Rutherford Medical

303 Second Avenue

In 1899, construction began for the New York Lying In Hospital designed by Robert H. Richardson and donated by J. Pierpoint Morgan. The hospital opened its doors in 1902 and during its early years, sixty percent of all ...

Ramsdell Theatre

Thomas Jefferson Ramsdell—pioneer lawyer, state legislator and civic leader—built this theatre between 1902 and 1903. Many traveling companies played here and praised the features that made it unique among the playhouses of the era. Theatrical artist Walter Burredge painted the ...

The Dunmore War 1774

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The Shawnee and Delaware Indians grew restless as numbers of Virginians encroached on their lands by settling along the Ohio River. On October 10, 1774, Lord Dunmore, of the Virginia Colony, ordered Colonel Andrew Lewis and his 1100 Virginia ...

The McClintock Riot

Walking Tour Stop 8

Although Pennsylvania was a free state, where no person could be born into slavery, ownership of slaves had not been illegal, and as recently as 1840, two-dozen slaves were held in bondage in Cumberland County. At that ...

Welcome to The Castle

Pause a few moments to enjoy this view of Montezuma Castle. Don't you suppose it must have stopped the settlers and soldiers who first saw the cliff-dwelling over a century ago?

The odd name came from a mistaken belief that the ...

Lincoln's Last Visit / The Debaters in Mattoon

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Abraham Lincoln’s last visit to Cole County was indeed of a personal nature. Lincoln was described as he left Springfield by Henry C. Whitney, who accompanied him part of the way on the ...

The Graham Hotel

The Graham Hotel was built in 1853 by Williamson Graham on the Bear River north of Wire Bridge. It was strategically located on the stage route from Sacramento to Nevada City by way of Johnsons Crossing and Round Tent.

A store ...

The Union Fire Company

Walking Tour Stop 22

On April 6, 1789, a group of local real estate owners - worried about the possibility of fire in the borough - organized Carlisle's first volunteer fire company. They named and modeled it after the Union Fire ...

Michael the Brave (1558-1601)

Mihai Viteazul (1558-1601)

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În casa numit? “U Divého Muže”, care se afla pe aceste locuri, a poposit, în anul 1601, Mihai Viteazul (1558-1601), ap?r?tor al crestin?t??ii, primul unifacator al ??rilor Române (Valahia, Moldova ?i Transilvania).

Aceast? plac? memorial? a ...

Spanish American War Veterans Gave Their Cannon

In appreciation

of the

Spanish American War Veterans

who gave their cannon from

this Site for World War II

Harry Bohannon Post

No. 75 American Legion

installs and dedicates this field

piece in their honor.

Marker is at the intersection of South Market Street and West Franklin Street, on ...