Batteries 2 and 3

On January 8, 1815, the guns positioned here fired at British counter batteries located almost ½ mile in front of you. During the battle, these guns caused heavy casualties as the British advanced along the levee road.

The troops attacking to ...

Third Division

Second Corps

Army of the Potomac

Second Corps

Third Division

Brig. General Alexander HaysFirst Brigade Col. S.S. Carroll

Second Brigade Col. Thos. A. Smyth, Lieut. Col. Francis E. Pierce

Third Brigade Col. Geo. L. Willard, Col. Eliakim Sherrill, Lieut. Col. Jas. M. Bull

July 2 About 8 ...

Greenfield: The Last Town in Milwaukee County

Following the end of World War II, Milwaukee’s rapid urban development forced the seven rural towns of Milwaukee County into annexation or incorporation. When Greenfield incorporated as a city in 1957, the last of Milwaukee County’s towns disappeared and with ...

Blackford County Korea & Vietnam Honor Rolls

[[ Front Center Panel ]]

To honor the men and the women of

Blackford County

who fought in Korea and Vietnam

and to the heroes who gave

their lives on land,

on the sea, and in the sky

that ...

Boyhood Home of Jeremiah Curtin

(1835-1906)

Born in Detroit to Irish immigrant parents, Curtin came to Milwaukee in 1837 to join his mother’s family the Furlongs and settle on a farm in Greenfield. In the 1840’s the Curtins moved into this typically Irish stone house ...

A Final Stand

With their left at the Angle crashed and their center near the Five Forks intersection overrun, the Confederates made a final stand here, in and around Gilliam’s field. Across the open ground to your right, Brig. Gen. George Armstrong Custer ...

The Providence Players

Pioneer dramatic players entertained early Cache Valley audiences in this rock building. When erected, 1868 - 70, the only assembly hall in Providence. It has the finest dance floor, stage, proscenium, paintings, curtain in the valley. Among the players were ...

"Old White Church" Cemetery / " Old White Church "

"Old White Church" Cemetery

First Burying Ground in Lincolnton ca. 1787 Has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior" Old White Church"

Lincolnton's original house of worship was erected by Emmanuel Lutheran ...

Eureka Sentinel Building

Constructed in 1879 at a cost of $10,000, the Sentinel Building was designed by architect C.M. Bennett. The Eureka Sentinel was published in this building from 1879 to 1960. Three generations of the Skillman family, Archibald, Edward and Willis, edited ...

First Fireproof Building in Independence

Main Marker308 West Maple Building

1911

First Fireproof Building in Independence

Secondary Marker

Since 1911

M. H. Siegfried & Co.

Founded by Mark H. Siegfried

1881 - 1967

Mortgages - Real Estate - Loans

Marker is on Maple Avenue near Osage Street, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy ...