Lewis Kingman Park

Dedicated to Lewis Kingman, born North Bridgewater, Mass., 1845, died Mexico City, 1912.

A civil engineer who pioneered railroad location and construction in the western United States and Mexico.

During 1886-87 he supervised the construction of 1353 miles of railroad.

During the construction ...

Railroad Cats

Cats have been a part of the railroad scene almost since the first rails were laid. Many railroad facilities, such as yard offices, rural stations, and interlocking towers, have had resident cats who have adopted (or let themselves be adopted ...

Thomas' Corps

Route of

night march of

Thomas' corps

Sept. 18, 1863.

Marker is at the intersection of Lee-Gordon Mill Road and Osburn Road, on the right when traveling west on Lee-Gordon Mill Road.

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Major Amos Stoddard

1762 - 1813

Wounded May 1, 1813, on the opening day of the siege of Fort Meigs. Died May 11 of tetanus; buried May 12 in front of the "Grand Battery" on the spot where he received the wound that caused ...

Watermen and Working Harbor

More than a dozen oyster houses ringed the waterfront by the 1870s, some built out into the harbor on pilings. Throughout the winter, local watermen harvested shellfish from the Bay and sold their catch to the packing houses. Shuckers, many ...

Steamboats Give Way to the New Bay Bridge

"There was a wharf where the steamboats came in. Right down at the foot of Prince George Street...The Tolchester boat used to come in and they'd pick up one thing or another, an dbring them all up Prince George Street. ...

Little Red Schoolhouse

Built 1896

This building has been placed on

The National Register of

Historic Places

By the United States Department of the Interior.

Little Red Schoolhouse

Built 1896

Noteworthy for its age and integrity, the "Little Red Schoolhouse" is the only ...

Transportation on the Chesapeake Highway

"...two Ferry boats were procured...we made the mouth of the Severn River but the ignorance of the People on board, with respect to the navigation of it run us aground first on Greenbury Point from whence with much exertion and ...

Soo Terminal Warehouse Limestone Entablature ca. 1912

Illinois Railway Museum obtained the limestone entablature displayed here in 1996. The Soo Line Freight House opened on April 1, 1914. It was located at Roosevelt and Canal in Chicago, Il. The entire complex which covered 11 city blocks was ...

Perry

[ Back of Monument : ]

“We have met the enemy

and they are ours”

Sept. 10th, 1813.

Marker is at the intersection of Touro Street and Touro Ct., on the left when traveling east on Touro Street.

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