Virginia Estelle Randolph

The daughter of parents born in slavery, Virginia Randolph (1874-1958) taught in a one-room schoolhouse beginning in 1892. A gifted teacher, she became in 1908 the nation's first Jeanes Supervising Industrial Teacher, a position sponsored by the Anna T. Jeanes ...

Ricketts' Division, First Army Corps

U.S.A.

Ricketts' Division, First Army Corps,

Brig. Gen. James B. Ricketts, Commanding.

September 16, 1862.

Ricketts' Division crossed the Antietam at the Sumner Bridge on the afternoon of Sept. 16, and moved in a westerly direction toward the Smoketown Road.

At 6 p.m., Meade's Division ...

Seminole-Negro Indian Scout Detachment

1870-1914

[insignias of the "United States Scouts", the Indian Wars and the United States Army are included along the top of the marker]

Fathers, sons, and brothers served side-by-side, each new generation becoming Scouts. Soldiering and scouting came naturally to these men ...

McIntyre Building

The McIntyre Building was constructed in 1908–1909 for William H. McIntyre, Sr. who became wealthy after the development of his mammoth mine in Utah’s Tintic Mining District. This building, designed by Richard K. A. Kletting and constructed of reinforced concrete, ...

Elephant Butte Dam

Pueblo Indians irrigated and farmed the Rio Grande Valley for several hundred years before the Spaniards arrived and continued the tradition. Built between 1910-1916, Elephant Butte Dam when completed was the world's largest irrigation reservoir. It was the first large-scale ...

Chapel of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Tem

This chapel designed by Maximilien Godefroy represents a unique combination of French Gothic and classical architecture; it was built of English brick and trimmed with Acquia Creek sandstone and stucco. The cornerstone was dedicated by Bishop Carroll on June 16, ...

"Lokies" boost coal production ...

Made in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, this battery powered locomotive or "lokie," hauled cars full of anthracite coal from the mine's depths to the surface for processing in the coal breaker. "Lokies," replaced mules in the transportation of coal out of the ...

Student Voices

College Green has served as a forum for the voices of Ohio University's students throughout its history. Whether supporting civil rights, advocating for the abolishment of women's curfews, or in protest, students have and will continue to play a vital ...

The Rough Riders Passed By Here

On June 3, 1898, when Tampa was a cluster of old weather beaten houses floating on an ocean of sand, Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders disembarked from their seven train convoy in Ybor City, five miles from Tampa City ...

A Well-furnished Store

"Those who have occassion to stop at Council Grove, on the Santa Fe Road, will do well to 'put up' with Charles A. Gilkey [Hays' hotel clerk]...[?] host of the Hayes House. [They]...cannot but help feeling quite at home.

- Kansas ...