Stratford Junior High School

On February 2, 1959, Stratford Jr. High became the first racially integrated school in Virginia. The long battle to integrate Virginia's public schools followed the U.S. Supreme Court's 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education, which held that racially ...

Great Buffalo Trace

On July 16th, 1773, James McAfee, George McAfee, Robert McAfee, James McCoun, Jr., Samuel Adams, and Hancock Taylor, following the Buffalo Trace from Big Bone Lick, crossed the Kentucky River at this point and made the first survey upon it. ...

Saint Patrick's Church

Established 1833

by Bishop Leo De Neckere, C.M.

This church, completed in 1840

during the pastorate of

Father James I. Mullon,

is the oldest parish church

outside the French Quarter.

In 1850

St. Patrick's served

as pro-cathedral

while the St. ...

Woodcock-Hatch-Maxcy House

Top PlaqueThis marker

is given by

Massachusetts Society

Daughters of the American Colonists

in recognition of

The role this historic building played

in the area's early growth

presented: September 13 1969

Bottom Plaque

Woodcock-Hatch-Maxcy House

Historic District

has been place on the

National Register of Historic Places

by the United States

Department ...

The Battle of Cape Porpoise (Goat Island)

August 8, 1782, a British ship of 18 guns attacked a small force of inhabitants gathered on Goat Island and was driven away by severe musket fire, losing 17 men. Lieut. James Burnham of this town was killed.

This tablet was ...

First Congregational United Church of Christ

The First Congregational Church was organized in the Public Hall at Vanville (later renamed Bloomer) Chippewa County on November 20, 1868. In 1870, lots 4 and 5 of block 4 of the Town of Bloomer were donated by Mr. Samuel ...

Galveston Historical Foundation

In 1871, twelve men formed the Galveston Historical Society to preserve the history of Texas by collecting important documents. The group and its archive grew, but in 1880, the secretary died, telling no one where to find the collection. In ...

American National Insurance Company

Founded in 1905 by Galveston business pioneer W. L. Moody, Jr. (1865-1954), American National opened for business on third floor of the Moody Building at 22nd and Strand streets in Galveston. At that time the home office staff numbered ten. ...

Lincoln National Memorial Highway

From the site of the Lincoln cabin on the Sangamon three miles south of here, to the Wabash River opposite Vincennes, the Lincoln National Memorial Highway follows substantially the route taken by the Lincoln family in their migration from Indiana ...

Civilian Conservation Corps (C. C. C.) Camp 1935~1940

This rock entrance is all that remains of Camp Ala. SP-16, 3486 and Camp Ala. TVA-7, 3483 which were built here due to available water. They were part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's conservation projects. When WW II started the ...