Birthplace of U.S. Copper Industry

In this building in 1801 Paul Revere-famed " Midnight Rider" Patriot and silversmith- founded an industry as well as a business.

Here he rolled copper successfully for the first time in America. Thus beginning one of the most vital industries in ...

Sheard Playground

In Memory of 2nd Lt. William J. Sheard

Dedicated to the memory of

2nd Lt. William J. Sheard

Co. G 157th Inf. Regt. 7th Army

Sept. 11, 1911 + Dec. 21, 1944

Killed in Action in Germany during

World War II

Lt. Sheard was a love of ...

Korean Veterans Memorial Plaza

Dedicated to the memory and honor of those men from Holyoke who gave their lives in the Korean Conflict

1950-1955

Norman Brissette • William G. Carroll • Anthony J. Castro • Roland V. Charpentier • Richard F. Donoghue • Roland J. Dostie ...

Mrs. Addie Cowley Bradley

In honor of

Mrs. Addie Cowley Bradley

who was the first white girl born

in Eldorado Township;

the first in Butler County;

the first in the Fifth District of Kansas.

Born May 4, 1858. Died Feb. 27, 1932.

Boulder furnished by

W.H.L. Wallace

Womens Relief Corps. No. 7.

ElDorado Kansas

Courtesy ...

Alfred Washington Ellet

Oct. 11, 1820 - Jan. 9, 1895

Brig. Gen. - U.S. Volunteers

Commander [Mississippi] Marine Brigade

Capt. 59th Ill. Inf. Aug. 20, 1861

Lieut. Col. U.S. Volunteers Apr. 28, 1862

Brig. Gen. Nov. 1, 1862

This marker erected in 1979

at the request of his grandson,

the late ...

Schooner Daniel Lyons

Historic Shipwreck

Type: Wooden Schooner, three masted

Built: 1873, George Goble, Oswego, N.Y.

Sank: October 18, 1878

Length: 138’ Beam: 26’

Cargo: Wheat

Depth of Wreckage: 110’

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places

About eight miles northeast of here, the wooden schooner Daniel Lyons rests 110 ...

Steam Barge Francis Hinton

Historic Shipwreck

Type: Wooden steam barge

Built: 1889, Hansen & Scove, Manitowoc, Wis.

Sank: November 16, 1909

Length: 152’ Beam: 31’

Cargoes: Lumber, wood products

Propulsion: Propeller

Depth of Wreckage: 15’

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places

About one-quarter mile offshore from this point lies the wreck ...

Shakespeare's Head

Built by publisher John Carter in 1772 to house the printing press of the Providence Gazette, the post office and a bookshop as well as Carter's growing family, this is one of the oldest three-story structures in Providence. So named ...

Schooner Rouse Simmons

Historic Shipwreck

Type: Wooden schooner, three-masted

Built: 1868, Allen McClelland and Company, Milwaukee

Sank: November 23, 1912

Length: 124’ Beam: 27’

Cargo: Lumber, wood products, Christmas trees

Depth of Wreckage: 165’

Lives lost: 16

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places

About 12 miles northeast of this spot, ...

Pacific Brewery

One of four Gold Rush breweries in Weaverville, the Pacific Brewery building was built by Fred Walters in 1855. Walters sold to Lorenz and Hagelman in 1865. John Meckel bought the business from Lorenz in 1878. Meckel died in 1889, ...