Jordan’s Point

“A day I will never forget . . . ” Margaret Junkin Preston diary, June 12, 1864

On this spot, in the early morning hours of Saturday, June 11, 1864, Confederate Gen. John McCausland and about 1,500 gray-clad soldiers lined the ...

Sidney Hillman

1887 - - - - - 1946

President

Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America

1914 – 1946

Chairman

Textile Workers Organizing Committee

1937 – 1939

Sidney Hillman was a labor giant. He provided leadership for hundreds of thousands of working people. Hillman ...

Patrick E. Gorman

1892 - - - - - 1980

International President, 1923 – 1942

International Secretary-Treasurer, 1942 – 1976

Chairman of the Board, 1976 – 1979

Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butcher Workmen

of North America

“Mr. Amalgamated”

Longevity alone would make Pat Gorman ...

Forward Brothers Sawmill

Site of

The original Forward Brother’s, Alfred T. and Frank, established the mill in 1908. The mill was moved from the original site which was where the Mt. Lassen Vineyards are now.

Alfred died in 1931 and Frank went on with the ...

Michael J. Quill

1905 - - - - - 1966

Co-Founder and First International President of

Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO

(1934–1966)

1934 - - - Elected President of Transport Workers.

Organizing Subway, Bus and other Transit

workers from Coast to Coast.

1942 - - ...

1914 United Confederate Veterans Reunion

On these grounds, May 6-9, 1914, the United Confederate Veterans celebrated their 24th annual reunion. Expecting no more than 25,000 reunion goers, the city was nearly overwhelmed when an estimated 70,000 visitors including 8,000 Veterans converged on Jacksonville. The average ...

"The Great Endurance Run"

On November 24, 1909 the "Autoist" participating in "The Great Endurance Run" reached the "Turn Around Checkpoint" at the Jacksonville City Hall which was located at this exact site. The location marked the halfway point for the "Drivers and Observers" ...

Boys Town Veterans Memorial

Dedicated to Boys Town's

sons & daughters who

have served their country in the

Armed Forces

July 1991

Honoring

Boys Town Alumni

who gave the

Ultimate Sacrifice

Ask not what your country can do for you

ask what you can do for your country

Marker is at the intersection of Flanagan ...

McAllister State Graded School

The term “graded school” was used to refer to any school that had more than one room and therefore contained more than one grade level of pupils. The McAllister State Graded School was built in 1914 and added to in ...

Johnson - Joss Memorial Park

Alexander Johnson donated the land for the first High School, City Park and the Catholic Church.

Leonard Joss, naturalist, landscaped the first city park, planted diverse flora all around Etna.

In honor of their generosity we dedicated this park in their memory, ...