Bainbridge Army Air Field

In August, 1942, on this 2,053 acre tract, the U.S. Army constructed a basic flight training field. It remained open until 1945. At its peak 9600 officers, enlisted men, trainees and WACS were stationed here; there were 700 civilian employees, ...

Oliver Perry Morton

[ Plaque One ]

Born in Wayne Co. Indiana August 4, 1823.

Died in Indianapolis November 1, 1877.

Aged 54 years, 2month and 25 days.

Admitted to the Bar in 1847.

Served as Governor of Indiana from January

16, ...

1st U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery

"Ready to Take the Field"

Gen. Davis Tillson raised 1,700-man 1st U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery in Tennessee and North Carolina in 1864. The unit encamped nearby while garrisoned in Asheville in 1865. Assigned to Tillson's 2nd brigade, the men participated in ...

Fort Preble

This area is the site of Fort Preble, also known as Fort Hancock during the Revolutionary War, a temporary fort. Fort Preble was begun in 1808 during the administration of Pres. Jefferson and completed before the War of 1812. It ...

General Dragoljub Mihailovich

Legion of Merit Chief Commander

General Dragoljub Mihailovich distinguished himself in an outstanding manner as Commander-in-Chief of the Yugoslavian Army Forces and later as Minister of War by organizing and leading important resistance forces against the enemy which occupied Yugoslavia, from ...

Site of Former Schools

Site of Former Schools

District No.6 - Point Village

Willard Schools

1867 - 1978

Marker is at the intersection of Pillsbury Street and Chase Street, on the right when traveling north on Pillsbury Street.

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Serbian Orthodox Monastery of St. Sava

This property

has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

By the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is on Illinois Route 21, on the right when traveling north.

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John A. Roebling Bridge

John A Roebling (1806-1869), pioneer civil engineer, was the designer and builder of the Covington-Cincinnati Suspension Bridge which was completed in 1866. It served as the prototype for Roebling’s design of the Brooklyn Bridge, which was complete in 1882 under ...

The First High Rise Concrete Frame Building in the United States

Commemorating the first high rise concrete frame building in the United States

Erected 1903

Marker is at the intersection of E 4th St and Vine St, on the right when traveling west on E 4th St.

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Duck Creek Aqueduct

An aqueduct is a bridge carrying one body of water over another. The Duck Creek Aqueduct was originally built in 1843 to convey the canal over Duck Creek 16 feet below. Flood waters in 1847 destroyed the aqueduct, which was ...