The Tuomey Hospital

Sumter Hospital was begun 1904 by Drs. S. C. Baker, Walter Cheyne, Archie China, H. M. Stuckey, and was built shortly thereafter nearby. Renamed Tuomey following purchase in 1913 with funds from will of T. J. Tuomey (1842-1897) which specified ...

The Iowa, Sac and Fox Mission

The Iowa, Sac and Fox Mission was one of many Indian missions built in what is now Kansas between 1820 and 1862. Established in 1837 by Reverend Samuel and Eliza Irvin and Reverend William and Julia Hamilton, the mission was ...

The First Commercial Monorail in the United States

In commemoration

of service and honor

to the Seattle World’s Fair

April 21 – October 21 1962

and the City of Seattle

Placed in tribute this 19th day

of October 1962 at the site of

the Northern Termius of the ...

The Closing of the Mission

The passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854 further reduced the size of Indian reservations. Too far removed from the tribes, the mission closed in 1863. Today both tribes have reservations in Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma. The Sac & Fox ...

The Highland Presbyterian Mission

In 1845 the missions board began construction of a building to house and educate the children of the Iowa and Sac & Fox tribes. Much larger than it is now, the mission was originally 106 feet long and contained 32 ...

Academy of The Holy Names

On Sept. 14, 1896, Sisters of the Holy Names established The Academy of The Holy Names by order of Bishop John Moore. Sisters Mary Emiline and Mary Hubert were the first teachers in this brick school.

    On Nov. 29, 1896, ...

Catherine Kennedy Home

For the elderly. Grew from Ladies Benevolent Society, founded, 1845. First home, 1879, stood four blocks east.

Marker is on South 3rd Street (U.S. 74) 0.1 miles south of Orange Street, on the right when traveling north.

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The Missionary Movement

While some wanted to "Americanize" the relocated Indian tribes, others wanted to offer aid. Missionaries set up schools to convert the Indian children to Christianity and to teach them vocational skills. Many Indians preferred to maintain their own beliefs and ...

Memorial to the Lexington Minute Men

These men gave everything dear in life, yea and life itself in support of the common cause.

Back of Monument:

Memorial

to the Lexington Minute Men who were

on the Green in the early morning engagement

April 19, 1775

Capt. John Parker • Lt. William Tidd ...

Central Park and The Kohl Pumphouse

The site of the Central Park is possibly the sole surviving example of the late nineteenth century estates once so numerous on the Peninsula.

Charles B. Polhemus, Director of the San Francisco & San Jose Railroad and founder of Central San ...