Skagway Remembers
Bank of Alaska
Bank of Slaughter
Organized May 27, 1905 and opened for business Sept. 12, 1905. The initial capitalization was $15,000. It continued in operation until the Banking Panics of the Great Depression when it failed...
- louisiana
- commerce
We-Will Jr. #17
Built for the 1930 All-American Flying Derby at Detroit, the We-Will Jr. became the first Wedell- Williams plane designed for a specific competition. The plane was a twenty percent smaller version...
- louisiana
- aviation
Rapides Cemetery
1792-19641711 Catholic Mission site.Franciscan Monks1723 Post Du Rapide1763 Post El RapidoOldest Cemetery in Rapides ParishHeroes of all U.S. Wars lie here.Marked by Loyalty Chapter Daughters...
- louisiana
- cemetery
Southdown High School
Southdown High School served as an African- American high school from 1953 to 1969. The school served as a source of pride and as an institution of learning for all African-American students. Many...
- louisiana
- african-american
- education
Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church and Cemetery
Local tradition and Baptist church records indicate that the Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church was organized in 1852 with the Rev. John Bean as first pastor. The first church building on this...
- texas
- church
Lowland and Upland Architecture
Many sugar cane plantation houses in the Gulf Coast region have a distinct Creole design. They are defined by large galleries. a hipped roof, asymmetrical rooms, double doors, and lack of...
- louisiana
- architecture
Purple Heart Ship
On December 07, 2018, the Honorable Sharon Weston Broome, Mayor-President of the City-Parish of East Baton Rouge, in cooperation with the Louisiana Naval War Memorial Commission and the...
- louisiana
- world war ii
Swamps on the Cusp of Change
Cypress-tupelo swamps along the Louisiana coast are subjected to a number of environmental stressors, ranging from hurricane impact to saltwater intrusion. Some of these impacts are created by the...
- louisiana
- environment
Cypress Trees
The wood of cypress was a very valuable commodity for early settlers in this region. Old-growth cypress wood was easily worked, very valuable, and resistant to rot. Cypress wood was widely used...
- louisiana
- environment
The Finger Lakes
HISTORIC NEW YORK - THE FINGER LAKESGeneral geographical and historical description of the entire Finger Lakes region, with emphasis on Keuka Lake in particular. Submitted by @yobigc
- keuka lake f...
OH-6 Cayuse Helicopter
This helicopter was known as a Light Observation Helicopter ("Loach") and saw a lot of action during the Viet Nam War. When used for search operations it normally carried no attached armament....
- louisiana
- aviation
First Southern Pine Fourdrinier Kraft Linerboard in United States
First Southern Pine Fourdrinier Kraft Linerboard in United Stateswas made here in 1925 by Brown Paper Mill Co.Original paper machine installed in 1924
- louisiana
- industry
Avenue of Magnolias
This Avenue of Magnoliasis dedicated to Jefferson DavisPresident of the ConfederacybyThe Woodville Civic Club, Inc.andThe Davis Family AssociationRosemont PlantationPlanted March 1979
- mississippi
- civil war
Siege of Port Hudson, 1863
In May 1863 Union forces commanded by General Nathaniel P. Banks laid siege to the Confederate stronghold at Port Hudson, just west of here. The Confederates under General Franklin...
- louisiana
- civil war
Bartram's Trail
William Bartram, America’s first native born artist-naturalist, passed through Elmore County during the Revolutionary era, making the first scientific notations of its flora, fauna...
- alabama
- exploration
The David Tannock Memorial
Transcript:The David Tannock MemorialDavid Tannock O.B.E. A.H.R.H.S. A.H.R.I.H.(NZ)1875 - 1952Superintendent of Reserves Dunedin1903 - 1940Erected by the Dunedin Amenities society and city...
- new zealand
- dunedin
- amenities society
- botanic garden
Maruakoa School Site
Transcript:View Marukoa School site1912 - 1918Submitted by:Judith Swan
- new zealand
- kakanui valley
- school site
- 1910s
Henry Lawson - Henry McLean
Transcript:We honour the unselfish act of HENRY LAWSON (local landowner) who drowned in the Waitaki River while trying in vain to save HENRY McLEAN (farm worker) on 3rd January 1857.Plaque erected...
- new zealand
- duntroon
- waitaki river
- 1850s
- drowning
- hero