G.W. Fechter Stationery

G.W. Fechter Stationery

212 North Eighth Street

c. 1911

is listed in the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

8th Street Historic District

Manitowoc, Wisconsin

Marker is on North 8th Street (U.S. 10) north of York Street, on the left when traveling north. ...

Ashland Park / Olmsted Brothers In KY

(obverse)

Ashland Park

In 1904, descendants of Henry Clay hired famed landscape architects, Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. and John Charles Olmsted, to design Ashland Park neighborhood on the 600-acre estate. Constructed over a 15-year period, development was completed around 1930. The brothers ...

The Sacred Lot

On this lot in 1820 the first church to be constructed in the Town of Port Royal was built. The brick building had 12 windows and was inter-denominational. By 1844 it was known as the Methodist Church, even though ministers ...

Sojourner Truth

Ca. 1797 – Nov. 26, 1883

          Famous slave of Ulster County, born in Hurley, N.Y. Though illiterate, this woman of indomitable character and intellect left her indelible mark as an eloquent condemner of slavery, from ...

Dr. Cornelius C. Elmendorph House

Pre-Revolution home of Old Dutch Church Conferentie family leader 1754 – 1772. Ulster County Medical Society founded in this building July 1, 1806

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and Wall Street, on the right when traveling east ...

Sad Saga of Vegetarian Creek

In Mid-March, 1856, the first emigrants of the Vegetarian Settlement Company set out for the Neosho River Valley in Kansas Territory. Henry S. Clubb promoted Kans. Terr. as a permanent home for believers in Vegetarianism, hydropahty, and abstinence from alcohol, ...

Site of Rappahannock Industrial Academy

1902 - 1948

Founded by

Southside Rappahannock Baptist Association

Education - The Hope of a Glorious Future

Original Trustees

Willis Brook - Ned Fitzgerald - C. H. Newman

D. R. Page - Thomas Pollard - J. R. Ruffin

N. A. Wiggins

W. E. Robinson - Principal - 1904 ...

Walter Johnson Birth Site

On November 6, 1887, Hall of Fame baseball pitcher Walter Perry Johnson was born on this farm site. In 1901, he moved with his family into the town of Humboldt. During a career with the Washington Senators from 1907 to ...

A Century of Service: Manitowoc Public Library 1900-2000

Manitowoc has a rich library tradition. Around the Civil War several efforts were made to provide library services, but failed primarily due to lack of funding. During 1898 and 1899 the Clio Club, a women's literary group, raised $4,700 to ...

Macarthy~Pope House

Side 1:

Known as Clinton’s oldest house, the Macarthy~Pope house is believed to have been built between 1809 and 1810. Benjamin and William Trapp owned the dwelling between 1818 and 1832. During the latter two years of their ownership Benjamin Trapp ...