Seattle’s First Pier

Historical Point of Interest

Seattle’s first pier lies buried beneath your feet. The famous Yesler sawmill and wharf, constructed in 1853m marked the birth of Seattle’s great lumber and shipping industries. For many years it was the center of Seattle’s ...

The Taylor-Grady House

General Robert Taylor (1787-1859), a planter and cotton merchant, built this Greek Revival home as a summer residence in 1839. Shortly thereafter he moved his family here permanently from Savannah in order for his sons to attend the University of ...

McAlister Auditorium

Erected 1960

to the Glory of God

through the advancement of

Christian culture

In Memory of

William H. McAlister

and his daughter

Amelie

This building was made possible by a grant made by Logan Fulrath and Guaranty Trust Company of New York

as executors of the last will and ...

Zanesville and Muskingum County Artwall

This is a “rubbing” wall which depicts the proud

history of Zanesville and Muskingum County.

Historic images are surrounded by tiles

depicting foliage from the Ohio Buckeye tree.

The images are in order of their dates

beginning with the image to your right and

continuing around ...

Atchison County War Memorial

To the men and women

of Atchison County who

offered, and those who

gave their lives in the

cause of peace.

[Roll of Honored Dead]

[War Memorial Building Cornerstone]

To the boys of Atchison County

who gave, and offered their lives.

[Built 1921]

Marker is at the intersection of Main ...

Justice John McKinley Federal Building

Side A

Named for Alabama's first United States Supreme Court Justice, John McKinley made his home in Florence, Alabama from about 1821 to 1842. Born May 1, 1780 in Culpepper County, Virginia, he died July 19, 1852 and is buried in ...

Georgetown Train Station

In 1857 efforts to extend a rail line from Harrington to the harbor at Lewes were initiated. Though the line was completed to Milford in 1859, additional work was delayed until 1867. By 1868 the rails had reached Georgetown. With ...

Lee's Corps Withdrawn

Aug. 31, 1864. When Gen. Hood in Atlanta heard that Federal forces had seized the railroad at Rough and Ready & suspecting an attack from that quarter, he ordered Gen. S. D. Lee’s A. C. [CS] to move back toward ...

Wyatt Earp Shot Frank Stilwell...

Wyatt Earp joined his four brothers in the silver-boom town of Tombstone in 1879 where brother Virgil was deputy U.S. marshal. Wyatt was a sometimes-lawman himself, and hoped to become sheriff of the newly formed Cochise County in 1881. He ...

Monroe County / Bloomington World War II Memorial

[ Front ]

The Spirit of

The Fighting Yank

Memorial to the

Armed Forces of the

United States of America

World War II

[ Obverse ]

E. M. Viquesney SC.

Co. 1943 — Spencer Ind.

Presented by

Fluck Cut Stone Company

Harry D. Donato, Carver

E. ...