Newport Harbor

Newport Harbor has been a center of commerce and industry since the days Narragansetts and Wampanoags, Native Americans, fished the waters of this bay. The first European explorer was Giovanni da Verranzzano, an Italian who sailed for the King of ...

Alabama Central Female College

After the seat of government was moved to Montgomery in 1847, the Tuscaloosa Capitol and its furnishings were deeded to the University of Alabama to be used for educational purposes.

In 1857, the University Board of Trustees leased the building for ...

Menhaden Fisheries

Lewes Maritime History Trail

Menhaden, a small bony, oily fish was pursued

not to be eaten but to be pressed for its oil and

ground into fertilizer. Lewes' fisheries began in

1883 and reached their zenith in 1953 when the

docks ...

Milwaukee's Bridge War

The three original founders of Milwaukee each led separate settlements, with the Milwaukee River serving as the key border between them. Solomon Juneau's Juneautown was on the east, Byron Kilbourn's Kilbourntown on the west and George Walker's Walker's Point ...

Village of McGuffey / Great 1934 Onion Strike

Side A: Village of McGuffey

The Village of McGuffey was named for John McGuffey, who in the 1860s first attempted to drain the Scioto Marsh. A larger and more effective drainage effort, made by others who entered Hardin County in the ...

Caspar Wistar

One Red Rose

is annually paid by

Trinity Reformed Church

to the heirs of

Caspar Wistar

of Philadelphia who in 1738

gave 100 acres of land

for church and school purposes

The congregation was formed

by Reformed families

among the Tulpehocken settlers

The first communion service

was conducted by

Reverend John Philip Boehm

October ...

Crimean War Cannons

These cannon were used at the seige of Sebastopol, and were brought to this country after the capture of that city by the British in 1855. Sir John Carling was instrumental in procuring these three pieces for this city. This ...

Regina Leininger

In legend

Regina Hartman

as a small child held

Indian captive 1755-1763

Identified by her mother's

singing the hymn

"Allein, und doch nicht

ganz allein"

Honoring

Regina

The Indian Captive

Courtesy hmdb.org

London South African War Memorial

1899 - 1902

“In Honour of the Men from the London District who Fought for the Empire in South Africa, and in Memory of Those Who Fell.”

1899 - 1902

[First Panel]

Pte. D. L. Moore, R.C.R.- Feb 14th, 1900

Pte. J. A. Donegan, 26th ...

The Five Courthouses of Walker County

The first Walker County Courthouse was available for county commissioners court meetings in July 1848; the building was finally completed in the center of the Huntsville public square in 1850. Because of a defective foundation, a second courthouse had replaced ...