Fort Pickett

Named in honor of Confederate Maj. Gen. George Edward Pickett upon its creation in 1942, Camp Pickett was dedicated to the cause of a "reunited nation at war." Established as a 46,000-acre World War II Army installation, Camp Pickett was ...

The Great Inland Seaway

For over sixty million years during the Cretaceous Period, much of eastern Montana was underwater, covered by an vast inland sea. As the Rocky Mountains formed to the west, it created a broad, flat coastal plain that was home to ...

Harker's Brigade

Sheridan's Division

Harker's Brigade.

Sheridan's Division - Granger's Corps.

Col. Charles G. Harker.

Nov. 25th, 1863.

22d Illinois - Lieut. Col. Francis Swanwick.

27th Illinois - Col. Jonathan R. Miles.

42d Illinois - Col. N. Walworth.

42d Illinois - Capt. Albert M. Tilton.

51st Illinois - Maj. Charles W. ...

Central State Hospital

Established in 1869 in temporary quarters at Howard's Grove near Richmond. In 1870 it came under control of the State. In 1885 it was moved to the present location, the site of "Mayfield Plantation", which was purchased and donated to ...

The Matton Shipyard

The Matton Shipyard

John E. Matton built his shipyard here on Van Schaick Island in 1916, shortly after the new Barge Canal opened. Besides building barges and tugboats, the shipyard serviced and repaired the boats that travelled both the Erie ...

The First Governor

Buried in the Winthrop family tomb are 11 members of the Winthrop family. Puritan leader John Winthrop the Elder (1588-1649) was the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the founder of Boston. In 1629 he was elected governor ...

Site: Henderson’s Mill

Some 300 ft N.W. stood the ante and post bellum grist mill owned and operated by Greenville Henderson (1792-1869) and his son Rufus (1823-1872). The flat, left and rt. of this road was the mill pond area; the mill was ...

Architectural Gems on the Riverfront

The Milwaukee County Historical Society (5 above) was built in 1913 to house the Second Ward Savings Bank. The triangular Beaux Arts limestone building is notable for its arched windows, Ionic columns and carved decorations.

Milwaukee City Hall (6 ...

Old School Baptist Church

1819

The Locktown Stone Church was built in 1819 by the Kingwood Baptists, placed on the National Register in 1973, purchased in 1979 by Donald B. Jones and donated to Delaware Township, and restored in 1995 by the Friends of the ...

B.B. Comer Hall, 1908

Named for Braxton Bragg Comer (1848-1927), Governor of Alabama (1907-1911).

As a member of the University's Corp of Cadets in 1865, Comer witnessed the burning of the campus by Federal troops. Later, as Governor, he strongly supported education and helped secure ...