Submitted by @oranv
IN 1939-40 A FORD CAR AND ITS WHEELS HELPED GIVE BIRTH TO' SKIING ON GREER HILL, THE ROPE TOW THAT WAS INSTALLED PAVED THE WAY FOR ELLICOTTVILLE AS A SKI DESTINATION. THIS WHEEL SAT IN THE WOODS...
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NEWTON'S APPLE Newton's Apple tree, the Flower of Kent variety, was planted in 1975 and is a cutting from the original tree from which Sir Isaac Newton reportedly observed an apple fall, prompting...
HISTORICAL LANDMARK P. O. FIRST MAIL SERVICE -1849 FIRST PO. ESTB. JULY 21. 1853 DAILY MAIL SERVICE JUNE 1888 P. O. CONSOLIDATED DEC. 30. 1919 STATION A -- HERE SINCE LATE 1870 COMMUNITY...
Submitted by @stuherrm.
Submitted by @stuherrm.
Submitted by @stuherrm.
Rev. Adam Buerkle brought a colony of German Lutherans to this area in 1878. In 1880 he named the post office Stuttgart in honor of his native city. Stuttgart was platted in 1884 and incorporated...
Historical Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church This building at the north-east corner of 11th St. E and Eastlake Are was originally built as a church by Lutherans of Norwegian origin soon after...
Two Sawmills were built at Fullerton, the timber &board mill. The timber mill produced large framingtimbers & the board mill produced boards of varioussizes Both sawmills were build entirely...
The pavilion was one of the maincenters of community life at Fullerton.Social events were frequently held atthe pavilion. Dances were a majorattraction for local towns people andevery Saturday the...
Stuttgart's first public school was started at this site circa 1884.
In 1813, the former Monplaisir Plantation was purchased and subdivided by wealthy landowner John McDonogh. His vast estate was left to the educational systems of Baltimore and New Orleans upon his...
Dolly Marie Douroux Adams (1904-1979) was one of the few women instrumentalists in the male- dominated early jazz scene. The daughter of Olivia Manetta and Louis Douroux, she played piano as well...