Lincoln in Beardstown

Abraham Lincoln first saw Beardstown in the Spring of 1831 as he, two friends, and Denton Offutt steered Offutt's flatboat laden with merchandise on their way to New Orleans. He returned in 1832, first in March to help get the ...

Captain Abraham Lincoln

Rejecting a treaty, Black Hawk, a leader of the Sauk and Fox, led his hungry people back into Illinois from Iowa in early 1832, intending to plant corn. Black Hawk also hoped to form an alliance with the Winnebago and ...

Anderson Dock

Aslag Anderson, Norwegian born mill-wright, built this store and dock in 1858.

The dock served as the transportation center for this area from the sailing days through the steamship era in the 1920's.

On Anderson's death in 1892, two of his children, ...

Lincoln and Blackhawk

Abraham Lincoln and his men were among the 1,500 or so volunteers who had poured into Beardstown for basic military drills. These men had answered Gen. John Reynolds' call to drive Black Hawk and his people out of Illinois. The ...

SS Gulfamerica

This marker commemorates the attack on the USS Gulfamerica on April 10, 1942, during World War II (1941-1945) by a German U-boat just off the coast of Jacksonville Beach. The Gulfamerica, a merchant marine vessel, was on her maiden voyage ...

Alligator

Originally called Alpata Telophka, or Alligator Town, this site was a Seminole village, ruled by the powerful chief Alligator, an instigator of the Dade Massacre, which began the great Seminole War of 1835. Following the cessation of hostilities, a white ...

Sheikh Mohammed

1949 -

Through the last two decades of the 20th Century and into the next, the dominant purchasers of Thoroughbreds in the world were the Maktoum brothers from the country of Dubai. As the ruling family of that oil producing Emirate, ...

Beard's Hat Shop

William Beard made & sold hats at his well-known shop, established before 1795 and later operated by his son David. Site 1 1/3 mi. N.

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and Penny Road, on the left when traveling ...

Red Rocks Amphitheatre

City and County of Denver Landmark

Principle construction by Civilian Conservation Corps Company 1848, SP-13C, Mt. Morrison, CO.

1936 - 1941

Dedicated as a memorial to all who served at Mt. Morrison and to the 3 million who served in the CCC nation-wide, ...

Bushnell's Basin

Historic District

Western Terminus Erie Canal

1822-1825

1800's farming community

Trolley stop R&E Railroad

Marker is at the intersection of Marsh Road and Pittsford-Victor Rd. (New York Route 96), on the right when traveling south on Marsh Road.

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