Old Rock Store

Influenced by the style of early German rock buildings in central Texas, James Andrew Patton (1853-1944) supervised the construction of this building in 1898. A German mason laid the stone.

Patton fought Comanches as a Texas Ranger and was a civic ...

First Baptist Church (Brick-A-Day Church)

Organized in 1866, this pioneering congregation grew out of First Baptist Church, now on Perry Street, where early parishioners had worshipped as slaves. The first building, facing Columbus Street, was erected in 1867. Nathan Ashby served as first pastor (1866-70) ...

Indian Trails

Oregon History

An ancient trail passed through here as part of an extensive Indian trade network linking peoples of the Northern Great Basin and Columbia Plateau to those living west of the Cascades. Obsidian, bear grass, and slaves were transported over ...

Bethlehem Civil War and World War I Memorial

A Tribute to the Valor

Of The

Men of Bethlehem

Who Fought For

Freedom and Humanity

Civil War

1861 – 1865

Frederick Adkins • Joseph Boyce • Gideon D. Crane • William B. Crane • Francis Dugan • John ...

City Wharf and Warehouses

The City’s Wharf and Warehouse probably was constructed in the late 1880’s. A south extension likely was added around 1900. The small waterfront facility provided river-craft dockage for a number of small independent operators. As indicated by the rooftop sign ...

Old Oakwood Cemetery

The city cemetery was begun by donations of land from Andrew Dexter in 1817 and from General John Scott in 1818. Dexter and Scott had founded separate villages which combined to form Montgomery in 1819. The early part of the ...

Poplar Springs Methodist Camp Ground

Camp meetings have been held here each year, from 1832,except four years during the War Between the States. The 50-acre plot, “extending one-half mile in every direction from the preacher’s stand,” was purchased by from Daniel and Jacob Groover for ...

Civil War Medicine / Montgomery's Confederate Hospitals

Side A

During the War Between the States medical knowledge was primitive. As a result, twice as many men died of disease than in battle from wounds. Early in the War, childhood diseases such as measles, mumps and chicken pox decimated ...

View Near the M Street Bridge

Sacramento’s importance during the Gold Rush was as a supply depot for outlying towns in the foothill-mining region. The City’s central location to the northern mining region, combined with reliable year-round river transportation to San Francisco, made it ideal as ...

University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum

Home of pioneering research on prescribed fire and prairie restoration

The Arboretum consists of 1,200 acres of restored and remnant prairies, savannas, wetlands and woodlands. Each of these plant communities provides a window into the natural heritage of southern Wisconsin before ...