Along the Zimmerman Trail

Zimmerman Trail - The History by Artist John Potter.

The original Zimmerman Trail was built during the summers of 1890 and 1891 by the brothers Joseph and Frank Zimmerman, born in Fellering, (Alsace-Lorraine) Germany. Joseph immigrated to the United States in ...

Site of Fort Brown

One of a chain of posts built

along the Auglaize River by

General William Henry Harrison

in his campaigns against the

British and Indians in the

War of 1812.

Presented to the State of

Ohio in the Sesquicentennial

Year of Statehood. By the

Monument builders of Ohio, Inc.

August 16, ...

Overfalls Lightship

Lewes Maritime History Trail

The Lightship Overfalls is one of the 179 ships

that servrd as floating lighthouses on America's

three coasts and the Great Lakes between 1820

and 1985. Lightships were used where it was not

feasible to build a ...

Pioneer Museum

(Old County Jail)

The Pioneer Museum, located next to the Gallatin County Courthouse at 317 West Main, was the former County jail. Along with many museum exhibits showcasing the history of Gallatin County is an Historical Research Library. The photo archives, ...

Butts Tavern

According to local tradition, the first court meeting for newly formed Greensville County occurred in Butts Tavern two blocks east on 22 Feb. 1781. Built about 1770 at the intersection of Fort Christianna and Halifax Roads for William Edwards, the ...

Robert Hicks

Robert Hicks was born about 1658. By the 1690s he lived at Fort Henry near Petersburg and led traders to the Indians on the southern frontier. About 1709 he moved here to the future site of Hicksford (present-day Emporia) and ...

Milwaukee's Miraculous Mallard

In the spring of 1945, the image of a mallard duck named Gertie nesting atop a rotting oak piling in downtown Milwaukee helped cheer a weary nation during the final days of World War II.

The Milwaukee Journal published ...

Trail Through Time

To the Headwaters

First Peoples utilized the valley for over 11,000 years before the arrival of Lewis & Clark, and the others that would follow. Trails brought cattle and homesteaders to an agricultural paradise. The military followed, defending settlers, consuming local ...

North Battery

Between 1875 and 1876, the army built this installation for heavy guns, known as the North Battery, to strengthen the military effectiveness of Fort Trumbull. Designed for five cannon aimed toward the water, the battery contained four gun platforms located ...

House Ruins

An island entrepreneur or owner likely resided in this 2 1/2-story house which once stood on this foundation. Owners and workers both resided on the island. Other dwellings included four large 2-story structures, five 2-story brick tenements, and five 1 ...