They Died to Make the Desert Bloom

The United States of America will continue to remember that many who toiled here found their final rest while engaged in the building of this dam.

The United States of America will continue to remember the services of all who labored ...

The Homme Homes

Deep concern for the needs of people in the wilderness brought The Rev. E. J. Homme from Winchester, Wisconsin, to this location in 1879 where he could accomplish his dream of social services to orphans, the aged and Indians in ...

The Pittsburgh Agreement

Signed here, on May 31, 1918, this document declared the intent of Czechs and Slovaks to form a new democratic nation in Europe, free from outside rule. Later that year, Thomas Garrigue Masaryk, an author of the agreement, became the ...

The Great Railroad Boom

"...a handsome building...in the French Renaissance style."

Left Column

The Wilmington Morning News of June 8, 1888, reported that the proposed new B & O passenger station, had been designed by Frank Furness of Furness, Evans and Company in Philadelphia. In addition ...

The Last Lincoln Farm

In 1837 Thomas Lincoln erected a cabin on a tract of land situated one-half mile to the east. Here he resided until his death in 1851. Abraham Lincoln visited here frequently, and after 1841 held title to forty acres of ...

John De La Howe School Enterprise Market Program at "The Barn"

Established in 1987 through the cooperative efforts of John de la Howe School and Clemson University with support from Governor Carroll A. Campbell, Jr., and the South Carolina General Assembly to provide free enterprise experiences in a therapeutic setting to ...

The Homestead Grays

Legendary baseball team that dominated the Negro Baseball Leagues during the first half of the 20th century. Founded by steelworkers in 1900, the Grays inspired African Americans locally and across the nation. Led by Cumberland Posey Jr., they won 12 ...

The Garrison Defending Fort Sumter

During the Bombardment

Erected by the United States

1932

In memory of the Garrison

Defending Fort Sumter

during the bombardment

April 12-14, 1861

Major Robert Anderson

First U.S. Artillery

commandingCorps of Engineers

Captain John G. Foster

1st Lieut. George W. ...

Bethel Church Cemetery

This historical graveyard has graves dating back to the 1800s. Many of the founders of the church are buried in the graveyard. They include the Yeargins, the Bramletts, and the Hollands as well as many more of the first members ...

Dowden's Ordinary: The Elephant Comes to Clarksburg

"This elephant, a female, is ten Years old, 8 feet 6 inches high. Her tusks have been broken off, but are growing again, having lengthened about an inch in the last 3 Months. . . . She takes a whip ...