Nichols, Conn. World War Veterans Memorial

[ front tablet ]

Nichols, Conn.

World War Veterans

1917 – 1918

Alexander Nacy. • Nathan S. Mac Donald. • Stephen C. Onofrey. • Edward F. Marshall. • Stephen E. Stancisko. • Clarence A. Cooper. • Frederick W. ...

Boothe Homestead

This 1820’s home was built over the original foundation of the 1683 house and has been altered four times since then. David and Stephen Boothe’s renovations of 1913 added stained glass windows, four safes in the walls, and several “puzzle” ...

John Adam Treutlen

[South Face]:

John Adam Treutlen

1733 - 1782

First Constitutional Governor

of

The State Of Georgia

Elected May 1777

[East Face]:

John Adam Treutlen

He was a member of the First Provincial Congress Of Georgia, meeting in Savannah July 4, 1775, and was appointed to the Committee of Safety, ...

First Brigade

Horse Artillery - Cavalry Corps

Army of the Potomac

Cavalry Corps Horse Artillery

First Brigade

Capt. James M. Robertson

9th Michigan Battery

Capt. Jabez J. DanielsJuly 3d Engaged on Cemetery Ridge south of Pleasonton Avenue subject to the orders of Major Gen. J. Newton.

6th New York ...

The Reno-Benteen Defense

June 25-26, 1876

After an unsuccessful attack on the Indian camp in the valley, Major Reno and his battalion retreated to this vicinity where they were soon reinforced by Captain Benteen's battalion and the pack train.

In an attempt to find and ...

Technocratic Cathedral

circa 1932

This building, designed and built by the Boothes, was made of redwood shipped through the Panama Canal. All the 4x6 timbers lie flat and are secured with galvanized dowels. Other features are glass block windows, a fireplace, and a ...

Declaration House

(Graff House)

In 1776, while attending the Continental Congress, Thomas Jefferson rented two rooms from Jacob Graff, Jr., to avoid the "excessive heats of the city." Here, in Graff's house on the outskirts of town, Jefferson wrote the Declaration of ...

Lindsay Point

Site of the First Building in Stockton

In August 1844, the first settlers arrived at Rancho del Campo de los Franceses. One of the company, Thomas Lindsay, built the first dwelling, a tule hut, on this site. He was later murdered ...

The Route of the Hiawatha- The Wickedest City

Buried beneath busy Interstate 90 in the valley below are the bones of what the Chicago Tribune in 1909 named “the wickedest city in America”.

This “den of iniquity” sprouted up when the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad began building ...

Good News Productions

1952 - 1974

In 1952, Good News Productions (GNP) purchased the property and buildings of the village of Yellow Springs and brought the movie industry to this rural community. The primary goal of GNP was to produce religious films in ...