Lieutenant Colonel John C. Black

Lieutenant Colonel John C. Black, 37th Illinois Infantry, ordered the retreat of his regiment and the 26th Indiana to a fence at the foot of the ridge. There, the men faced a Confederate counterattack. Captain William P. Black, brother of ...

John K. Tener

(1863-1946)

Governor of Pennsylvania, 1911-1915. Highlights of his administration included creation of statewide primary elections and a state highway system; establishment of the Department of Labor & Industry and Pennsylvania Historical Commission. Member of Congress, 1909-11. Professional baseball player,1885-90; president, National ...

Jane Grey Swisshelm

Renowned editor, abolitionist, Civil War nurse, advocate of women's rights and temperance. Also author of "Half a Century, 1815-1865." Born Jane Grey Cannon at Pittsburgh December 6, 1815; died in old homestead on this site on July 22, 1884.

Marker is ...

John G. Benson House

Built c. 1800 by John G. Benson, a farmer, and from 1794 to 1797, a captain in the militia. This house, an example of post-Revolutionary War Dutch Colonial architecture, was built on property confiscated by New Jersey from the Reverend ...

Pioneer Cowboy Jail

City Calaboose Since 1849

"Only jail in early days on the Santa Fe Trail. Within its walls desperados, border ruffians, and robbers were held. During the Indian Raid of 1859 two Indians were taken out and hanged by a mob. A ...

Quijotoa

This is a Papago word meaning, mountain shaped like a carrying basket.

Discovery of a pocket of gold and silver ore led to a fabulous boom development here in 1883.

The desert has reclaimed the original site and its suburbs of Logan ...

Padre Jose A. Burgos

In Tagalog:

Sa pook na ito nanirahan si Padre Burgos mula noong 1865 hanggang 1872 at nagtrabaho para sa mga pagbabago sa simbahan sa ilalim ng Espanya, naging Kura Paroko ng Parroquia del Sagrario, Fiscal Eclesiastico at pansamantalang canonigo magistral ng ...

Patrick Joseph Lucey

Governor of Wisconsin, 1971 – 1977

Patrick J. Lucey was born in La Crosse on March 21, 1918, to Ferryville parents, Gregory C. and Ella McNamara Lucey. He was educated at Campion Academy, College of St. Thomas, and the University of ...

The John Peacock House

This 1790’s farmhouse was

built by John Peacock.

The homestead has been

continuously in use

as an operating farm

since that time.

Marker is at the intersection of Branin Road and Chapel Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Branin Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Pope John Paul II

Trinity College commemorates with joy the visit of Pope John Paul II,

October 7, 1979.

He blessed the campus and the faculty, students, alumnae, board members, staff and friends assembled near the Main Building.

In Notre Dame Chapel, His Holiness led an ...