Homeland of the Kanza Indians

As early as the 1600s, the Kanza (or Kaw) Indians migrated from their home east of the Mississippi River and up the Missouri River into what is now northeastern Kansas. In the 1700s, the Kanza occupied two villages on the ...

The Nurses Dormitory

1402 University Avenue, 1924-2002

The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing, established in 1924, is the oldest collegiate nursing program in the state. Nursing students lived in the dormitory from 1946 until 1960. The Nurses Dormitory building remained home to the ...

Borchert Field/The Milwaukee Bears Negro National League 1923

Borchert Field

Borchert Field, home to Milwaukee professional baseball for over 60 years, was located between W. Burleigh, W. Chambers, N. 7th, and N. 8th Streets. Known originally as Athletic Park when it opened on May 20, 1888, the ballpark ...

The Ray Family

Wilson's Creek

The Ray House is the only park structure on its original site that dates back to the Battle of Wilson's Creek. Postmaster and farmer John Ray built it in the 1850s. For ten years it served as the Wilson's ...

The War Monument

Patterson 200 Years

The War Monument

(World War I)

1917 – 1918

The Monument

Patterson was still a quiet country town at the beginning of the First World War. Although the State had begun to assume responsibility for the ...

The Mormon Battalion

History

In May and June 1846, the services of the Mormon people--en route to the west--were officially tendered to the United States government, then at war with Mexico.

President James K. Polk authorized Colonel Stephen W. Kearney, Commander of the Army of ...

The Harrisburg Cotton Factory and The Central YMCA

Founded in 1844 in London, England, by George Williams, the Young Men's Christian Association quickly grew in the United States with Harrisburg, in 1854, being one of the first eight cities in the nation to establish a chapter. Located at ...

The Right Reverend & Mrs Robert Harper Clarkson

In loving memory of The Right Reverend

Robert Harper Clarkson

(1826 - 1884)

Bishop of Nebraska and Dakota Territories

First Episcopal Bishop of the State of Nebraska

Founder of Trinity Cathedral

Founder and Sponsor of Nebraska's Oldest Hospital,

Bishop ...

St. Michael’s Lutheran Church

The evolution of the English and German-speaking Lutheran congregations in Harrisburg resulted in the establishment of a number of churches that has helped to enhance the city's fabric of sacred architecture and history. From the oldest site at which religious ...

"Lincoln - The Man"

Lytle Park Series

Former President Taft was to return to Lytle Park on March 31, 1917 to preside at the unveiling of the statue “Lincoln - the Man,” a gift of the Charles P. Tafts. The statue, executed at a cost ...