revered by ...

Madison Historic District

The Georgetown neighborhood, located in Madison, Indiana, on the Ohio River, became home to African Americans as early as the 1820s. The unique feature about this neighborhood is that the homes, churches, and environment that the freedom seekers, conductors, ...

Madison Club

Frank Riley, Architect

The Madison Club, Madison's premiere social club, was designed in the Georgian Revival style by master Madison architect Frank Riley. Artfully executed in red brick with concrete classical ornament including columns, friezes, portico and urns, the building is ...

Old Madison

The first county seat of Bledsoe Co., was here. Buildings included a log jail on the hillock to the southeast. Members of its first court were Jno. Tollet, Jno. Narramore, Jesse McKinney, Michael Rawlings, Jos. Hoge, Jas. Standiver, Timothy Hixon, ...

Madison Starke Perry

1814- 1865

Planter, Legislator, Governor, Soldier

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Madison Starke Perry, born in Lancaster County, S.C., moved to Alachua County, Florida and became a prosperous planter. His plantation was located about six miles east of Gainesville in the area of ...

Treasures of Madison County Museum and Genealogical Library

Located in the restored 1890s W.T. Davis Building, these organizations promote the cultural heritage of Madison County through artifact, photographic, and genealogical collections. In their collections are copies of historic photographs, Civil War letters, and a journal from Madison County ...

Madison

During the Civil War, Madison was an important stop on the Pensacola and Georgia Railroad for the transportation of

Confederate soldiers and war materials as well as cotton and foodstuffs from Middle Florida's rich agricultural lands. Several

Confederate camps for the ...

National Historic Landmark - Madison Museum

Madison Junction Trailside Museum

Built between 1929-31, the architect tried to make his designs harmonize with their surrounding landscapes. They are the best structures of rustic design in the National Park System and they served as the models for hundreds of ...