Western Reserve Academy

Two months after Ohio became a state in 1803, the Ohio State Assembly gave David Hudson and 12 others the right to found a college. Classes were not held until 1826, when the first building was erected high on a ...

The Texas Western College Miners 1966 Basketball Team

On Saturday, March 19, 1966, riot police in El Paso, Texas, struggled to calm mobs of people moving through city streets. The residents had not taken to the streets in protest, but rather to celebrate. Just hours earlier, the Texas ...

Great Western Divide

Sequoia National Park lies south of Kings Canyon and adjoins it. The park consists of a single unit that rises from the low western foothills to the crest of the Sierra at 14,495- foot- high (4,418- m) Mt. Whitney, the highest ...

Western Historic Trails Center

For his birthday in 1804, Captain Clark wanted beaver meat. The Corps of Discovery co-leader penned an insightful journal entry while camped at present day Council Bluffs on August 1: “This being my birthday I order'd a Saddle of fat Vennison, ...

Western and Atlantic Railroad Zero Milepost

The Zero Milepost stands as a reminder of the early railroad days and the birth of the city of Atlanta. This stone milepost marks the southeastern terminus of the Western and Atlantic Railroad. It was this railroad that provided the ...

The Western District Courthouse

Eureka Springs was incorporated on Valentine's Day in 1880. At that time, the only courthouse was in the county seat of Berryville, some 12 miles to the east. This was a great distance at the time, the roads were bad, ...

Union, Western Virginia

History All Around

The Confederate Monument, dedicated in 1901 to honor the local men who served the South, is up the walkway to your left. Thirteen Confederate companies were formed here in Monroe County.

From the top of the hill, behind ...

Bass Reeves - Lawman on the Western Frontier

Bass Reeves, a slave born in Arkansas and reared in Texas, rose to become one of the best known and effective deputy U.S. marshals to ride out of Fort Smith for Judge Isaac C. Parker. Recognized as one of the ...

Northwestern National Insurance Company

Erected in 1906 and designated in 1970 as a landmark of the City of Milwaukee by the Milwaukee Landmarks Commission in recognition of its architectural and historical significance to the community.

Marker is at the intersection of East Wisconsin Avenue ...

Chicago and North Western Depot

Packers Heritage Trail

The Chicago & North Western Depot was the Packer's usual port of call for road trips over nearly four decades. And often those trips started or ended, or both, with a party thrown by the team's ever-faithful ...