Lover’s Leap

1827 - 1973

The poetic lines inscribed on the boulder below is a replica of those carved in 1827 by Thomas W. Farrar.

Thomas W. Farrar was the Founder and first Grand Master of the Masonic Lodge in Alabama 1821-22-24.

This historical site ...

First Post Office

Near this site in 1833, the log store of John S.C. Hogan, was this section’s only post office, serving settler from miles around. Eastern mail was delivered once a week from Niles, Michigan.

Erected by

Chicago’s Charter Jubilee

Authenticated by Chicago Historical Society

1937

City ...

Lovell G.A.R. Post 230 Civil War Memorial

In honor of the brave

Soldiers and Sailors

who fought to save the Union

in the Rebellion

1861 to 1865.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Lake George Steamboat Company

Marker is on Beach Road near U.S. 9, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Stanley P Butchart 1928 - 2008 / C-140 Jetstar

Stanley P Butchart

1928 - 2008

After receiving primary and secondary civilian pilot training. Butchart enlisted in the U.S. Navy in July 1942. Upon his completion of flight training at Corpus Christi, Tex., he joined torpedo-bomber Air Group VT-51 and ...

Ethan Allen tour boat tragedy

We hear from the misty troubled shore

the voice of those gone before

drawing the soul to it's anchorage

Bret Harte

This memorial is dedicated to the twenty men and women who tragically perished when the Ethan Allen tour ...

George Reis Home

1917 to 1962

Owner and driver of El Lagarto

72 mph, fastest boat in the world

Gold Cup racing champion

1933, 1934, 1935

Marker is on Sagamore Road 0.1 miles east of State Route 9N, on the right when traveling ...

Colonel Michael Frank

Father of Wisconsin Public Schools

On Feb. 24, 1845, as Territorial Legislator, he secured enactment of law authorizing free public education in Southport only. As a result first free school in the Union outside of New England opened in Southport, now ...

B-2 Spirit

Nicknamed "Stealth Bomber"

Manufacturer: Northrop Grumman Corporation

Production Period: 1993 to 1997

Number Produced: 21

Production Series: Production Blocks 10, 20, and 30

Roles: Originally designed as a land-based all-weather intercontinental heavy-bomber for the US Air Force for nuclear weapons ...

Horton House

William Horton, " Undersheriff of Herefordshire,"

England came to Georgia in 1736. He built this

building for his plantation residence and it was

his home until his death in 1749. Major Horton

succeeded Oglethorpe as Commander of the

Regiment of British Troops stationed here.

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