Old Town’s Entrepreneur Spirit (#1)

From 1870 through the 1800s, Henry Piper, one of Old Town’s early entrepreneurs, operated a successful bakery in a narrow alley. Today, the building at Wells and North is known as Piper’s Alley. The existing house located at 1546 North ...

Broderick – Terry Duel

The famous duel that ended dueling in California was fought in a ravine east of here, near the shore of Lake Merced. In the early morning of September 13, 1859. The participants were U.S. Senator David C. Broderick and Chief ...

Chesterfield Courthouse

Chesterfield County's first courthouse was built here soon after the county was established in 1785. The second courthouse on this site was built 1825-1829 from plans by architect Robert Mills, designer of the Washington Monument. According to local tradition it ...

Confederate State Capitol of Kentucky

Bowling Green named state capitol at the Convention in Russellville November 20, 1861.

First Governor, George W. Johnson.

Commissioners to the Confederate Congress, William Preston, W.W. Simms and Henry Burnett.

Marker is on College Heights Boulevard, on the right when traveling west. ...

Diverted Attack

Aug. 31, 1864. The three divs. of Hardee’s A. C. [CS] Lowrey’s, Brown’s & Maney’s (under Gen. Cleburne), moved W. from Jonesboro to attack the flank of the intrenched Federal 15th A. C. 400 yds. N. This called for a ...

Robson's Castle and Columbus, Texas, Meat and Ice Company

Robert Robson (1804-1878), one of many Scotsmen seeking fortune in North America, came to the Texas Republic in 1839. On land he owned at this site, he built a concrete "castle," using native lime and gravel. It had running water, ...

Early Texas Hotels and Inns

Two miles east, at Winedale, is the Old "Sam Lewis Stopping Place" of the 1850s--a typical early Texas inn, now a University of Texas Research Center. Built 1834, as a settler's 2-room log cabin of hand-hewn cedar; then enlarged twice ...

Early Prominent Residents of Old Town (#2)

In the early 1800s and 1900s, Old Town was a thriving community of immigrants, laborers, brewers and civic leaders who contributed to the early success of Chicago.

William B. Ogden – resident of Old Town and first mayor of Chicago ...

Old Town and The Great Fire (#3)

On October 7, 1871, the Great Fire of Chicago started on the south side of the city and continued north. As the fire approached Old Town, the bells of St. Michael’s Church began to toll. The walls of church survived, ...

The Cannery Lady

In the early 19th century many canneries operated throughout California. The rich agricultural and fishing areas of east Contra Costa County hosted a number of canneries and packing sheds. The picturesque Antioch waterfront was home to two canneries and one ...