St. Matthew's Lutheran Church

Parent Lutheran Church of This Area

In 1737-38, the elder Rev. John U. Giessendanner

from Orangeburg began Lutheran work in this

area; this was continued by his nephew until 1749.

By the 1760s, St. Matthew's Lutheran Church near

here was in ...

The Methodist Camp

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In 1857, leaders of the Methodist Church choose this site to serve as the Battle Ground Collegiate Institute. The site was chosen because of its historic significance, its natural features, and its close proximity to the ...

The "Firepit" of Halema'uma'u

Halema'uma'u Crater is the site of the most eruptions at the summit of Kilauea Volcano. Between 1905 and 1924, a period of about 20 years, a dazzling lake of molten lava circulated within its walls. Then, in 1924, the lake ...

44th National Encampment Grand Army of the Republic

From September 19 to 24 1910, about 45 years after the last shot of the Civil War was fired, the 44th National Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) Encampment(convention) was held in Atlantic City. The G.A.R., a Union (Northern) Civil ...

Founding of the Future Farmers of Virginia

The Future Farmers of Virginia (FFV) was founded on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute by four members of the Agricultural Education Department in September, 1925. Developed as a statewide organization for boys enrolled in high school vocational agriculture, the ...

Bishop Matthew Simpson

Matthew Simpson, an eminent Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church, was born on June 21, 1811, in a log house which then stood on the north corner of Market and Main Streets in Cadiz. Simpson spent most of his youth ...

Paramount Theatre

Originally called the “Majestic”, this theatre was erected in 1915 by businessman Ernest Nalle (1876-1950). Designed by the Chicago architectural firm of Eberson, Fugard, and Knapp, it was constructed under the direction of local architect George Endress. During the 1930s, ...

In Honor of the 1901 Milwaukee Brewers of the American League

[Front of Marker:]

In 1900, the American League was born in a Milwaukee hotel named the Republican House. The following year, during the 1901 inaugural season, the Milwaukee Brewers were one of eight teams to participate in Major League ...

The Saint James Hotel

The Saint James Hotel

Has been placed on the

National Register

Of Historic Places

By the United States

Department of the Interior

1872

Marker is on New Mexico Route 21 0.4 miles south of U.S. 64, on the left when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

“I must save the women of Richmond!”

Site of the house in which Maj. Gen'l. J.E.B. Stuart, C.S.A. died May 12, 1864

“I must save the women of Richmond!”

This tablet is placed by the Confederate Memorial Literary Society, A.D. 1911

Marker is at the intersection of West Grace Street ...