Norman Rockwell’s Studio

Norman Rockwell’s Studio

Norman Rockwell wanted his studio to be preserved for museum visitors to learn about his working process. In 1976, he placed his studio and all of its furnishings and equipment in trust to The Norman Rockwell Museum at ...

The Roads to White Haven

Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site

Settlement in St. Louis County first occurred along the three main thoroughfares out from the city: Gravois to the southwest, Manchester to the west, and Natural Bridge to the northwest. Railroad development paralleled the Mississippi ...

New Buildings for White Haven

Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site

Grant's plans for developing the farm resulted in many improvements, including a barn and stable built between 1869 and 1872. The stable you see today housed Grant's horses. The barn that also appears in the ...

Early's Washington Raid

Diverting Federal Forces, July 1864

In mid-June 1864, Confederate Gen. Jubal A. Early's corps drove Union Gen. David Hunter's army into West Virginia after the Battle of Lynchburg. On June 23 Early launched an incursion through Maryland against Washington, D.C., to ...

Indian Paint Hill

Across the river from here deposits of red ochre and adjacent petroleum springs provided the Indians with raw materials for face and body paint.

Marker is on U.S. 62 0.1 miles south of Thomas Lane, on the right when traveling south. ...

White Haven's Outbuildings

Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site

Operating this 850-acre farm required numerous outbuildings. These included a spring house built over the spring to provide a cool place for crocks of butter and cheese; a barn behind the main house for livestock ...

United States Railroad Administration Locomotive

National Historic

Mechanical Engineering Landmark

United States Railroad Administration Locomotive

Atlantic Coast Line Class P-5a 4-6-2 No. 1504 1919

During the World-War I emergency, American railroads were placed under the control of the United States Railroad Administration (USRA). To facilitate ...

Old Philips Congregational Church

Constructed in c.1887, the Old Philips Congregational Church is one of the few remaining structures dating from the old Philips Community. Later erased by twentieth century sub-divisions, this rural 19th century community was named after Albert Gallatin Philips, owner of ...

Florida Pharmacy Association

1887 1987

[100th Anniversary Medallion]

On June 8, 1887, a group of Florida pharmacists met in Jacksonville at the Board of Trade rooms located at the corner of Adams & Main Streets for the purpose of organizing a state pharmaceutical ...

Putnam County Confederate Monument

East Face

A tribute of love from the Dixie Chapter Daughters of the Confederacy. ~*~ In honor of the men of Putnam County, who served in the Army of the Confederate States of America; “Those who fought and lived, and those ...