J. P. Andrews Building

City of San Luis Obispo Historic Building

On this site, the storied original Andrews Hotel stood. The grand opening of that remarkable structure was celebrated July 3, 1885. Nine and one half months later, on Palm Sunday, April 18, 1886 it ...

Johnston Moves West

Hardee's Column

(Preface): The Carolinas Campaign began on February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman led his army north from Savannah, Georgia, after the March to the Sea. Sherman’s objective was to join Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in Virginia ...

Johnston Moves West

Ruffin Mills

(Preface) The Carolinas Campaign began on February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman led his army north from Savannah, Georgia, after the March to the Sea. Sherman’s objective was to join Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in Virginia ...

Micajah McPherson

We have Fought the Good Fight and Kept Our Faith

Micajah McPherson, a trustee of Freedom Hill Wesleyan Methodist Church and abolitionist, was lynched about a mile and a half southeast of here. Although there are different stories about his lynching, ...

John Evans House

David and Rachel Burnet Evans built this Federal style house in 1836. Their son, Dr. John Evans (1814-1897), nationally known physician, statesman, and educator, lived here as a young man. After graduating from Lynn Medical College in Cincinnati, Dr. Evans ...

Jean Brunet

Jean Brunet is one of the most noteworthy pioneers of the Chippewa Valley. Born in France in 1791, Brunet immigrated to this country in 1818 and moved to Chippewa Falls in 1828. He built the first dams on the Chippewa ...

Shoshone Falls Project

Owned and operated by Idaho Power, the Shoshone Falls Hydroelectric Project located on the Snake River, is licensed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as Project No. 2778.

The reservoir provides recreation opportunities for boating, fishing, hunting and sightseeing. Public access ...

James Milton Turner

(1839 - 1915)

Born in slavery in St. Louis County, Mo.

Freed 1843

Founder, Elias Buckner African-American School in Boonville 1869

Established 32 Missouri schools for African-Americans in 1870

Secured state funding for Lincoln Institute (later Lincoln University)

Secretary, Missouri Equal Rights League

U.S. Minister and Counsel ...

John Horace Forney

1829-1902

Graduate of West Point,

resigned from U.S. Army

to volunteer services

to State of Alabama.

Ably led Confederate forces

at Manassas, Pensacola,

Vicksburg, Mobile, Texas.

Marker is on Public Square West (State Highway 21) near Clinton Street Southwest, on the left when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Downtown Jacksonville Historic District

Selected as a landmark contributing to a deeper

understanding of our American Heritage.

Entered on

The National Register of Historic Places

by the

United States Department of the Interior

May 13, 1986

Centered around Jacksonville’s historic Public

Square, the district is bounded by Thomas Avenue,

Vann Street, Spring Avenue, ...