J.W. and Ethel I Woodruff Foundation Interpretive Trail

Native plants played a significant role in the daily life of the Creek Indian civilization that inhabited the Chattahoochee Valley until relocation to Oklahoma in the 19th century. During the Woodland Period, the local inhabitants were skilled hunters and gatherers ...

Jamaica Estates New York World War II Memorial

1941 - 1945

World War II

John Adikes Jr • Norman H Puff • Sigmund Gilmore • Peter P Renzo • Kenneth S Kinnes • Joseph A Schiebel • John B Lovely • Donald J Schneider • Paul W Olson ...

Southland Paper Mills, Inc

First plant to turn southern pines into newsprint. Mill here revolutionized paper industry in the southern United States. Seeking local paper rather than foreign supplies, Southland was incorporated in 1938 and began operations, 1940. Its mills made possible use of ...

Ford's Depot

The Destruction Begins

In June 1864, to deny Gen. Robert E. Lee the use of the South Side R.R. and the Richmond and Danville R.R., Gen. Ulysses S. Grant sent Gen. James H. Wilson and Gen. August V Kautz south of ...

Alpha Delta Pi

Memorial Headquarters

Alpha Delta Pi Sorority was founded May 15, 1851 at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia, as the first secret society in the world for college women, and thus became the mother of the social sorority system. Wesleyan Collage was ...

The Old Burying Ground

The Old Burying Ground

At Byram Shore

Is Recognized For

Its Historic Importance By

The Historical Society

Of the Town of Greenwich

and

The Byram Garden Club

May 1999

Greenwich Landmark

Marker is at the intersection of Byram Shore Road and Byram Dock Street, on the left when traveling ...

Ethel Davis Plaza

In Memory of

1896-1968

Ethel Davis' vision and determination to enhance the quality of life in the Shoals through support and encouragement of the arts led to the foundation of the Tennessee Valley Art Association in 1963.

The following year the City of ...

Howard M. Temin

1934-1994

This path is dedicated to the memory of

Howard M. Temin

1934-1994

Distinguished Professor of Oncology (1960-1994)

Eminent Virologist at the McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1975)

National Medal of Science, USA (1992)

Exceptional seeker of truth in ...

32nd Indiana Infantry

Gibson's Brigade - McCook's Division

(front)

32d

Regiment

Infantry,

Commanded by

Col. August Willich,

6th Brigade -- Col. W.H. Gibson --

2nd Division -- Gen. McCook--

Army of the Ohio.

Indiana

(back)

32d Infantry,

Commanded by Col. August Willich.

This regiment arrived on the battlefield at 10 a.m, April 7th, 1862. Was ordered ...

Wilson-Kautz Raid

"Destroy both those roads"

In late June 1864, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia were engaged in a desperate defense of the city of Petersburg. Victory for Lee depended on a steady flow of supplies, brought ...