Clark's Ferry Bridge Company

William Jennings - President

Christian W. Lynch - Vice-president

William Wills - Secretary

Patrick F. Duncan - Treasurer

Frank M. Masters - Chief Engineer

Ralph Modjeski - Consulting Engineer

Paul P. Cret - Consulting Architect

The Vang Const. Co. - Contractors

(Around relief artwork of the original bridge)

The ...

Fort Concho

The center of a line of forts extending from the northeastern border of Texas to El Paso. Was also northern point of southern chain of forts extending to Rio Grande, thence along that river to its mouth. Established 1867 (at ...

Some Exterior Features

The tomb's exterior is of granite, the point of the obelisk standing 117 feet high. A bronze statue portrays Lincoln holding the Emancipation Proclamation. The eagle on the plaque below holds in its beak the broken chain of human slavery. ...

Alabama A&M University former names / Alabama Agricultural and M

Normal, Alabama

Alabama A&M University former names

1873 - Colored Normal School at Huntsville

1885 - The Huntsville State Colored Normal and Industrial School

1896 - The State Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes

1919 - The State Agricultural and ...

Reconstruction and Renovation

The Lincoln tomb has undergone two reconstructions. The first, undertaken from 1899 to 1901, corrected a failing foundation. the structure was completely dismantled, new foundations were placed and the tomb was re-erected with an additional 15 feet added to the ...

Front Porch Campaign

From July to November 1880, Republican candidate James A. Garfield staged his presidential campaign from his home. Using this porch as his rostrum, Garfield delivered dozens of speeches - some more than two hours long - to more than 15,000 ...

Island Ownership

In 1647, Giles Brent established the first English settlement in this area along Aquia Creek. Nearly 50 years later, George Brent, Giles Brent’s nephew, became the island’s first documented owner. George purchased “…a small tongue or neck or Island of ...

Site of Fort McKavett

Established March 14, 1852 by the United States War Department as a protection to frontier settlers against hostile Indians. Named in honor of Captain Henry McKavett, who fell at the Battle of Monterrey, September 21, 1846. Evacuated by federal troops, ...

Temporary Tombs

Oak Ridge Cemetery's public vault, located at the base of the hill behind the Lincoln tomb, received the bodies of Abraham Lincoln and his son William on May 4, 1865. It would be some time before a permanent burial place ...

National Historic Landmark - Lincoln Tomb

Has been designated a

Registered National

Historic Landmark

Under the provisions of the

Historic sites Act of August 31, 1935

This site possesses exceptional value

om commemorating and illustrating

the history of the United States

U.S.Department of the Interior

National Park Service

1964