Birthplace of Dr. James Marion Sims

About 1¾ miles west of this spot stood the house in which Dr. James Marion Sims was born on January 25, 1813. Father of modern gynecology, Dr. Sims was honored by the American and by European governments for his service ...

Menomineeville, Seat of Justice

In 1823, James Doty...

was appointed by President Monroe as a district judge for the northern and western Michigan Territory, which included what is now the state of Wisconsin. Doty set up the region's new court in an empty log building.

Three ...

Sergeant Jasper

Sergeant William Jasper, the famed Revolutionary hero, was mortally wounded a few hundred yards northwest of this spot on October 9, 1779, in the ill-fated attack of the American and French forces on the British defenses around Savannah. The monument ...

Johnston's Rear Guard Stops McPherson

May 16, 1864, Walker´s div. of Hardee´s A.C. [CS], having delayed McPherson´s troops (15th & 16th A.C.) [US], at Lay´s Ferry ( 3.25 mi. N.W.) the day before,

was joined here by 2 division ~ Bate´s and Cleburne’s [CS].

Deploying on both ...

Josiah B. Scovell

One half mile south of this point lie three islands, known as numbers 1, 2, & 3, in the St. Louis River, which were settled by Josiah Boardman Scovell, original U.S. patentee in 1881, who retained ownership for the balance ...

D.T. Jones - Dry Goods

First Adobe Buidling In Town

In October of 1897 Mr. Jones opened a dry good store in Randsburg. His building was wiped out in the great fire of May 1898, but saved most of his stock by placing it in a ...

The Joint

Steam Bakery – Randsburg Bakery

The Joint

Ray and Olga Guyett purchased this building in the 1950’s and established The Joint, restaurant and bar. The Joint has been the center of Randsburg’s social life for over forty years and has the distinction ...

John Hinkel Park

Clubhouse: John Gregg, Designer, 1918

City of Berkeley Landmark

designated in 2001

In 1919 John and Ada Hinkel donated seven hillside areas to the City of Berkeley in appreciation of the Boy Scouts’ service to the nation during the First World War. Before ...

John M. Temple

43rd Infantry US Army

Dedicated to the Springfield community in memory of

John M. Temple, 43rd Infantry US Army

He was a man of honor and integrity. This is the legacy he left behind for others to follow and build upon to continue ...

John Calvin Brown

Born in the same house as his brother, Neill, June 1, 1827. Enlisting for the Confederacy in 1861, he commanded a division at the war's end, having been twice wounded. Member 1869 Legislature and president, 1870 Constitutional Convention; elected Governor ...