First City Hall and Jail

In its early days, La Porte had little need for a city hall or jail. City Council meetings were held in various vacant buildings around town and the few lawbreakers were placed either in an old abandoned ice house or ...

Justice vs. Injustice

Cultural Convergence

These elegant 13th Street Houses were constructed when racial separation was legal and widely accepted. In 1910 the deeds for many houses across 13th Street had covenants banning “any negro or colored persons.” Those on this side generally ...

John Baptist Pierce

(1875-1942)

Cooperative Extension Service pioneer, innovator, and educator, John Baptist Pierce was appointed in 1906 by Seaman Knapp and H. B. Frissell of Hampton Institute as the first Negro farm demonstration agent for Virginia. Pierce served for 35 years as district ...

J. D. R. Steven House

606 Second Avenue

Historic Building

This house was designed by the architectural firm of Purcell and Feick from Minneapolis. Built in 1909 by Mr. and Mrs. J. D. R. Steven, it is a fine example of Prairie School architecture. Mr. Steven was ...

J.E.B. Stuart's Jump

The ground occupied by the Confederate cavalry during the Battle of Hanover was the rich, rolling farmland found in much of southern Pennsylvania. On the eastern side of the Westminster Road there was a field of timothy, a grass widely ...

James David Vaughn

1864~1941

Born in 1864, James D. Vaughan was a renowned gospel songwriter and publisher. In 1902 he founded the Vaughan Music Company in Lawrenceburg. In 1922, he established radio station WOAN, considered the first radio station licensed in Tennessee. In 1925, ...

June 2, 1990 Tornado Memorial

In memory of those who were

killed by the June 2, 1990 Tornado which

Devastated Petersburg, In.

Frank P. Mallott • Albin Harper • Emma Willis •

Marjorie P. Mallott •

Giles Evans •

Billie Minniear •

Sarah E. Hilgeman

Marker is on Main Street ...

Stonewall Jackson at Dam 5

At the outbreak of the Civil War, Maryland became a border between the Confederacy and the Union. The Confederacy knew that the canal and railroad were important Union supply lines. Stonewall Jackson’s Brigade made several attempts to destroy Dam 5 ...

Major General George Armstrong Custer

1839 ---- 1876

Killed in Battle of Little Big Horn River, Montana, in Sioux Indian War.

Was Brig. Gen. Commander of 1st, 5th, 6th, 7th, Michigan Cavalry Regiments and Pennington's Battery at the Battle of Hanover June 30, 1863.

In the 1850's, J.W. ...

Empresario James Power

(1781-1852)

Born in Ireland, Colonial James Power came in New Orleans in 1809 and to Texas in 1823. With fellow Irish Empresario James Hewetson (1796-1870), he was awarded contracts to settle Irish Catholic and Mexican families between the Guadalupe and Lavaca ...