3rd Iowa Infantry

Williams' Brigade - Hurlbut's Division

U.S.

3d Iowa Infantry,

Williams' (1st) Brig., Hurlbut's (4th) Div.,

Army of the Tennessee

This tablet marks position held by the 3d Iowa infantry from 2 P.M. to 3 P.M. April 6, 1862.

Marker is on Sunken Road 0.1 miles west ...

First ABC Store

First Alcoholic Beverage Control store in N.C. opened here, July 2, 1935, ending Prohibition, state law since 1909.

Marker is on Nash Street East (North Carolina Route 58).

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The Chicago Board of Trade's Statues

Symbolizing Agriculture and Industry

These two statues, one symbolizing agriculture and the other industry, once stood over the main entrance of the Board of Trade Building built in 1885. The statues greeted commodity traders and the public for 45 years. Thought ...

The First Baptist Church

1872

In the summer of 1872 a few residents in the village of Youngsville gathered for a revival held on the hill later occupied by Mistletoe Bough. Alexander City’s First Baptist Church and the First United Methodist Church trace their origins ...

The Standard Time System in the United States

Adopted on this Site – October 11, 1883

Chicago’s famous Grand Pacific Hotel, then on the site of the present Continental Bank building, was the location of the General Time Convention of 1883 which, on October 11 of that year, adopted ...

R.D.W. Connor

First Archivist of the U.S., 1934-41. Secretary of the N.C. Historical Commission, historian, author, and teacher. His birthplace stood here.

Marker is on Nash Street East.

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Gladden's Brigade

Withers' Div. - Bragg's Corps

C.S.

Gladden's (1st) Brigade,

26th Ala., 25th Ala., 22nd Ala., 21st Ala., 1st La.,

Withers' (2d) Div., Bragg's Corps,

Army of the Mississippi

This brigade having advanced along the north side of peach orchard was engaged here from about 3 P.M. ...

Rookery Building

Burnham and Root, architects

Chicago Landmark

Its powerful exterior softened by John Root’s lively ornament, the Rookery typifies the 1880s’ lingering picturesque attitude toward commercial architecture. A transitional structure in the evolution of modern architecture, it employs both masonry wall-bearing and skeletal ...

First Presbyterian Church

First Presbyterian Church was organized March 2, 1893. The church was made up of 17 members at the home of Robert Clinton Sandlin, who was installed as the First Ruling Elder. The church constructed their 1st building on this site ...

Continental and Commercial Bank Building

D.H. Burnham & Co. ; Graham, Anderson Probst & White, architects

Chicago Landmark

This massive block-long office building was built to house one of Chicago’s leading banks and exemplifies the large commercial buildings that define the distinctive LaSalle Street “canyon.” Architect Daniel ...