The "A" Boom in Paducah

On October 18, 1950 the U.S. Atomic Energy commission approved the site of the former Kentucky Ordinance Works as the location for a new facility in the nation's rapidly growing nuclear production complex. Construction of the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, ...

The Life and Times of John Bidwell

An Amazing Life and Legacy

John Bidwell was born on the east coast to a poor farming family in 1819. In spite of these modest roots, he would eventually become a key figure in California history, one famous for being a ...

Duncan-Stiles House

Walking Tour Stop 6

This grand three-story Federal-style house “was by far the most expensive private house ever built in Carlisle,” wrote James Hamilton, Jr. in the 1870s. It was planned and built, c. 1811, by Judge Thomas Duncan's wife as ...

Waushara County World War I Memorial

Lest We Forget

Waushara County's memorial

to its sons and daughters

who served as soldiers,

sailors, marines and nurses

in the World War.

1917 · 1919

Marker is on South Saint Marie Street south of West Park Street, on the left when traveling south.

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Japanese Torpedo

This type 93 Torpedo is the largest enemy

weapon of its kind encountered in World War II.

It is 29½ feet long, 24 inches in diameter

and carries over 1,000 lbs. of explosive in the

war head. At the low speed setting of 40 ...

Dawn of the Atomic Age

Urgency was the order of the day, as construction of the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, TVA's Shawnee Steam Plant, and Electric Energy Inc.'s Joppa, Il Steam Plant all began early in 1951. Recognizing the importance to national security, workers of ...

General Winfield Scott

General Winfield Scott followed John Wool (1836-1837) and William Lindsay (1837-1838) as commander of Federal troops in the Cherokee nation. Scott arrived at New Echota, Cherokee Nation on April 16, 1838 and assumed command of the "Army of the Cherokee ...

Oakland Normal Institute

W. 1 mi. Here, 1887~1904, G.A. & J. T. Holley bridged gap between rural schools and colleges for many who distinguished themselves in law, education, & business.

Marker is on Mississippi Route 178 just from Patton Flat Oakland Road.

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The Parsonage / Miss Izard's School

The Parsonage“The Parsonage,” the home of Rev. James B. Middleton (1839-1918), stood here at 5 Short Court (now President’s Place) until 1916. Middleton and his siblings, born slaves, were taught to read and write by their father, Rev. James C. ...

Randolph County's First “College for Females”

1852 - 1907

The Baptist Bethel Association, meeting in Benevolence in 1851, resolved to undertake “The Creation of an Educational Institution for Females, to be called THE BAPTIST FEMALE COLLEGE OF SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.” This site, in the little village of Villa ...