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Rock Island National Cemetery was established on the grounds of the U.S. Arsenal located on Rock Island in the Mississippi River near the cities of Davenport, IA, and Moline, IL. In 1863 the area was set aside to bury Union soldiers who died while serving as guards at the large Confederate prison camp established on
Near downtown Milwaukee near the baseball stadium is this magnificent old building. It was built in 1867 as a home for disabled veterans. In April of 1864 a group of local women created a temporary home in downtown Milwaukee to service Veterans with meals and medical care. The women raised $100,000 – a staggering amount
The New River Gorge in West Virginia is one of the United States most recent National Parks. At the bottom of the gorge along the New River is the abandoned coal mining town of Nuttlallburg. In the 1870s John Nuttall began purchasing land and developing it along the gorge with plans of mining the coal
Henry Richardi moved to Bellaire, Michigan with his father in 1881 after moving the family business from Missouri. They made wooden utensils and the hardwood forests around the Bellaire area made for the perfect location. Henry Richardi purchased the business from his father in 1895. The successful company had over 100 employees making wooden utensils
West of downtown Dubuque Iowa is a large bluff. Odd looking white and green cable cars move up and down the hill on railroad tracks. They are part of the Fenelon Place Elevator Company that transport riders up and down the hill. It is more of a novelty now but before the automobile it transported
New Lexington Ohio sits about forty miles southeast of Columbus. It is there you will find this magnificent Richardsonian Romanesque style building. It is the Perry County Courthouse and it was built in 1887. It is a magnificent looking and historic building. They don’t build new buildings like it anymore. Thank you for Subscribing to
This graffiti covered wall is in a field near the small town of Ipava, Illinois which lies about forty miles southwest of Peoria. In the 1940s, it had a population of about six hundred people. During World War II, the area north of Ipava was chosen for a military training base because it was in
A couple miles east of downtown Ocala Florida is a wooden fort and blockhouse. It is a replica of Fort King named after Colonel William King, commander of Florida’s Fourth Infantry and the first governor of the provisional West Florida region. The original fort was built in 1827 during United States tensions with the Seminole
I saw this old farmhouse along 42 in Wisconsin’s Door County near Egg Harbor. The stone above the door reads 1904. I really enjoyed traveling around Door County. It is a popular tourist destination in the Dairy State. Among all the gift shops, wineries and tourist spots this old house is what attracted my attention.
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College is located a few miles northwest of Terre Haute. It is the oldest college in Indiana. In 1839, the first bishop of the Diocese of Vincennes in Indiana requested help from his home country of France. He asked for a congregation to assist in teaching the early pioneers of Indiana. Mother Theodore
