The King's Highway ~ The Potomac Path

The King’s Highway was the first north-south route through Virginia. The road began in Boston and ended in Williamsburg. It may have followed one or more trails that American Indians used before European colonization.

The route was first cleared on ...

The Carlos M. Riecker Complex

In honor of

Judge Carlos M. Riecker

1897-1990

Through his benevolence, Morgan Countians have a greater appreciation for learning, for government, for history and for service to community.

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (Ohio Route 60) and 8th Street, on the ...

The McCoy Farmhouse

Located on one of Dane County's earliest and most successful tobacco farms, the cream-brick-Italianate McCoy Farmhouse was built by Benjamin Brown in 1861. Tobacco growing began here in 1853 and boomed during the Civil War when Southern tobacco became unavailable ...

The Hiram Rosenwald School

In 1912 Julius Rosenwald, President of Sears, Roebuck and Company, established the Rosenwald Fund to assist in community school construction of public schools for

African-American students in the South. The Julius Rosenwald Fund assisted local communities who raised additional funds. By ...

The Historic St Simons Light Station

Surley the most important aspect of

the lighthouse to the mariner is the light

that emanates from the tower. The tall, white

beacon also serves as a day-mark. The light,

a 1,000 watt electric bulb, is reflected by a

fixed 3rd Order Fresnel Lens

manufactured ...

Gunther Gebel-Williams

Gunther Gebel-Williams changed the face of the American circus forever, and is universally known as The Greatest Wild Animal Trainer of All Time. From Circus Williams in Germany to the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus, Gunther demonstrated to ...

The Hold at Mountain Run

Death of Farley and Wounding of Butler

June 9, 1863 - 12:30 pm to 3:00 pm

This map prepared from the first hand account of Col. Butler, other historians, and the personal account of the family, who in the early 1950s cleared, ...

Millstones Long in the Service of Pioneers

[Plaque One:]

These Millstones long in the Service

of our Pioneers dedicated to their memory

by the Edgar County Historical Society

1817 - 1927

[Plaque Two:]

From the Lewis Jones Farm near Nevins

presented to

Edgar County by his son

William Shields Jones, M.D.

of Redmon

1861 - 1949

Marker is on ...

Rafting on the Mississippi

After 1837 the vast timber resources of northern Wisconsin were eagerly sought by settlers moving into the mid-Mississippi valley. By 1847 there were more than thirty saw-mills on the Wisconsin, Chippewa, and St. Croix river systems, cutting largely Wisconsin white ...

The Rumely Companies

[Side 'One']

Meinrad Rumely (1823-1904), a German immigrant, founded a blacksmith shop here 1853, which grew into a dominant company through reorganizations and acquisitions. Rumely companies in La Porte benefited from available rail transportation plus German and later Polish immigrant laborers. ...