Touring Old Towne

Today, Old Towne Petersburg is alive with reminders of four centuries of American history and thousands of years of Native American habitation. With a growing mix of residential, commercial, and industrial uses, new life is being infused into the historic ...

Octave Chanute and "The Problem of The Ages"

Chanute - Wright Memorial

Mr. Chanute moved to Chicago in 1889 and began working on solving "the problem of the ages" - heavier-than-air flight.

Chanute corresponded with men all over the world interested in flight. He gathered all the information he could ...

Octave Chanute and the Founding of the Town of Chanute

Chanute - Wright Memorial

In 1873, Octave Chanute collaborated with the four towns of Tioga, Alliance, New Chicago and Chicago Junction to successfully convince the railroad to run a main line through this area.

For his efforts the towns agreed to name ...

Potter's Field Cemetery

The land was originally part of 80 acres owned by Jacob W. Conroe who built a sawmill at Manitowoc Rapids in 1856. In 1914 the farmland was purchased by Manitowoc County and the ground set aside as a free burial ...

Base Headquarters

Building No. 1

Headquarters has long been the heart of the installation. In the 1940s, civilian visitors and military dignitaries arrived at the Sacramento Air Depot through Gate 2, which was located at the end of the landscaped mall you see ...

Harvard’s Mount Wilson Station

Station of

Harvard College

Observatory

1889–1890

Marker is on Mt. Wilson Road, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Fort Hendrick

Ft. Hendrick

1754-1760

British post guarding

Mohawk Castle. Named for

King Hendrick killed

at Lake George, Sept. 1755

N.Y. State

Historical

Marker

Marker is at the intersection of River Road (County Route 188) and New York Route 5S, on the ...

Boone Homesteads

This historical marker[,] placed near Edminston store[,] records two homesteads of the Daniel Boone family in Wilkes County during the 1760's.

Site Number One is located one-half mile South of the spot, near Beaver Creek.

The Boone Family later moved to Site ...

Thomas C. Dula

1844-1868

"Tom Dooley" of popular legend and song. Hanged in Statesville for the murder of Laura Foster. Grave is 1 1/2 mi. S.W.

Marker is at the intersection of North Carolina Route 268 and Tom Dula Road, on the right when traveling ...

Staff Sgt. Andrew Miller

Andrew Miller was born on August 11, 1916 in Manitowoc, the third son of Henry and Margaret Miller. He was inducted into the United States Army in June 1942 at Two Rivers. Miller landed in France on September 14, 1944, ...