The Founding of Greencastle, Indiana

The name Indiana means “Land of the Indians”. For untold centuries, some say millennia, the Indians moved across the land. It was their hunting ground. Permanent Indian settlements in Indiana were to the north and to the south. And then ...

Hagemeister Park

Packers Heritage Trail

Hagemeister Park was the home of the Packers from 1919, their inaugural season as a semipro team, through 1922, their second year in the NFL.

Before East High School and City Stadium were built, Hagemeister Park included the tract ...

The Historic Sedgwick County Courthouse

Built 1888 - 1889

has been placed on the

National Register of Historic Places

by the National Park Service,

United States Department of the Interior

May 1971

This site possesses national significance

in commemorating the history

of the United States of America

Marker is on Market Street near Central ...

Missouri Pacific Depot Veterans Memorial

Honoring those who passed through

this depot answering their call

to duty during WWII

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (U.S. 77) and 3rd Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Arthur W. Keddie

1842 – 1924

If there is a dream within your hand

Open your hand to let the dream fly free.

A young Scotch Canadian engineer, surveyor and cartographer came to Quincy in 1864, remaining to ply his craft and make history.

His vision of ...

Forest Stationers

The Huskinson Block

Built in 1876, it is one of the first permanent structures in the Quincy Business District. Businesses of this site included Cohn Bros. Dry Goods, U.S. Post Office, I.O.O.F. Lodge, E.C.V. Hall, National Forest Supervisors office, Quincy Hardware ...

Birthplace Of The Packers

Packers Heritage Trail

The Green Bay Packers were organized on Aug. 11, 1919, in the old Green Bay Press-Gazette building that stood here at 315 Cherry Street. The meeting took place in the editorial department on the second floor.

Two days later, ...

Conanicut Battery

Conanicut Battery

A Revolutionary Fort

Built by Americans in 1776

Grounds cleared and tablet placed by the Daughters of the American Revolution of Rhode Island

Marker can be reached from Battery Lane.

Courtesy hmdb.org

St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church

"Dues Optima Maxima" • "To God, the Best and the Greatest"

St. Anthony of Padua Church was built in 1902 under the direction of the Franciscan Order for the German Catholics in the Wichita area. St. Anthony's is the oldest Catholic ...

Historic Milwaukee

North Plankinton Avenue

Picture Milwaukee in 1835. Potawatomi and Menomonee tribal lands had been ceded by treaty to the federal government in 1831 and 1833, and the land made available for sale. By 1835 there were 125 hardy settlers living ...