The McMahan Indian Mound

This Mississippian substructure,16 ft. high and 240 ft.in circumference, built during the Dallas phase (1200-1500), was first excavated in 1881, with artifacts being sent to the Smithsonian. Later excavations exposed nearby villages of the Woodland Indian dating from 200 A.D. ...

Humphrey the Humpback Whale

Donated to:

Rio Vista Chamber of Commerce

and

City of Rio Vista

to remember the visit of

Humphrey

the Humpback Whale

Oct. 10, 1985 - Nov. 4, 1985

Humphrey the Humpback Whale,

a mighty whale was he

He swam into the Delta, to see what he could see

The people stood ...

Stephen Tyng Mather

July 4, 1867 — Jan. 22, 1930

He laid the foundation of the National Park Service. Defining and establishing the policies under which its areas shall be developed and conserved unimpaired for future generations. There will never come an end to ...

The Army of the Cumberland at Stilesboro

May 23-24, 1864: The 4th, 20th & two divisions of the 14th corps [US] converged here, from Etowah River crossings at Island Ford, Gillem’s & Milam’s bridges, & moved S.E. up the valley of Raccoon Cr. to Burnt Hickory P.O. ...

Old Mission of the Sacred Heart

Opened for services in 1853, this is the oldest building in Idaho.

Black-robed Jesuits founded the mission on the St. Joe River in 1842, but moved here is 1846 and raised this imposing building in a complete wilderness. Dwellings and outbuildings ...

The March to Decatur

McPherson's Army of the Tenn. (US), consisting of the 15th, 16th, & 17th corps, having crossed the river at Roswell, made a wide swing S.E. to cut the Georgia R.R. at & E. of Decatur.

Logan's 15th A.C. was the extreme ...

The First Telephone Central Office in Columbus Ohio

Began service here January 1, 1879. It was located on the second floor of the Sessions Building which then stood on this site.

N. C. Kingsbury Chapter No. 2, Telephone Pioneers of America placed this tablet on the 70th anniversary of ...

The Latino Community

Roads to Diversity

This is the heart of Washington’s Latino community. Once centered here and in nearby Mount Pleasant and Columbia Heights, the community now extends throughout the region.

As early as the 1910s, the Mexican, Ecuadoran, Cuban, and Spanish ...

The TISCO Complex

Taylor Steelworkers Historical Greenway

The Union Forge Heritage Association welcomes you to the TISCO Complex

The 28.3 acre TISCO Complex was once part of a 10,000 acre parcel of land owned by wealthy Philadelphia Investors William Allen and Joseph Turner who founded ...

The Navy Memorial - from Bow to Stern

“...without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive, and with it, everything honorable and glorious.”

George Washington.

The United States Navy Memorial’s roots are as old as the Nation’s Capital itself . Major Peter C. L’Enfant envisioned ...