Central Library

Erected in 1898 from the award-winning design of Ferry and Clas. Designated as a landmark of the City of Milwaukee 1969 by Milwaukee Landmarks Commission in recognition of its architectural and historical significance to the community.

Marker is at the ...

Percy Lavon Julian ( 1899--1975 )

In a lifetime of continual striving, Percy L. Julian succeeded against the prejudices and discriminations of his time to become a pathbreaking synthetic chemist, a successful industrial research director, and a wealthy businessman. He was born in Montgomery, Ala., on ...

Eli Lilly and The Civil War ( 1861--1865 )

The year 1861 would prove to be a very eventful year for the young Eli Lilly. On January 31, 1861, a marriage license was issued to the 22-year-old Eli Lilly and his local sweetheart, Emily Lemon. Shortly after his marriage, ...

The Old Bay Road

An ancient Indian trail. The Post Road between Massachusetts Bay and Narragansett Bay.

The first highway in Easton.

The Old Bay Road Historical District

Recorded in the National Register of Historic Places

U.S. Department of Interior

National Park Service

May 22nd 1972

Marker is on ...

La Porte’s Chinese Community

In 1870 the Chinese community of Goodwin Township consisted of 184 dwellings housing 248 people. They were accepted and more welcome here than in other mining areas due to the respect of their leader, Ah Tye in the white and ...

Emigrant Trail

1850

Gold discovered

Rabbit Creek – 1850

Renamed

La Porte – 1857

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and School Street on Main Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Lotta Crabtree

Charlotte (Lotta) Mignon Crabtree, born November 7, 1847, New York City. Moved to Grass Valley California in late spring of 1853. In the fall of 1854, the Crabtrees moved to Rabbit Creek (La Porte). Mart Taylor, a saloon owner with ...

Rochester's Early Banks

Diagonally across Franklin Street stands a fine example of the work of esteemed Rochester architect J. Foster Warner. This traditional banking house was built in 20th century Byzantine Style in 1928 for the Rochester Savings Bank. It features mosaics and ...

Abraham Lincoln's Biography

Greencastle Courthouse Square

6 West Washington Street

William Herndon

Jesse Weik

Abraham Lincoln

and

Greencastle

During the long, hot summer of 1887, William H. Herndon of Springfield, Illinois, the former law partner of Abraham Lincoln, came to Greencastle to visit his ...

The Hurricane of September 21st 1938

Top Marker

The Hurricane of September 21st 1938 driven by a wind velocity of 95 MPH max caused tidal waters to reach a new level as indicated below

13 feet 8½ inches

above mean high water

one foot eleven and one fourth inches higher ...