Kees Park
Edward J. Barrett, an Irishman who was a soldier in the Federal Army of Occupation which was billeted in Pineville for two years after the conclusion of the Civil War, chose to remain and in 1868...
- louisiana
Arna Wendell Bontemps Home
Bontemps, noted black author-poet, scholar and pioneer in children's literature, was born in Alexandria, Louisiana on October 13, 1902. he was baptized February 22, 1903 at St. Francis...
- louisiana
Kent Plantation House
Kent House, the oldest known standing structure in Rapides Parish, was built by Pierre Baillio, completed in 1800. Baillio constructed the house on land received through a Spanish land grant circa 1794.
- louisiana
- plantation
Grierson's Raid 1863
On the morning of April 30, 1963, Union Col. B.H. Grierson led the 6th and 7th Illinois Cavalry south on the New Orleans, Jackson and Greta Northern Railroad, burning the Bogue Chitto depot and a...
- mississippi
- civil war
Peabody School
Here, in 1868, with aid of Peabody Fund, was set up Peabody Public School, first in South Mississippi, with Charles H. Otken as Supt. This school became a noted institution of learning.
- mississippi
Dr. José Rodriguez
A pioneer physician in E. Franklin Co., Dr. Rodriguez practiced here, 1850-1879. Born in Tepian, Cuba, of Castilian Spanish parents. Immigrated to U.S. and studied medicine at Natchez. Married...
- mississippi
Confederate Memorial Monument
First erected in 1896 in memory of Elias Bowsky, 3rd Bat. Co. E, 45th Mississippi Infantry, by his brother George, this twenty-foot-tall monument was deeded to the Sylvester Gwin Camp U.C.V. in...
- mississippi
- civil war
Whitworth College
Founded 1858, as Methodist womans college. Traditional successor to Elizabeth Academy, Washington, Miss. Served as Confederate Hospital, 1861-5. Founded by Milton J. Whitworth, pioneer planter &...
- mississippi
Temple B'Nai Sholom
Built in 1896, this Moorish Revival-style structure served the Jewish communities of Brookhaven, Crystal Springs, Hazlehurst and Wesson until 2009. At that time, the Lincoln County Historical and...
- mississippi
- church
Doukhobor Heritage
DOUKHOBOR HERITAGEIn 1899 a group of Doukhobors from Russia established the first village of Kirkilovka, 1/2 mile west of here,the second village of Bogdanovka,5 miles north-west and...
- doukhobors
- saskatchewan
- pioneer
Frederick Hall House
Captain Lucius Mills, a local builder, constructed this house for Frederick and Ann Hall in 1869-70. Built of variegated Ionia sandstone, the house is an outstanding example of the Italian Villa...
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- michigan his...
The Chicago Road
One of the great routes for the pioneers coming west was the Chicago Road. The survey of the road began at Detroit in 1825 and followed closely the Sauk Trail, which Indians had marked and...
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- michigan his...
Combs House
McConnell Arboretum & Gardens
Delta Mills
Erastus S. Ingersoll settled here in 1836 and constructed a water-powered sawmill. A gristmill was added, and in 1840 a resident wrote that people came from twenty miles around to have their flour...
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- michigan his...
A Tree Planted in this Park
THE VETERANS OF WORLD WAR I BARRACKS 540 AND AUXILIARY DEDICATE THIS MEMORIAL TO THE MEMORY OF THE JACKSON COUNTY MEN AND WOMEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN WORLD WAR I EACH ONE OF WHICH IS REPRESENTED...
William Lambert Homesite
William Lambert, a black leader in Michigan for almost fifty years, lived on this site. Born in New Jersey about 1817, he moved to Detroit as a young man and became active in the...
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- michigan his...
Meyer Memorial Lake
MEYER MEMORIAL LAKE IN MEMORY OF OUR MOTHER CORA MEYER FATHER ALBERT, MEYER BROTHER YALE MEYER DEDICATED 1968 BY ALBERT MEYER JR - MALCOLM MEYER
- ashland
Maggie the Cat
From Luke in Elizabeth Bay via @littlebobbyplaqueson.
Cristobal Balenciaga
THE FAMOUS DRESSMAKER WAS BORN IN THIS HOUSESubmitted by @trufelman