The Brenham Maifest

The Brenham Maifest has evolved from the German Volksfest, a spring festival carried to this area by German Texans who settled near Brenham. When the Brenham Fire Department assumed the duties of the Volksfest Association in 1880, the exclusively German ...

Greersburg Academy

Established with funds collected by Rev. Thomas E. Hughes erected 1802 chartered 1806 by the Pennsylvania State Legislature as Greersburg Academy ratifying it the first academy west of the Allegheny Mountains.

Marker is on Market Street (Pennsylvania Route 551) 0 miles ...

Crawfordsville (Indiana) Carnegie Library

First Carnegie Library in Indiana

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In 1897, the Current Events Club, like many women’s clubs during this era, helped organize city’s public library. Andrew Carnegie donated $25,000 in 1901 for library building construction; city provided land and annual funding. Local ...

Legion Memorial Park Lily Pond

This Lily Pond was originally

constructed in 1930,

using a steam engine flywheel

belonging to Western Public

Service Company,

the electrical supplier to the

City of Auburn at that time

The Pond was restored in

2004-2005

as an Eagle Scout project

Courtesy hmdb.org

Grace Methodist Church

Organized December 24, 1797

Since that date four sanctuaries have burned, 1803–1843–1886–1947. Present imposing and lovely church was dedicated to the glory of God and service to mankind May 15, 1955. Body of Reverend Wm. Meredith, founder of Methodism in Wilmington, ...

Battle of Jonesboro The First Day

Aug. 31, 1864. This immediate area was occupied by the Army of the Tenn. [US], commanded by Gen. O. O. Howard. These troops, Logan’s 15th, Ransom’s 16th & Blair’s 17th corps, marched to this position from Fairburn the previous day; ...

Three Tiers of Firepower

The Fast Passage provides easy entry to Narragansett Bay. So in wartime, an enemy fleet could have sailed right into Newport, with cannons blazing! To answer this potential threat, Fort Adams focused its firepower here on the west wall.

Top tier ...

Boyhood Home of Henry Mancini

West Aliquippa was boyhood home of composer Henry Mancini, who wrote scores for more than eighty movies, winning four academy awards and twenty grammy awards. Born in Cleveland, Mancini lived at 401 Beaver Avenue and graduated from Aliquippa High School.

Marker ...

Half-Breed Tract

Nebraska Historical Marker

It was an accepted custom for many early fur traders to marry into Indian tribes. As the Indians ceded their lands, the rights of the half-breed descendants were not always identified. This situation was recognized by the government ...

Boothill Cemetery

Named Boothill because so many of its occupants went to their deaths with their boots on, this cemetery was the burying ground for Coulson, Yellowstone River town existing from 1877-1885 on the edge of what was to be Billings. Most ...