The Third System

Although the United States won the War of 1812, the searing memory of the nation’s capital in flames continued to disturb the public and Congress alike. The British had entered the Chesapeake Bay, continued up the Potomac River, and set ...

The Pleasant Valley War a.k.a. The Graham-Tewsbury Fued

Circa 1882 - 1892

One of the West’s Longest and Bloodiest feuds took

place here and around Pleasant Valley. The Grahams and

the Tewksburys had been in the cattle business and it

seems probable that they first fell out over the division of cattle ...

Sinking Of The USS Harvest Moon

[Front]

In early 1865 the USS Harvest Moon, a 193-foot, 5-gun side-wheel steamer, was the flagship of Adm. John A. Dahlgren of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, U.S. Navy. It arrived off Georgetown and anchored nearby on February 26th. Confederate ...

The Welcome To Las Vegas Sign

1959

Has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

By the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker can be reached from Las Vegas Boulevard South (Nevada Route 159) 0.4 miles south of West Russell Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The 526th Armored Infantry Battalion

World War II

In honored memory of those soldiers of the battalion who trained here at Camp Bouse and gave their lives in combat to preserve the freedom of the United States and to set the Peoples of Europe free.

Headquarters Company

Donald ...

The Cornerstone of Freedom

[ Top Plaque ]

This Cornerstone of Freedom

presented June, 17, 1948

at Bedford, Indiana, U. S. A.

The Stone City of the World

On this spot June 17, 1948 as a

part of the Indiana Limestone

Centennial Cornerstones of

Freedom were given to

representatives ...

The Depot Explosion and Mystery

On the evening of March 2, 1913, an explosion destroyed the Houston, East & West Texas Railroad depot at this site, disrupting the town's vital source of transportation and trade. Although a body was not discovered, it was presumed a ...

The "Swamp Rabbit" Railroad

For 100 years the "Swamp Rabbit" railroad crossed the Reedy River at this site. The train trestle was demolished in 1990, leaving the old concrete piers which now form an integral part of this dam.

Primarily a carrier of freight, the ...

The Submarine Industry

Rooted in Connecticut

Just as the early settlers recognized the fine qualities of the New London harbor, so did the US Government. At the end of the Civil War, the Federal Government accepted land in Groton and Ledyard, purchased by New ...

The Ohio Oil Co - Marathon Oil Co / Gas Boom Era

Side A: The Ohio Oil Company-Marathon Oil Company

Site of the first Findlay Field Office for what was to become a world-wide oil company, formerly locally owned and operated.

1887: The Ohio Oil Company was incorporated by five independent oil producers in ...