This home was constructed in 1940 for Mary Anne and Q.P. Colvin. Their daughter Claudette Colvin refused on March 2, 1955, to give up her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery city bus. This event occurred nine months before the incident in . . . — — Map (db m246526) HM
Miss Georgia Washington founded the Peoples Village School for black students on this site in 1893. Georgia Washington was born a slave November 23, 1851 in Virginia. As a student at Hampton Institute, Virginia, she met Dr. Booker T. . . . — — Map (db m72010) HM
Born in 1894 in Normandy, Tennessee, Carolyn Cortner was raised in the Courtland area of Lawrence County, Alabama. She attended Ward-Belmont College in Tennessee. She married Wilburn Smith in 1912. She did not attend formal architecture school . . . — — Map (db m27814) HM
Ellen S. Hildreth founded early Alabama suffrage club in New Decatur 1892. Hosted national suffrage leaders here at Echols Opera House 1895. — — Map (db m222845) HM
One of the earliest colleges for women in America. Founded in 1835, was the first of four colleges established in Marion,“The Athens of Alabama.”
This building, erected in 1850, contained the art studio of Nicola Marschall, who . . . — — Map (db m70068) HM
Augustus (Gus) Mitchell was born August 8, 1878. He was a merchant, farmer, and supporter of the Vilula School and community. He operated the store from 1924 until his death in 1957. The store served the entire community and was considered the . . . — — Map (db m297112) HM
Janice Hawkins Park was named in honor of the First Lady of Troy University, a devoted wife and loving mother, whose work benefited Troy in the fine arts, service to students, internationalization of the University, and support of military veterans. . . . — — Map (db m111581) HM
In 1985, Troy changed from a commission form of government to the mayor-council form of government. Mrs. Johnnie Mae Warren became the first female elected to public office in Troy's history.
This clock is dedicated in honor of Councilwoman . . . — — Map (db m267829) HM
Ella Gannt Smith, artist, inventor, manufactured in this building the famous Roanoke Dolls. The dolls, completely handmade, featured a head molded of plaster of Paris enclosed in a tight cotton fabric cut and stuffed to resemble body, hands and . . . — — Map (db m11730) HM
Coweta was the home of many influential Creek leaders, including three individuals who figured prominently in the history of the Creek people; "Emperor” Brims, Mary Musgrove, Chief William McIntosh.
The Coweta chieftain Brims, who . . . — — Map (db m101336) HM
In the 1930s, the Shelby County educational system consolidated many of its
one-, two-, and three-teacher schools. During the 1938-39 school year,
the citizens of Almont donated a five-acre plot to establish a school for
African American . . . — — Map (db m307411) HM
The distinguished Joiner family lived here in an imposing mansion, demolished in 1970.
James H. Joiner: Pioneer in Talladega's progress while publisher, 1844-73, of one of Alabama's most influential newspapers - The Democratic Watchtower. . . . — — Map (db m37220) HM
After the seat of government was moved to Montgomery in 1847, the Tuscaloosa Capitol and its furnishings were deeded to the University of Alabama to be used for educational purposes.
In 1857, the University Board of Trustees leased the building . . . — — Map (db m29064) HM
On November 18, 1921, Psi Chapter of Alpha Gamma Delta became the fifth national sorority installed at the University of Alabama. On this date, eight new inductees were initiated to establish Alpha Gamma Delta. These eight women were Annie Mary . . . — — Map (db m235516) HM
Daughter of John Gayle, Governor of Alabama.
Wife of Josiah Gorgas, Brigadier General, C. S. A.
Mother of William Crawford Gorgas, Surgeon General, U. S. A.
Untiring nurse in Confederate Hospitals, 1861-1865.
First Historian Alabama Division, . . . — — Map (db m33653) HM
First African American to enroll at the University of Alabama following successful litigation under the historic 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling. She began classes on February 3, 1956; however, after three days of tumultuous demonstrations, . . . — — Map (db m108342) HM
Centennial of Women 1893 - 1993
In 1892 Julia Strudwick Tutwiler petitioned the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama to accept female students into the all-male student body. Admitted in 1893, Anna Adams and Bessie Parker became the . . . — — Map (db m235773) HM
Delta Zeta at the University of Alabama Founded October 24, 1902, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio Alpha Gamma Chapter Installed September 9, 1922
The sixth national sorority at the University of Alabama began in 1920 as local sorority Delta . . . — — Map (db m235508) HM
Dr. Peter Bryce, first superintendent of the Alabama Insane (Bryce) Hospital was a leading proponent of humane treatment for people who experience mental illness. Born March 5, 1834, in Columbia SC, Bryce entered the South Carolina Military Academy . . . — — Map (db m235505) HM
Zeta Chapter of Kappa Delta first national Greek letter sorority at the University of Alabama Chapter installed March 12, 1904. First members initiated in the Sigma Nu Hall by Katherine Lovejoy of Theta Chapter at Randolph-Macon Woman's College. . . . — — Map (db m28782) HM
The Autherine Lucy Clock Tower is dedicated to the sacrifice and commitment of a courageous individual who took a stand for change at a crucial time in the history of The University of Alabama. The open arches, which mirror the architecture of . . . — — Map (db m37918) HM
Margaret McLeod DuPont was born and raised in Tuscaloosa and graduated from the University of Alabama with a degree in Home Economics Education. She worked as a secretary for the Vice President of Reichhold Chemical and as a Stenographer for Mayor . . . — — Map (db m35380) HM
Built 1835 by Alfred Battle; purchased 1875 by Bernard Friedman; willed to the city of Tuscaloosa 1965 by Hugo Friedman.
Traditionally a social and cultural center in Tuscaloosa, it was the residence of Virginia Tunstall Clay-Clopton, author of . . . — — Map (db m35368) HM
In memory of
Our Confederate Dead.
1861 - 1865
"They wore the gray"
"Thy mighty deeds in this
brief period wrought,
years of oblivion shall
corrode in vain." — — Map (db m294536) WM
Nu chapter of Zeta Tau Alpha was installed as the second sorority at the University of Alabama. On April 11, 1910 the chapter's first nine women were initiated in the Sigma Nu hall. In 1925, Zeta Tau Alpha built the first sorority house on the . . . — — Map (db m235502) HM
The Walker County Board of Education built the
Broun School a few miles from the Byler Road in
the Dogtown community. Originally called
Summerville School, Ruth Anderson served as
the only teacher in 1913. Due to a courthouse
fire in Jasper on . . . — — Map (db m308854) HM
The history of Fruitdale Brethren Church can be traced
back to the charter of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, after
which The Brethren School Company of Covington, Ohio,
purchased the land. The church was organized on April 18,
1896. The family of . . . — — Map (db m285578) HM
In the fall of 1902, two men and three ladies A.J. Hand, George B. Davis, Isabella Youse, Abbie C. Mareness, and Mary Gooding, filed a declaratlon to form the Fruitdale Union Chapel Association. Property on which to build the church was acquired . . . — — Map (db m285579) HM
The Founding of Gee's Bend
Situated on the edge of Alabama's Black Belt in Wilcox County is Gee's Bend, a block of land enclosed on three sides by the massive bend in the Alabama River. Gee's Bend was only seven miles from the county seat of . . . — — Map (db m203706) HM
This 22-acre park is named for its founder, Bessie W. Munden, a noted African American educator and civic leader in Wilcox County. Dedicated on October 25, 1959, Bessie W. Munden Recreational Park is significant as one of Alabama's oldest . . . — — Map (db m203708) HM
Incorporated 1850 by James A. Tait, L. W. Mason, Joseph George and Associates
Original Trustees: Col. J. C. Jones, Joseph George, Maj. M. M. Bonham, D. W. Sterrett, Col. C. C. Sellers, Dr. M. Reid, J. W. Bridges, Dr. Robert Irvin, and Maj. F. . . . — — Map (db m68156) HM
A legendary lady from the Black Warrior Mountains. She became one of the most noted and famed individuals of North Alabama by way of many tragic events during the Civil War and the years that followed that affected her family and thus shaped her . . . — — Map (db m248363) HM
During World War II under the leadership of
Major "Muktuk" Marston and 21 paid staff, 6,368 Volunteers from
7 Native ethnic groups and European Americans, whose collective
ages ranged from 12-80 years of age, including some 30 women, . . . — — Map (db m254297) HM WM
Built in 1915, this was the first school in Anchorage. It was constructed by the Alaska Engineering Commission, the federal agency responsible for developing the railroad in Alaska.
90 students initially attended classes here but within one . . . — — Map (db m294717) HM
"I came to Alaska in 1975, hoping to find, my dream. I also found my challenge, the Iditarod."
-Susan Butcher
"I do not know the word 'quit." Either I never did, or I have abolished it."
-Susan Butcher
To . . . — — Map (db m257602) HM
★ For forty years of service to the ★
★ University of Alaska Fairbanks ★
Insightful, collaborative,
extraordinarily capable Helga
helped faculty, staff, and students
in the Institute of Arctic Biology, . . . — — Map (db m256296) HM
Cordelia Karshner was a well-known seamstress here in Fairbanks who arrived in the Tanana Valley in 1904. She married John F. Karshner of Manley Hot Springs in 1910 and two years after his death in 1913, she made history:
HOT SPRINGS WOMAN . . . — — Map (db m257516) HM
Probably more yarns are spun about Fannie Quigley, the "little witch of Denali," than any other female Alaska character. Here's the latest--and it's all wool and as wide as her won Kantishna Valley.
After felling a moose with a potshot from . . . — — Map (db m257553) HM
Jessie Bloom came to Fairbanks from Ireland in 1912 and was married to Robert Bloom.
Back in Ireland she had been an active member of the Women's Freedom League and she believed in equal rights for women and men.
In 1916 she was active in a . . . — — Map (db m257552) HM
Miss Jewatha Brice arrived in Fairbanks with her mother, Mary Brice, before 1910. At that time, they represented two of the ten total women living in Fairbanks who were of African-American descent.
Jewatha, who was 15 years old in 1910, . . . — — Map (db m257534) HM
In April of 1902 it was reported in a Dawson City newspaper that E. A. Hensley had struck it rich on Baker Creek, which was located near Manley Hot Springs, and that he was "fairly shoveling out the gold."
Mr. Hensley had been driven to the . . . — — Map (db m257510) HM
My husband William Foster and I, decided to try our luck in the gold rush for Alaska, so set out in January 1898 aboard the vessel "Corona" on her maiden voyage. On the way North, she veered off her course, and struck a rock and sank in about . . . — — Map (db m257517) HM
Fairbanks Daily Times October 2, 1906
Dome Creek Has a Woman Who Runs Hoist on the Claim
"Out on Dome Creek there is a devoted little woman who is a heroine in the eyes of the miners out there, and, perhaps, one could search all . . . — — Map (db m257495) HM
In 1913, the Alaska Territorial Legislature gave women the right to vote. A few months later, the ladies of Fairbanks gathered in the district courtroom and decided to nominate two women from the group to run for the clerk seat on the local . . . — — Map (db m257551) HM
Nellie Parsons was the daughter of the Reverend John Parsons who came to Fairbanks and built the first Methodist church here in 1905. Nellie used to accompany her father on his trips to the creeks where she played the organ and sang at the . . . — — Map (db m257542) HM
This house was located at
923 Eighth Avenue, between
Cowles and Kellum. Kittie Hensley
was one of the first owners of this
early 1900's cabin. She also owned
the Florence S., a sternwheeler that
plied the Yukon & Tanana Rivers
and . . . — — Map (db m256719) HM
Wife of Felix Pedro
The Discoverer of Gold on Pedro Creek
It Was His Discovery That Started The
Development of the Vast Interior of Alaska
And The Beginning of Fairbanks.
Mary Lived in Fairbanks For Over 25 Years.
She Was Born In . . . — — Map (db m256456) HM
Noticeable among the earliest pioneers settling in Fairbanks were prostitutes, women of the demimonde who stampeded to the new Fairbanks gold camp from Dawson, Circle City, Rampart and points beyond. In a city where men far outnumbered women, . . . — — Map (db m47404) HM
During World War II under the leadership of
Major "Muktuk" Marston and 21 paid staff, 6,368 Volunteers from
7 Native ethnic groups and European Americans, whose collective
ages ranged from 12-80 years of age, including some 30 women, . . . — — Map (db m256484) HM WM
In 1916 Arthur Williams began construction of this house, a variation of the
popular bungalow home featured in printed guides that came to Alaska. Windows,
doors, and some finishing items were ordered from Seattle and installed, so the
term . . . — — Map (db m257181) HM
The structure of world peace cannot be the work of one man, or one party, or one nation...it must be a peace which rests in cooperative effort of the whole world.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, March 1, 1945
Address to Congress on . . . — — Map (db m257135) HM WM
This is not the time for women to be patient. We are in a war and we need to fight it with all our ability and every weapon possible. Women pilots are a weapon waiting to be used.
Eleanor Roosevelt, 1942
LIFE [Magazine cover] JULY 19, . . . — — Map (db m257137) WM
She was a thirty-six year resident of
Juneau who contributed to its beauty
with her skilled gardening and talented
ikebana flower arrangements.
With a fond loving memory of her caring spirit,
her family & friends share the joy & beauty . . . — — Map (db m258044) HM
Alaska's first legislature met in 1913 in the Elks Lodge, on Franklin Street, just uphill from the distinctive arched facade of what was the historic Gastineau Hotel. The first law passed by the Territorial Legislature gave women the right to . . . — — Map (db m257938) HM
Perched high on a cliff, Cape Hinchinbrook lighthouse marks the entrance to the sheltered waters of Prince William Sound. The wreck of the steamer Oregon on Hinchinbrook Island in 1906 prompted the light's installation. Foul weather during . . . — — Map (db m181634) HM
Known as the "Fighter in Velvet Gloves" for her powerful but graceful and dignified speaking skills, Elizabeth Peratrovich's
continued efforts to eliminate discrimination in Alaska culminated in her powerful testimony before the 1945 . . . — — Map (db m257971) HM
Will Rogers & Wiley Post. Wiley Post was a famed aviator who, in 1935, flew into Juneau with Will Rogers, a humorist much loved by the American public. The two friends were on a private adventure trip in Post's plane. After spending several days in . . . — — Map (db m181846) HM
For half a century, this house, like so many on the Creek, was part of Ketchikans notorious red light district where both fish and men came upstream to spawn the fish once, many of the men repeatedly.
Its most infamous resident was . . . — — Map (db m112041) HM
Ketchikan's notorious Creek Street, early Alaska's most infamous red-light district, still retains traces of the gaudy rouge of a half-century of speakeasies and sporting women. Here the fame of Black Mary, Thelma Baker and Dolly Arthur . . . — — Map (db m182103) HM
A Timeline of Historic Creek St. District. Ketchikan Creek was The Cradle of the little town that grew to become todays largest Alaska City. The creek provided pure, cold drinking water, it supplied power for electric lights and industry, and . . . — — Map (db m310675) HM
Dolly Arthur one of the Creeks longest working residents
This house was the home of Dolly Arthur, Ketchikans most famous sporting woman.
From 1919 through the 1940s, it was also her place of business.
Dolly, whose given name . . . — — Map (db m112038) HM
In spite of its more respectable Stedman Street address, this building along with its Creek Street neighbors was one of the earliest houses of prostitution, built soon after the Town Council banned prostitution to this side of the Creek. . . . — — Map (db m182042) HM
On this site over 100 years ago, a 22-foot waterwheel turned, creaked, and groaned to power the Ketchikan Shingle Mill. It was an ingenious creation of pioneer Austin Ott Inman.
Inman and his partner, Charles Borch, first used the mill as a . . . — — Map (db m182074) HM
One of Ketchikan's oldest buildings and the Territory of Alaska's only registered brothel.
Infamous owner Black Mary Thomas added a dance hall with an inlaid star in the floor, giving the building its name.
Thelma Baker Graham bought the . . . — — Map (db m182087) HM
This property is listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior Star House 5 Creek Street 1903 — — Map (db m310673) HM
Katie was clan grandmother of Nay'dini'aa Na' Kayax (Chickaloon
Native Village) and a founder of the Ya Ne Dah Ah School, the first
Tribal school in Alaska. She taught Ahtna language and culture
including, songs, dances, beading, and Ahtna . . . — — Map (db m255179) HM
Rita was instrumental in forming the Alpine Historical Society
and was the first president serving in that capacity from 1983 to
1984. Rita and her husband Gene moved to Alaska in 1969. For
three years, they lived at Fort Richardson Army Base . . . — — Map (db m254924) HM
As mines were sold and finally closed in the Eska area, many people moved closer to the
railroad tracks, to what is now Sutton. Mike O'Neill, former owner of the Alpine Inn, built
this wood frame structure to be Sutton's first gas station and . . . — — Map (db m254980) HM
Kaaxgal.aat
Alaskan Civil Rights Leader (Tlingit, Lukaax.αdi)
(July 4, 1911 - December 1, 1958)
"Asking you to give me equal rights implies that they are yours to give. Instead, I must demand that you stop . . . — — Map (db m308317) HM
The 'Cottage-by-the Sea' was constructed in 1897 by Norwegian prospector Captain Hans Christian Pande. While Alaska was still a Territory, the W.P. Mills Company donated this house to the Sitka Woman's Club for a clubhouse, which led to the . . . — — Map (db m241980) HM
A contingent of the United States Marines was stationed in Sitka 1879 until 1912.
Alaska became a territory in August 1912 and when the first legislature met that following March a bill was introduced by Sitka's Representative, Arthur G. . . . — — Map (db m308624) HM
Norman E. Staton Sr. and Ethel L. (Milonich) Staton, lifelong Alaskans moved from Ketchikan to Sitka in 1955 opening their first restaurant, the Pioneer Grill on Katlian Street and their second, the Sitka Cafι on Lincoln Street before opening . . . — — Map (db m181259) HM
Imagine your spouse is appointed as the top official in a distant land. You must now travel thousands of miles to Sitka and make this hill your family's new home.
Elisabeth von Wrangell
Ferdinand von Wrangell, the first governor of Russian . . . — — Map (db m181341) HM
The sporting women were...younger, more vigorous
and independent than those of the same class... in the states...
Judge James A. Wickersham, Old Yukon Tales-Trails and Trials, 1938
Here in the Goldberg Cigar . . . — — Map (db m257730) HM
In the early 1900s, many communities enforced laws that barred women from entering saloons. A growing number saw this as an injustice; others, like some saloon proprietors, saw it as a loss in sales. To work around these laws, entrepreneurs . . . — — Map (db m257722) HM
Prostitutes came to Skagway to seek fortunes, but few succeeded. They lived in tents, boarding houses, and cramped cribs such as this building. Some had to share their income with madams and pimps. Others were brought here as "white slaves" from . . . — — Map (db m257731) HM
Mollie was a resourceful and independent young woman with a wanderlust and love of frontiers. In 1890, she left home at 18 for Butte, Montana where she spent seven years. Landing in Skagway in 1897, Mollie became popular as a waitress and member . . . — — Map (db m72786) HM
[Dance hall] girls wore typical Victorian attire:
long-sleeved, high-collared blouses and long, flared skirts.
The most daring ones revealed a bit of ankle...
Frances Backhouse, Women of the Klondike, 2010
Performers, dance . . . — — Map (db m257733) HM
COMMUNICATION
In 1900, it took a year for the Army to send a message from Interior Alaska to Washington D.C. and receive an answer. To speed communications, the U.S. Signal Corp[s], a branch of the Army, built the Washington to . . . — — Map (db m255857) HM
Sullivan's was in a wooded dip among the low hills We were getting into the foothills of the Range now. The roadhouse was low and sprawling, so comfortable looking, larger than the others so far, with a wing extending out the back. Pa Sullivan . . . — — Map (db m255636) HM
In the summer of 1921, heiress and explorer
Annie Montague Alexander and her research partner
Louise Kellogg set off into the badlands in front of
you. Intrigued by fossils discovered by John Muir
fifteen years earlier, Annie and Louise . . . — — Map (db m286363) HM
Spanish soldiers may have fired from this very site during the infamous massacre of 1805. Their Navajo targets were huddled in the alcove below and to the left. Spanish accounts describe a day-long battle against Indians entrenched in an . . . — — Map (db m285844) HM
In 1899, 14 year old Bertha Wahl was murdered here by a shepherd. Just south of here was the original Becker Store. Beyond lie the graves of the Becker family. Due west stood Henry Springer's Mercantile. — — Map (db m36647) HM
Invited by State Suffrage Assn, Laura G. Cannon spoke to crowd of working men here Sept. 26, 1912. AZ women won right to vote that November. — — Map (db m249433) HM
At this location on June 5, 1933, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, dedicated Douglas International Airport as the first international airport in the United States.
Designed by J. P. Sexton as the . . . — — Map (db m28357) HM
The Carmichael House was built by William and Margaret Ziegan Carmichael on 131.05 acres. On December 11, 1911, Margaret, a single woman at the time, purchased the property from John and Ellen Reilly for $8,000. As the years passed, the Carmichael . . . — — Map (db m27894) HM
In 1879 there were 11 people in Tombstone of Chinese descent. By 1882 there were 250. The area between 2nd and 3rd and Allen and Toughnut was the area where they lived and had businesses, commonly called "Hoptown". The Chinese ran laundries, . . . — — Map (db m131096) HM
They came when only the brave dared come: They stayed where only the valiant could stay. Born in Sweden. Americans by choice - not by accident of birth, they loved their adopted country and served her well.
Neil
Served five years in the . . . — — Map (db m28368) HM
Was constructed by P. Howard Pregenzer and crew
In Memory of
P. Howard Pregenzer
1894-1980
Resident of Willcox, Arizona 1927-1980
Construction began in 1934 and completed in 1936
Construction sponsored by the City of Willcox, . . . — — Map (db m28415) HM
Arizona Equal Suffrage Assn hosted speech by national suffragist Anna Howard Shaw here in 1912 to promote woman suffrage in Arizona — — Map (db m193161) HM
Bright Angel Hotel (below) was built around 1895 to serve stagecoach passengers. In 1905 the hotel became Bright Angel Camp, which eventually included cabins and an adjoining tent village.
In 1935 the Fred Harvey Company replaced the camp . . . — — Map (db m39510) HM
The Bright Angel Lodge, as it is known today, began as a cabin and several tents on this site in 1896. The central unit designed by Mary Jane Colter, was built in 1935. This lodge contains some of the oldest buildings in the Grand Canyon Village, . . . — — Map (db m39565) HM
Build a structure that provides the widest possible view of Grand Canyon yet harmonizes with its setting: this was architect Mary Colter's goal when the Fred Harvey Company hired her in 1930 to design a gift shop and rest area here at Desert View. . . . — — Map (db m39616) HM
Hopi House opened to the public in 1905. In an era when most architects were men, it was Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter's first building. The 36-year-old Colter enlisted the help of local Hopi craftsmen to build Hopi House, using locally quarried . . . — — Map (db m236334) HM
Constructed of locally quarried Kaibab limestone, Lookout Studio appears as if it grew out of the canyon wall. In 1914, Fred Harvey company took a bold step to compete against Kolb Studio (just west of here). They asked Mary Colter to design a . . . — — Map (db m250420) HM
Puebloan traditions reach far back in time and are the basis for the social organization portrayed here. What responsibilities might you have had in this community, given your age and gender?
[Captions:]
Hopi men plant and . . . — — Map (db m61350) HM
In Remembrance of the Quasquicentennial of the Spanish-American War
To Spanish-American War Veterans of Gila County and the Woman's Relief Corps of Arizona who Helped in the War Effort
2023
Buckey O'Neill Camp No. 175 - AZ
Sons of . . . — — Map (db m278886) WM
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