Fountain Rock

"Crows..,will have to carry their provender with them"

(Preface): The Federal offensive in the Shenandoah Valley begun in May 1864 faltered in the summer with Confederate victories and Gen. Jubal A. Early's Washington Raid in July. Union Gen. Philip H. Sheridan ...

Hammond House

Headquarters and Hospital

Dr. Allen C. Hammond constructed this Greek Revival-style house about 1838. During the Civil War, both sides used it periodically for a headquarters or a hospital. The war ruined Hammond, a strong Southern sympathizer.

In October 1859, Hammond’s ...

Honor Roll of Iraq and Afghanistan War Deaths from Indiana

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Iraq and Afghanistan War Deaths from Indiana

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Steven Faulkenburg ? Jeffrey Corban ? Jason Profitt ? Christopher Monroe ? James Brown ? Richard Langenbrunner ? Michael Hiester ? Roy Lewsader, Jr. ? Raymond White ? ...

Cape Girardeau River Crossings

In the 1790s, the Spanish governor granted Louis Lorimier permission to operate a ferry service at Cape Girardeau.

Thereafter, ferry operators continued to shuttle people and products across the Mississippi River until 1928 when a new, privately built bridge ended the ...

Pioneer Burial Ground

Established in 1793 by

Col. Charles Williamson

For his little daughter

who died of Genesee Fever

Village of Bath

Marker is on West Steuben Street just west of Exchange Street, on the right.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Champion Beech Tree

This stately Beech is one of the largest and oldest trees in the State of Missouri. A registered "champion" tree, it is approximately 200 years old. Quite possibly it was alive at the time of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.

The ...

Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company

Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company

One of the most unusual WWI Mississippi River transportation stories concerns the Manitowoc [Wisconsin] Shipbuilding Co., the nation's only inland builder of submarines.

In December 1940, the U.S. Navy contracted with the company to construct 10 Gato class submarines.

Subsequently, ...

St Vincent's Seminary and Southeast Missouri State University

Terrace Park is located on the site where Father Odin of the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentian Fathers) established St. Vincent's Male Academy in 1838, which was followed shortly thereafter by St. Vincent's Seminary.

Often affectionately called "The Cape", St. Vincent's ...

Maximilian Joseph - Earl of Montgelas

Maximilian Joseph - Graf von Montgelas

[Marker text in German:]

Von 1799 bis 1816 lenkte Maximilian Joseph Graf von Montgelas als Minister die Geschicke Bayerns. Nach den Grundsätzen der Aufklärung formte er durch umwälzende Reformen das moderne Bayerische Staatswesen.

Die Skulptur wurde 2005 ...

Stony Batter

To Stony Batter

the birthplace of

James Buchanan

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James Buchanan

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Born April 23, 1791.Passed his school-boy days in Mercersburg, became a lawyer, member of legislature and of Congress, Minister to Russia, member of the United States Senate, Secretary of State, Minister to Great Britian ...