Head Gates and Inner Basin

These brick-lined archways, or "head gates," built around 1850, once controlled much of the island's waterpower. From here, a "wing dam" extended across the Shenandoah River, funneling water through the arches and into the inner basin. A gate at the ...

Cedar Lake Yacht Club

Town of West Bend, Wisconsin

The Cedar Lake Yacht Club was founded in 1899 and is situated on Big Cedar Lake, the largest lake in Washington County. Although there have been many renovations and additions, the original field stone structure still ...

Early Masonic Lodges

Hicksford Lodge No. 37, the first in Greensville County, was chartered in 1793. It became dormant by 1829, but several former members, with new recruits from Southampton County, formed Widow's Son Lodge No. 150, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of ...

Timmer’s Resort

Big Cedar Lake, Wisconsin

This property was acquired January 4, 1864, by Mathias and Margaret Timmer. In 1882, Timmer’s Hotel was opened. Guests came by train from Chicago, St. Louis, and Milwaukee to Slinger (Schlesingerville) and then by carriage to the ...

Dr. Benjamin F. Pendery

BORN August 11, 1846

DIED April 26, 1905

This monument is dedicated to

Dr. Pendery, his family, and all the

men and women of medicine who were

moved here from the New Helvetia

Cemetery in 1955 – 1956.

Erected June 12, 1999 by the

Sacramento-El Dorado Medical ...

Gordon Linwood Vincent

(1867-1926)

Here lived Gordon L. Vincent, who represented Greensville and Sussex counties in the 1901-1902 Virginia Constitutional Convention. A successful and respected business leader, Vincent headed the Emporia Manufacturing Company, then one of the largest lumber companies in Southside Virginia. He ...

First Baptist Church of Salado

A Baptist revival was held on the banks of Salado Creek as early as 1854. By about 1860, members of area Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian and Church of Christ denominations were meeting in an ecumenical house of worship. Each group held ...

Johnson's Brigade

Cheatham's Division - Polk's Corps

C.S.

Johnson's (1st) Brigade,

Walker's 2d Tenn., 15th Tenn., Blythe's Miss., 154th Tenn., One Gun of Polk's Tenn. Battery,

Cheatham's (2d) Div., Polk's Corps,

Army of the Mississippi.

This brigade, reduced to less than 1000 ...

Fort Trumbull

This five-sided fort was built between 1839 and 1852 to protect New London Harbor as part of a broad system of coastal fortification undertaken by the federal government. This is the third Fort Trumbull built on this promontory, which was ...

64th Ohio Infantry.

Harker's Brig., Sheridan's Div., 4th Corps.

The regiment took part with its Brigade in the operations of Nov. 23 and in the assault on Missionary Ridge on the 25th, reaching the summit at this point.

It immediately joined in the pursuit, advancing ...