William Henry Jackson

1843 - 1942

From 1867 to 1869 the first photography studio of William Henry Jackson, renowned photographer, artist, and explorer of the Old West, stood on the northwest corner of this block. His autobiography, Time Exposure, reports that in 1869 Omaha ...

Benjamin Stephenson House

1820

Stephenson House

built 1820

Listed on the

National Register of Historic

Places for

Historical & Architectural

Significance

Marker is on South Buchanan Street, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Jones's Brigade

Stuart's Cavalry Division

C.S.A.

Army of Northern Virginia

Stuart's Cavalry Division

Jones's Brigade

6th. 7th. 11th. 12th. Cavalry Regiments

and 35th. Virginia Cavalry BattalionJuly 1 The 12th Regiment was detached and remained on the south side of Potomac River. White's 35th Virginia Battalion was also detached. ...

John Neely Bryan and Margaret Beeman Bryan

1810–1877 and 1825–1919

In 1839 Tennessee lawyer John Neely Bryan chose this high bluff and shallow ford on the Trinity River as site for a trading post. Finding Indians scarce when he returned in 1844, he platted a town, installed a ...

J.P. Cooke Building 1885-1889

The Old Market Historic Walking Tour

Omaha's first municipal swimming pool, "The New Natatorium," originated in the basement of the westernmost of these three buildings; and vestiges of it can still be seen there. The ornamental work at the building's top ...

Bluemont Junction

In June 1945 the scene nearby would have included the multiple tracks, gas-electric combine, electric substation, and passenger station shown below.

As of 1912 Bluemont Junction served as the hub of the multi-line Washington & Old Dominion Railway. One line ran ...

Florence Jodzies

(1887 - 1969)

Here in 1934, at her home Harmony Farm, Florence Jodzies founded the Vale Home Demonstration Club, affiliated with the Virginia Cooperative Extension Service. An excellent speaker and writer, Jodzies campaigned for better living conditions in rural communities, including ...

John Frederick Hartranft

1830 - 1889

1861 - Raised 4th and 51st Pennsylvania Volunteers

1865 - Special Provost Marshall for Lincoln Conspirators

1866 - 1879 Governor of Pennsylvania, State Constitution Revised

1879 - Father of Modern National Guard of Pennsylvania

1886 - Medal of Honor for Valor at ...

John Harris' Gift

In 1785, the founder of Harrisburg set aside a four-acre lot, now this section of Capitol Park, to be held in trust for the use of the State. The Legislature accepted the gift, 1810, when it voted to make this ...

John Berry, Frontiersman

(1786–186) A native of Kentucky and veteran of the War of 1812, John Berry moved in 1816 to Indiana. In 1827 he brought his family to the Atascosito District of Texas. Mexico awarded him lots in Liberty and Mina (Bastrop) ...