Site of the Home of Dr. George Moffit Patrick

Site of the home

in 1836 of

Dr. George

Moffit Patrick

1801-1889

Pioneer surveyor • Here the Texas

Army encamped after the Battle

of San Jacinto and cabinet meet-

ings were held

Marker can be reached from Tidal Road 0.9 ...

Glencoe - Life in the Mill Village

From Farm to Factory

The whole matter of providing attractive and comfortable habitations for cotton operatives [is] summarized in the statement that they are essentially a rural people…while their condition is in most cases decidedly bettered by going to the factory, ...

The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Anima

Near this site occurred

the incident which led to the formation of

The San Francisco

Society for the Prevention

of Cruelty to Animals

on April 8, 1868

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James Sloan Hutchinson, a pioneer banker witnessing nearby an act of ...

The Rise of the Textile Mill Communities

In the decades following the Civil War, the textile industry thrust the South into a period of rapid industrialization. In North Carolina, construction of railroads began through Piedmont “backcountry,” and cities sprung up in their paths. Piedmont farmers, who had ...

The Garment District

Back in 1915, wearing a good pair of jeans wasn’t a fashion statement; it was a necessity for working in the factories and on farms. And Kansas Citian, H.D. Lee, was ready to answer the need. Lee’s company was ...

The Central Railroad of New Jersey (CRRNJ) Terminal

Ferry Houses: Connecting People, Boats and Trains

From 1864 until 1967: the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CRRNJ) Terminal provided a vital link between the New Jersey and New York City shores. At its busiest, more than 200 ferry sailings ...

Formerly The Texas School Book Depository Building

This site was originally owned by John Neely Bryan, the founder of Dallas. During the 1880s French native Maxime Guillot operated a wagon shop here. In 1894 the land was purchased by Phil L. Mitchell, President and Director of Rock ...

National Museum of the U.S. Navy

Breech Mechanism & Gun Factory

lower panel, above doorway

National Museum of the United States Navy

upper panel

Breech Mechanism & Gun Shop

Extended 297 Feet, 1899

Rear Admiral Charles O’Neil,

Chief of Bureau of Ordnance

Comdr. E. C. Pendleton, ...

Northern Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled

Before the 19th-century social reform movement, developmentally disabled people were relegated to almshouses and county poor farms where the “indigent, insane, epileptic and “idiotic” were housed together without regard to individual condition. Reformists advocated more humane treatment of the socially-dependent ...

The Imperial Opera House

Erected - 1910

Sanford's center for entertainment, the Imperial Opera House opened June 15, 1910. The contractor W.G. Hammond built the building for the owners T.J. Miller and son. George A. DeCottes was the first lessee of this building which replaced ...