Hoover Dam Turbine Runner

This cast steel turbine runner (water wheel), which is 14.2 feet in diameter and weighs over 34 tons, powered the N-7 generator at Hoover Dam Power Plant from 1944 to 1982. The function of a turbine runner is to convert ...

Allen Miller House

Allen and Clarissa Miller had their house built shortly after purchasing this double lot in 1855 for $650. They and their three young children shared the house with Clarissa's brother, James Keys, and his wife. At the time, Miller was ...

Mary Lincoln's Circle of Friends

Mary Lincoln formed lasting friendships with women in her neighborhood, including Julia Sprigg and Hanna Shearer, and exchanged a lively correspondence with many out-of-town relatives and friends.Julia Sprigg lived in the house behind you and was a widow with children. ...

Julia Sprigg House

Mrs. Sprigg, a widow, purchased this house in 1853 and used it as a residence for herself and her children until 1869.She became close friends with her neighbor, Mrs. Lincoln; Mrs. Sprigg's daughter often babysat for the younger Lincoln boys.

Marker ...

Charles Corneau House

This was the residence of Lincoln's friend, Charles Corneau, a Springfield druggist. Historic records show that the Lincoln family purchased such items as "Cough Candy," "Castor Oil," and "Hair Balsam" at the Corneau and Diller drugstore. Like Lincoln, Corneau was ...

The Old Spanish Trail – Armijo's Route

On January 8, 1830, the first pack train to pass from Santa Fe, New Mexico to Los Angles crossed Las Vegas Valley. Antonio Armijo, a merchant in Santa Fe, commanded the train and roughly sixty men. The successful completion of ...

Battle of Fort Sullivan

[Side A]

On June 28, 1776, a British and Loyalist force seeking to capture Charleston advanced to Sullivan's Island with 9 ships and 2,500-3,000 infantry. The American defenders, 435 men under Col. William Moultrie of the 2nd S.C. Regiment, ...

Alexander Wilson

Teacher in Piedmont area from 1819 to 1867; operated own school in Alamance County, 1851 - 67. Home is 1 mile, grave is 3½ miles northeast.

Marker is at the intersection of State Highway 54 and State Highway 119, on the ...

77th Pennsylvania Infantry

Kirk's Brigade - McCook's Division

U.S.

Army of the Ohio.

77th Pennsylvania Infantry,

Kirk's (5th) Brigade,

McCook's (2d) Division.

This regiment was detached from its brigade, sent to the left, and became engaged in Review Field about noon April 7th, 1862. It advanced to this place ...

Hempstead Historic District

Free African Americans have lived and worked in this neighborhood since colonial times. In the 1840s both blacks and whites bought home (some still standing) through the efforts of abolitionist and developer, Savillion Haley. Travelers on the Underground Railroad were ...