South Branch Historic District

The site of homesteads settled early in the 1700's

Marker is on Rockafellows Mill Road, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Flambeau Trail – Continental Divide

Iron County Heritage Area

You are now standing on the “Continental Divide”, a geological demarcation line which splits Northern Wisconsin.

North of “The Divide”, rivers flow to Lake Superior and finally to the Atlantic Ocean. These waterways are full of rapids ...

De Soto in Georgia

In May 1539 Hernando de Soto landed in Florida with over 600 people, 220 horses and mules, and a herd reserved for famine. Fired by his success in

Pizarro's conquest of Peru, De Soto had been granted the rights, by ...

Flambeau Trail - Little Finland

Iron County Heritage Area

Jobs in the iron mines of the Penokee Range! Ample land to homestead!

News of the good life on the Penokee Iron Range brought Finnish immigrants here as early as 1887. By 1900, native born Finns were the ...

De Soto in Georgia

In May 1539 Hernando de Soto landed in Florida with over 600 people, 220 horses and mules, and a herd of swine reserved for famine. Fired by his success in Pizarro`s conquest of Peru, De Soto had been granted the ...

The Old Sunbury Road

The bustling seaport of Sunbury was

once the largest city of this region of

Georgia. Sunbury was the destination

for many trading ships loaded with cargo

from regions around the world. Rum,

sugar, and slaves arrived from the West

Indies. Clothes, tea, and iron ...

Dickason Park / Toppe Field

Major Dickason / Erhardt Toppe

Major Dickason

Major Elbert Dickason founded Wyocena in 1843. He platted and named the village in 1846. He was instrumental in Wyocena being temporarily named the county seat. He died in 1848 and is buried in the ...

Sod and Stubble

A pioneering story about the Ise Family

Located two miles west and a mile north of Downs, on level ground between Dry and Twelve Mile Creeks is the site of the 1871 homestead of Henry Ise. In 1873, Henry married seventeen ...

Warden Winter Home

The Warden Winter Home was built in 1887 for William G. Warden of Philadelphia. A partner with Henry Flagler and John D. Rockefeller in the Standard Oil Company, Warden was also the President of the St. Augustine Gas and Electric ...

Sunbury and Fort Morris

››—11 mi.?

he old town of Sunbury, 11 miles East on this road, was a leading port, said to rival Savannah in commercial importance. It was the first Seat of Justice of Liberty County. Sunbury Academy, established in 1788, was in ...