Site of First Mercantile Building
As agent for the Port Arthur Land Company, Dutch immigrant G. W. Kilsdonk, Jr., worked to encourage people from his native Holland to settle in this area in the late 1890s. He built a number...
- texas
- early business
- commerce
Hood Home Plantation
Contemplative family occupied home plantation says the antebellum period. Originally built in a dogtrot style, the house had front and back porches that were social gathering places, like most...
- louisiana
- cotton
- farming
- agriculture
- museum
Farming by Hand
The earliest farming implements used in Louisiana were simple tools. Before tractors and other mechanized farm equipment changed the way people picked cotton, workers spent long hours in the...
- louisiana
- cotton
- farming
- agriculture
- museum
Farming with Plows
The four most common plows in the history of Southern agriculture are the walking plow, the sulky plow, the gang plow, and the tractor plow. The walking plow, usually pulled by mules, was guided...
- louisiana
- cotton
- farming
- agriculture
- museum
Gate and Fence Designed by George B. Post
1025 Park Avenue
Parfreys' Glen
PARFREY'S GLEN WISCONSIN'S FIRST STATE NATURAL AREA SINCE THE LATE 1800S, THIS COOL, MOSSY GORGE HAS PROVIDED PEACEFUL REFUGE TO GENERATIONS OF VISITORS. IN 1952, THE GLEN WAS...
John F. Cunningham Aquatic Complex
JOHN F. CUNNINGHAM AQUATIC COMPLEX DEDICATED AUGUST 18, 1979 VALLEJO CITY COUNCIL Submitted by Darren Platt
Absalom Jett
Born in Louisiana in 1812.Arrived in Texas, 1824Served in the Army of Texas, 1836Member ofCaptain Benjamin J. Harper's CompanyDied 1878His wife, Mary Arthur Jett
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- texas war of...
- texas ranger
Rohwer Japanese- American War Memorial
Japanese-American CreedI am an American of Japanese ancestry and appreciate the advantages of our nation. I glory in her heritage: I trust in her future. We are granted liberties and opportunities...
- arkansas
- japanese american
- internment camp
- world war ii
- civil rights