The Bayshore Boulevard

In 1907, Alfred Swann and Eugene Holtsinger constructed the original section of seawall and roadway extending from Swann Avenue to Rome Avenue. This initial section, which was called Bayshore Drive, served Suburb Beautiful, the first residential development along the bayshore. ...

Central Railroad & Bank Bldg.

Georgia Historical Society records

show that this building, built in 1853

for the Central Railroad & Bank was

confiscated by Gen. Wm. T. Sherman's

Union Army Forces as the military

hdqrs. of the Post Commandant, Gen.

J.W. Geary during the ...

The Valley of Death

July 2, 1863 - Second Day

"The night of July 2d was bright moonlight but it seemed to me there were spirits flitting from Little Round Top to Devil's Den and back, all night; and as I lay awake, the only ...

The abrupt end of Fort Miles

The Army started dismantling Fort Miles before it was even finished – not in the face of enemy invasion but because advances in warfare made it instantly obsolete. In fact, as early as 1943, construction of the entire nationwide Harbor ...

Dillon County / Dillon County Courthouse

Originally in colonial Craven County, this area became part of Georgetown District, 1769; Liberty County, 1785; Marion District, 1798; and Marion County, 1868. The movement to separate this county from upper Marion County began some years before the General Assembly ...

Curt Richter, Ph. D.

1894-1988

Discoverer of biorhythms / the biological clock. Head of Johns Hopkins psychobiology laboratory.

Garry Moore

1915-1993

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Host of 1950s and 1960s

television variety shows.

Marker is on West Lafayette Avenue near Bolton Street, on the right when traveling ...

Auditorium Building

Adler and Sullivan, architects

The extraordinary engineering talent of Dankmar Adler and the architectural genius of Louis Sullivan created this building to reflect the cultural maturity of Chicago. Combining hotel and office space with a splendid theater, the Auditorium was a ...

Business Boomed at Big Bull Falls

The earliest American settlers were drawn to Big Bull Falls for the timber business, but other businesses soon sprouted. Lumbermen and their families needed supplies and services. Soon after George Stevens built the first sawmill Wausau began to grow.

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John Sutter Landing

On the south bank of the American River near this spot General John A. Sutter landed August 12, 1839 and founded New Helvetia which is now Sacramento City. Also on this river in the mill race at Coloma fifty miles ...

Builder of the Nation

This steam locomotive was presented to the City of Jefferson in 1959 by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company as a permanent exhibit in memory of the important service engines of this type gave to the nation. It was one ...