First Congregational Church of Ripon

This property has been

placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is on Ransom Street 0.1 miles south of West Fond du Lac Street, on the right when traveling south.

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The Commercial Appeal / Publishing Locations

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The Commercial Appeal

This newspaper began in 1839 as THE WESTERN WORLD & MEMPHIS BANNER OF THE CONSTITUTION. In 1840 Col. Henry Van Pelt bought and renamed it THE MEMPHIS APPEAL. During the Civil War it published on the run ...

Kate and Ella 1895

"Katella Ranch"

Kate and Ella the daughters of the Rea Family were early settlers

of Anaheim. The family named their ranch "Katella Ranch"

after their daughters. The original Anaheim wagon track was

later named after them and is now Katella Ave.

Artist: Ramon G Velazco

June ...

Battle of Hickory Point

In September, 1856, a band of Proslavery men sacked Grasshopper Falls (Valley Falls) and terrorized the vicinity. On the 13th, the Free-State leader James H. Lane with a small company besieged a party of raiders in log buildings at Hickory ...

Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse

Construction of this 4,300-foot long breakwater began in April 1881. Eighteen years, $750,000 and over 732,277 tons of granite later, it was completed on November 24, 1899. The lighthouse dates from 1902 and was placed on the National Register of ...

State Hospital

Opened in 1889, grew from 40 patents to 10,000 by 1954. Inc. nursing school, farm, power & train depots. Closed October 10, 1996.

Marker is at the intersection of Carlton Avenue (County Route 17) and Smith Street, on the left ...

The Oates Building

    The Oates Building is a prime example of Florida "Boom Time" architecture, expressed in the Mediterranean Revival style. Built in 1925 by Mr. Alvah Y. Oates, the building was designed by noted Florida and local architect E.C. Hosford. Originally ...

The Casemate - Key to Fort Design

If you were to visit the nation's masonry forts built during the Fort Knox era, you would see many features common to most of them. One such feature is the casemate, a large enclosed space with a high, arched ceiling ...

The Mormon Battalion in the Oklahoma Panhandle

From September 23 through 27, 1846, the Mormon Battalion crossed the northwestern portion of the Oklahoma panhandle. The little army's 500-plus volunteers, recruited for the Mexican War, were enlisted near Council Bluffs, Iowa, from among the first company of Mormon ...

Gibson County Confederate Memorial

Erected to the memory of our Confederate Soldiers by the Russell-Hill Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.

"Lest We Forget"

Marker is at the intersection of Eaton Street (Tennessee Route 104, 77) and College Street (U.S. 45), on the ...