Papal Visits to New York City

Pope Paul VI * Pope John Paul II * Pope Benedict XVI

Panel 1:

His Holiness, Pope Paul VI

on his arrival

for the first Papal visit

to America

came to this Cathedral

to adore

the Blessed Sacrament

4 October ...

General Daniel Harris Reynolds, C.S.A.

A descendent of Knox County’s earliest pioneers, Confederate Brigadier General Daniel Harris Reynolds was born just three miles west of Centerburg in 1832. He attended Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, where he became a close friend of Otho Strahl, another ...

George Clinton Swallow

A.M., M.D., L.L.D.

First Professor of Geology, Chemistry, Agriculture, and First Dean of

The College of Agriculture

University of Missouri.

First State Geologist of Missouri.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Interurban Trolley

Trolley Car 55 is a 1907 Interurban single-ended, wood framed electric rail car that was constructed by the Niles Carbody Works and delivered to the Seattle-Everett Traction Company in 1910. The Interurban Rail Line provided commuter service from the newly ...

Hurricane/LaVerkin Bridge

In 1908 the Midland Bridge Company was awarded a contract in the amount of $3,299 to fabricate and erect the Hurricane/LaVerkin Bridge. This structure incorporates distinctive characteristics in its method of construction, is one of the earliest and longest surviving ...

La Verkin Canal

In December of 1888, Thomas P. Cottam and Thomas Judd made a preliminary survey to determine the probable cost of a canal. Early in 1889, Isaac C. MacFarlane made a working survey, and work was started as soon as his ...

Fort Miami

Here in November 1679, on the Miami River, as the St. Joseph was then called, La Salle, the French explorer built a fort as a base for his western explorations. Here he awaited the Griffin, the upper lakes' first ship. ...

Southern Exploring Company – 1849

Parley P. Pratt

The confluence of Ash and LaVerkin Creeks with the Virgin River is important in the history of this region. Footsteps long forgotten have passed through this region. Some have been remembered but most have faded with time. Roaming ...

La Verkin

"Indian for Beautiful Valley"

In 1881 Thomas Judd, promoter, with others completed an 840 foot tunnel and 1 1/4 mile canal to bring water from the Rio Virgin for the cultivation of this valley. Excavations opened a large crystal cave of ...

Southern Exploring Company - 1849

Parley P. Pratt

The confluence of Ash and LaVerkin Creeks with the Virgin River is important in the history of this region. Footsteps long forgotten have passed through this region. Some have been remembered but most have faded with time. Roaming ...