ANTISLAVERY SOCIETY The founding meeting of the Michigan Antislavery Society was held in the First Presbyterian Church, located on this site, on November 10, 1836. Delegates from six...
The Macoun Marsh is a small area of land that has been set aside to protect the nature found here. Owned by the Beechwood Cemetery, it is a lovely place to explore an urban wetland...
This residence, completed in 1959, sensitively echoes its natural setting, making it a distinctly Canadian interpretation of the International Style. Its minimalist design reflects the modernist...
DEDICATEDTO TO THE SACRED MEMORY OFOUR COMRADESOF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR ERECTED MAY 19, 1935 ROBERT PORTER POST NO 986 VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF U.S. Submitted by @lampbane
1776 1962REVOLUTIONARY WAR CEMETERY IN EVERLASTING MEMORY TO ALL THOSE THAT ARE BURIED HERE, THAT OUR COUNTRY BE EVER FREE Submitted by @lampbane
Wesley Reader 1911-1978 A beloved teacher, coach and administrator. Wes Reader dedicated his life to educating the young people of Pinckney. Born near Howell, Michigan, and educated at...
HENRY FORD HUMANITARIAN – INDUSTRIALIST FOUNDER OF GREENFIELD VILLAGE FIRST DAY OF ISSUE JULY 30, 1968 Submitted by Bryan Arnold @nanowhiskers
ANN ARBOR HIGH SCHOOL Innovative education has been connected to this site ever since the Union School opened in 1856 as a school for all grades (inset above). Ann Arbor’s Argus...
Chicago Landmark McGraw-Hill Building Thielbar and Fugard, architect 1928-29 A rare survivor of the type of buildings constructed during the early period of this street’s development as...
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED IN RECOGNITION OF THE OUTSTANDING SERVICES TO THE CITY OF CHICAGO GIVEN BY DEWITT CLINTON CREGIER ENGINEER OF CHICAGO AVE. PUMPING STATION 1853-1879 CITY ENGINEER...
1869-1969 IN THIS ITS CENTENNIAL YEAR THE CHICAGO WATER TOWER HAS BEEN DESIGNATED THE FIRST AMERICAN WATER LANDMARK “BECAUSE OF ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHICAGO’S WATER RESOURCES AND...
KOSCIUSZKO THADDEUS KOSCIUSZKO 1746-1817 SON OF POLAND, GENERAL AND MILITARY ENGINEER OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, FORTIFIED SARATOGA AND THE WEST POINT/HUDSON RIVER COMPLEX FIRST DEDICATED...
NICOLAUS COPERNICUS MIKOLAI KOPERNIK 1473-1543 BY REFORMING ASTRONOMY HE INITIATED MODERN SCIENCE Submitted by Bryan Arnold @nanowhiskers
THE ASTRONOMICAL MUSEUM AND PLANETARIUM OF CHICAGO GIFT OF MAX ADLER TO FURTHER THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE, TO GUIDE TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE MAJESTY OF THE HEAVENS, TO EMPHASIZE THAT UNDER THE...
MAN ENTERS THE COSMOS This sundial sculpture created by Henry Moore and commissioned by the Trustees of the B.F. Ferguson Monument Fund is erected in recognition of the revolutionary program of...
CIVIL WAR CANNON BALL Below upper window FIRED FROM CEMETERY BY MORGAN’S MEN Submitted by Bryan Arnold @nanowhiskers
HARDIN COUNTY Formed from Nelson County by first Legislature, 1792. Named for Col. John Hardin, veteran of Dunmore’s War, 1774. Am. Rev., Gen. Clark’s Wabash Exped., 1787 and Maumee...
GENERAL CUSTER HERE Cavalry and Infantry battalions under Gen. George Custer assigned here, 1871 to 1873, to suppress Ku Klux Klan and carpetbaggers, to break up illicit distilleries. Those gangs...
GALLANTRY IN ACTION Sergeant George E. Larkin, Jr., a native of Colesburg, Hardin Co., took part in Doolittle’s raid on Japanese mainland, April 18, 1942. He was awarded the Distinguished...
MAJOR JAMES CRUTCHER “BUILT ANOTHER TAVERN HOUSE ON MAIN STREET AT THE CORNER OF THE PUBLIC SQUARE AND HOISTED A SIGN OF A LION RAMPANT (ABOUT 1798)” HAYCRAFT’S HISTORY P.74 Submitted by Bryan...