Lincoln Promoter

"You are one of my most valued friends" (Lincoln letter to Abraham Jonas, 1860). Their friendship began in 1843 in Springfield when Lincoln and Jonas served together in the Illinois House of Representatives. Jonas became an early and ardent supporter ...

Fort Constitution Area

Fort Constitution, which would have enclosed this area, was intended to be the major fortification for the defense of the Hudson River. In January 1776, after three months of construction, work on the fort was halted, for the fort ...

Grice Marine Laboratory

The George D. Grice

Marine Biological

Laboratory

In grateful appreciation

of his forsight and tireless

efforts which resulted in the

establishment of this center

for the study of and research

in Marine Biology, the

Trustees of the College of

Charleston ...

Bartlett Tucker Family Cemetery

Forty graves in this cemetery

containing the remains of

Bartlett Tucker (1874-1861)

and members of his family

were relocated to this spot

from 0.22 acres s/w known as

Tract No. 1300 C-2 in 1983.

There were no identifiable marked

graves. The Tucker family moved

from this area in December ...

I Dream of Jeannie

I Dream of Jeannie was part of Cocoa Beach when a television sitcom ran from 1965 to 1970 starring Barbara Eden as a 2000 year old female genie and Larry Hagman as an astronaut. The TV series was set in ...

Lincoln Correspondent

"The points you propose to press upon Douglas, he will be very hard to get up to" ):Lincoln letter to Henry Asbury, 1858). Originally a Kentucky Whig, Henry Asbury was one of the founders of the Republican Party in Illinois ...

Columbus Area Business Hall of Fame

Inducted 2010

Edgar Howard

Edgar Howard had a career in the newspaper business that spanned more than 75 years. After a career in various jobs within newspapers, he bought the newspaper in Papillion in 1883 and established a paper in ...

John Robinson

Honor to whom honor

Sacred to the memory

of

John Robinson

a native of Ireland,

a soldier of

Washington,

and a magnificent benefactor

of Washington College

Born A.D. 1754

Died A.D. 1826

Erected 1855

Restored 1939

Marker can be reached from Letcher Avenue, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

General Lemuel C. Shepherd Jr.

U.S.M.C. VMI 1917

Combat Veteran

World Wars I and II – Korea

Commandant U.S. Marine Corps

Chairman VMI Foundation

Presented by

Bruce B. Cameron VMI 1938

Marker is on Letcher Avenue, on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Warm, Sincere Friendship

Quincy's Orville Hickman Browning was Lincoln's friend, advisor, and confidant. According to historian David Donald, Lincoln considered Browning an old friend "whom he could absolutely trust. He knew the Illinois senator would never betray a confidence." The two men seemed ...