Richardson-Owens-Thomas House

Marquis De Lafayette

In this house

designed by the

Architect

William Jay

in early 1800

Marquis De

Lafayette

was the guest of

the City of Savannah

March 19-21, 1825.

A friend of

Washington and a

defender of

American ...

Sir Winston Churchill

1874 - 1965

This statue by William McVey (1902 - 1995),

was erected in 1966 by public subscription, on

the initiative of the English Speaking Union.

One foot stands on United States, one

on British Embassy grounds: a symbol of

Roche-A-Cri State Park

This prominent butte, perhaps the steepest hill in Wisconsin, was called La Roche-a-Cri by 17th and 18th century French voyageurs. Rising 300 feet above the surrounding plain, this landmark undoubtedly guided Indians and early pioneers. Indians of an undetermined cultural ...

Dragon Alley

During this district’s boom of 1881 – 1884, sixteen thousand Chinese established themselves within this area of Victoria. Thus emerged six blocks of businesses, theatres, a hospital, schools, churches, temples, opium factories, gambling dens and brothels; creating for Victoria’s Chinese ...

Bellevue Apartments

1913 - 1914

Constructed by local builder Charles E. Marks, the Bellevue was the largest and most expensive apartment building erected during Madison's pre-World War I apartment house boom. Advertised as a place of "ease and comfort," the Bellevue featured such ...

Fort Amanda

Ohio Historical Marker

[Marker Front]

After Gen. William Hull's surrender at Detroit early in the War of 1812, most of Michigan Territory came under British and Indian control. To prevent a possible invasion of Ohio, Gen. William Henry Harrison, commander of the ...

Chinese General Store

For many years the building on the near left side of this photograph (where you are standing) was a Chinese general store. It was taken down in the early 1960s to enlarge the intersection. You can see a streetcar on ...

Sherman at Conyers

On the night of Nov. 17, 1864, Morgan’s division, 14th Corps, of the Left Wing of Gen. Sherman’s army [US], which had marched from Atlanta on the 15th on its destructive March to the Sea, camped in this immediate vicinity ...

Pennsylvania Boxcars

Boxcars were the backbone of the railroads' non-bulk freight business. During a journey, a freight car was often coupled and uncoupled to several different trains. As a result, one company's freight cars might be found on a dozen different lines. ...

Fifth Regiment of Garrison Artillery

The Fifth Regiment of Garrison Artillery marches down Government Street in December 1915 on their way to the Inner Harbour, where they boarded a steamer to Vancouver. They would join other Canadian troops fighting in Europe in World War I. ...