Bustling Shipyards

When the first settlers arrived in the Sheboygan area early in the 1830s, they were awed by the seemingly endless verdant pine forests and stands of hardwood that covered the county. With lake transportation the very lifeblood of the early ...

Christ Church- Cambridge

Oldest church building

in Cambridge.

Built in 1760

occupied by

Continental troops

in 1775.

Marker is on Garden Street north of Mason Street, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Boder Building

This property has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is on 4th Street near Felix Street, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Alderete-Candelaria House

Although the exact building date for this adobe masonry structure is unknown, it appears to have been constructed during the 1870s for Benigno Alderete (1845-1916). Born in Ysleta (now part of El Paso), Alderete served at various times as a ...

St. Michael's Prairie / The Lewis and Clark Expedition

St. Michael's Prairie

St. Michael’s Prairie, the site where St. Joseph would be established, was identified on maps at least as early as 1792. French explorers and trappers had been traveling up and down the Missouri River since the early 1700s, ...

Auburn University And Birmingham-Southern College Began In Talla

By action of the Alabama Conference of The Methodist Episcopal Church, South in session at Talladega, December 13-18, 1854, Auburn University and Birmingham - Southern College were born. The delegation resolved to “have a college within the bounds of our ...

England Air Force Base History

England Air Force Base, which officially closed on December 15, 1992, began as the Alexandria Army Air Base on October 16, 1942 and was formally activated on February 12, 1943, was comprised of 2,604 acres and had two runways -- ...

Old Men of Menotomy

At this spot

on April 19, 1775

the Old Men of Menotomy

captured a convoy of

eighteen soldiers with supplies

on its way to join

the British at Lexington.

Marker is at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue (U.S. 3) and Pleasant Street (Massachusetts Route 60), on the ...

Minnesota’s Roads / Welcome to Minnesota

Minnesota's Roads. "A perfect highway is a thing of beauty and joy forever," enthused a speaker at Minnesota's first "Good Roads" convention in 1893. "It blesses every home by which it passes."

Early in the 1890s, even before the automobile age, ...

Confederate Commissary Center

Swimming in Bacon

Before the Civil War erupted, Franklin became a regional transportation and commercial center for the Blackwater-Chowan River basin because the seaboard and Roanoke Railroad connected with steamship lines here. When the war began, the town immediately became a ...