Transporting the Stone

A historic road is visible to the right. It was created by skids or "stone boats" that were loaded with stone and dragged by oxen to the wharf. The stone was very heavy. One cubic foot of stone weighed 120 ...

The Old Portage Path

The Old Portage, an eight-mile overland connection between the Cuyahoga and Tuscarawas Rivers, was the longer of two portages used by prehistoric peoples and early settlers. This was just one link in the water route between Lake Erie and the ...

The Portage Path Connected Lake Erie with the Ohio River

The First Americans

You are standing at the North Terminus of the renewed Portage Path, which formed the vital link in the shortest and best water route between the great lake to the north and the rivers flowing south. The trail ...

Shipping in the Port of Savannah

Savannah's port is one of the busiest in the United States. The terminals that serve the port are only surpassed in East

Coast trade volume by the combined ports of New York and New Jersey. Some of the world's largest ...

Transportation on the Chesapeake Highway

"...two Ferry boats were procured...we made the mouth of the Severn River but the ignorance of the People on board, with respect to the navigation of it run us aground first on Greenbury Point from whence with much exertion and ...

Portal of the Folded Wing

Shrine to Aviation

Dedicated To The Honored Dead Of American Aviation On

The 50th Anniversary Of Powered Flight, Dec. 17, 1953,

By Lt. Gen. Ira C. Eaker USAF (Ret.)

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The 19th Century Port

Changing Maritime Enterprises

From this bustling port numerous ships set off around the world in search of whales. Marine mammals provided highly sought after oil which fueled the industrial revolution. New London whalemen specialized in hunting elephant seals which also provided ...

El Portal Theatre

"The Gateway"

Built • 1927-28

Architect: Charles Alexander MacNelledge

Opened June 21, 1928

This building was Las Vegas' cultural center for many years. Its 700 seat auditorium and elegant Spanish motif lobby were used for films, plays, music recitals, vaudeville shows, and high school ...

The Ohio River / Historic Middleport

Side A: The Ohio River

The Ohio River begins at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and flows 981 miles to join the Mississippi River at Cairo, Illinois. The Iroquois called the river "Oyo" or "Ohio," ...

“An Affair Most Important to Us” - The Federal Right, October 27

“A Hard Nut To Crack”

As Hood’s Army of Tennessee encircled Decatur, sharpshooters advanced upon the Union defenses. Colonel Doolittle’s men responded with heavy artillery and musket fire. During the early afternoon of October 27, the Confederates approached the Federal breastworks ...