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William G. Pomeroy Foundation Historical Markers
Since its inception, the Foundation has grown to six historic signage programs, funding over 1,000 markers & plaques in New York, Ohio and beyond, all the way to Alaska. Does not include the William G. Pomeroy Foundation Legends & Lore Series.
Courts met under "Jury Oak"
early 1800s. Judge presided
while sitting on tree limb.
Public executions held
at nearby "hanging tree". — — Map (db m221963) HM
On April 5, 1825, General Lafayette was welcomed at the State House, visited Halo Masonic Lodge, and dined at Mr. White's Hotel. — — Map (db m244889) HM
Selma Suffrage Association
established here March 1910.
Joined the Birmingham League
to form the Alabama Equal
Suffrage Association in 1912. — — Map (db m224540) HM
On Aug. 18, 1915, Alabama
Equal Suffrage Association
and Birmingham Barons
hosted suffrage day here in
support of women's suffrage — — Map (db m188885) HM
Eugenie Marx first president Mobile Equal Suffrage Assn. Educated and organized Mobile women to fight for the right to vote. Lived here 1910-1915. — — Map (db m226705) HM
On April 6, 1825, General Lafayette, descending the Alabama River, was honored in Claiborne where he was addressed by James Dellet. — — Map (db m239945) 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
Suffragists Helen Hurlbut of California & Elizabeth Upham Yates of Main spoke here, the former Janssen's Hall, for the 1896 Suffrage Campaign. — — Map (db m243782) HM
Home of Margaret Brown, Titanic survivor & national advocate for Suffrage & Labor Rights. Proposed as candidate for U.S. Senate 1914. — — Map (db m177950) HM
On Sept. 4, 1824, General Lafayette visited Hartford during his triumphal return to the U.S. He was addressed here by Governor Wolcott. — — Map (db m230408) HM
Elm Street Historic District has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998 by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m230832) HM
Rocky Hill Center Historic District has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007 by the United States Department of the Interior. — — Map (db m230830) HM
Rocky Hill-Glastonbury Ferry Historic District has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005 by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m230787) HM
Hilltop Farm has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005 by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m230482) HM
On August 21, 1824, General Lafayette, traveling on the Post Road, was welcomed with military and civil honors in Killingworth, now Clinton. — — Map (db m245608) HM
On August 21, 1824, General Lafayette reached Saybrook where he spent the night while traveling from New York City to Boston, MA. — — Map (db m227271) HM
Jabez Smith
House
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
in 1981
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m227184) HM
Mystic Bank has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014 by the United States Department of the Interior. — — Map (db m227175) HM
Union Green Historic District has been placed on the National Register of
Historic Places in 1990
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m222813) HM
On Sept. 4, 1824, General Lafayette was received at King's Tavern by the 1st Co., Governor's Horse Guard and escorted to East Hartford. — — Map (db m230442) HM
Women munitions workers at former Bethlehem Steel Plant south of here jailed in Washington DC protesting for women's suffrage 1917-1919. — — Map (db m211090) HM
On October 6, 1824, General Lafayette entered Brandywine Village and he was escorted to Joseph Tatnall's house where he addressed family members. — — Map (db m210793) HM
Blanche Stubbs, 1872-1952. Equal Suffrage Study Club leader & advocate for African American voting and civil rights. Lived here. — — Map (db m184935) HM
Alice Dunbar-Nelson, 1875-1935. Teacher, author, civil rights leader. Elected president Equal Suffrage Study Club 1914. Lived here. — — Map (db m186358) HM
Margaret W. Houston Sussex Co. suffrage leader elected V.P. of Delaware Equal Suffrage Assn. 1896. Helped est. town library 1899. — — Map (db m190454) HM
Founded 1896, the National Association of Colored Women fought for women's suffrage and human rights for all the disenfranchised. — — Map (db m235653) HM
Nannie Helen Burroughs advocated for equality and women's suffrage. Graduated with honors 1896 from the former M Street High School. — — Map (db m198384) HM
Bunnell Water Tower has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019 by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m209101) HM
Violence was commonplace during the early years of Ybor City. Even duels were sometimes fought over honor, women, and at least once over an argument regarding which novel was appropriate to be read by the lector of a cigar factory. These duels, . . . — — Map (db m176191) HM
WDAE was the first radio station to broadcast in Florida, doing so on May 15, 1922. The Tampa Daily Times was the original license holder, and the first radio studio was located in the Florida Citrus Exchange Building (later part of the Maas . . . — — Map (db m176260) HM
On May 16, 1896, during Cuba's 1895 Revolution against Spanish rule, the Captain General of Cuba, Valeriano Weyler, enacted an embargo against Cuban tobacco to the United States. He was enraged by the revolutionary activities of the Ybor City . . . — — Map (db m176267) HM
Soon after the founding of Ybor City, Cuban, Spanish, and Italian immigrants established comprehensive health maintenance organizations. For small weekly dues they received medicines, hospitalization, and medical services.
On June 18, 1888, Don . . . — — Map (db m130180) HM
Elizabeth Skinner, Florida Equal Suffrage Assn. organized county women here in former library hall. Lobbied for suffrage in Tallahassee 1919. — — Map (db m174829) HM
From March 27 to 29, 1825, General Lafayette stayed at
the Government House during his visit to Milledgeville, then Georgia's capital. — — Map (db m227241) HM
On March 25, 1825, General
Lafayette spent the night in
Warrenton on his way from
Augusta to Milledgeville.
He departed the next morning. — — Map (db m227214) HM
Hybrid corn results from the cross of two inbred parents, each of which is developed by selfing (in-breeding) a corn line for 6-8 generations until it is mostly homozygous.
Corn plants are diploid with one set of chromosomes coming from the . . . — — Map (db m230907) HM
On April 6, 1891, attorney Ellen Martin & 14 women voted in Lombard election asserting town charter gave right to all citizens of voting age. — — Map (db m173085) HM
The Atkinson Cemetery was established March 11, 1875, by James Atkinson, who granted the land as a community burial ground. The first recorded burial (1843) was of Sarah A. Short, daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Martha "Patsy" (Maddux) Short. The . . . — — Map (db m236731) HM
In 1859, Jim Gray, a slave who escaped from Missouri, was apprehended in Illinois by slave hunters. Gray was taken to Ottawa for a hearing before Justice John Dean Caton of the Illinois Supreme Court's northern division.
On October 19, with a . . . — — Map (db m201759) HM
More than 250,000 horses were brought in from mid and western United States and shipped out of the East Alton stockyards during World War I. The horses of various breeds were shipped overseas to the British, French, and Belgian governments for the . . . — — Map (db m211576) HM
On Apr. 30, 1825, Lafayette arrived at Gen. Edgar's home, dined at Col. Sweet's Tavern & attended a Ball at William Morrison's house. — — Map (db m223511) HM
Wilhelmina Minnie Vautrin, (1886-1941) was born in Secor,
Illinois, to French immigrants. Her mother died when Minnie
was 6, and she was raised by her father and grandparents. She
excelled at school and worked her way through Illinois
State . . . — — Map (db m239248) HM
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Ornithologist Jane L. Hine was born
in Ohio and graduated from Oberlin
College before moving to DeKalb
County. She raised a large family,
starting ornithological work later in
life by studying the birds near her
Sedan farm. . . . — — Map (db m241163) HM
The South Side Turnverein, an athletic and social club founded in 1893, fostered German cultural traditions in Indianapolis. It promoted the Turner philosophy of integrated mind and body wellness and expanded under the leadership of German . . . — — Map (db m238584) HM
Andrew Bo Foster. Entrepreneur and WWII veteran Andrew Foster was born in Indianapolis. He established a lucrative trucking company in the 1940s, enabling him to open and manage several businesses that served Black patrons in the segregated . . . — — Map (db m238556) HM
Arabic-speaking Syrian immigrants settled here on Willard St. by 1893 in small, crowded multiple-family row homes. They created a vibrant neighborhood alongside Black Americans and European immigrants. Searching for economic opportunities in the . . . — — Map (db m238603) HM
On May 9, 1825, General Lafayette survived sinking of steamboat "Mechanic" nearby & continued to Louisville aboard passing steamboat "Paragon" — — Map (db m243576) HM
Evansville Equal Suffrage Society founded 1886 at home on this site. Later, leader for national women's suffrage in Washington D.C. — — Map (db m226987) HM
Suffragist & journalist
Est. "The Little Paper" 1915. In which she advocated for women's rights & suffrage. Former home on this site. — — Map (db m232951) HM
Belle Babb Mansfield, first U.S. woman attorney 1869. Elected Pres., Iowa Woman Suffrage Convention 1870. Taught at IW 1873-1881. — — Map (db m177820) HM
People lived and worked here. They shopped and prayed here. They gathered here to celebrate life. Welcome to what was Iowa's most vibrant Black community the historic Center Street neighborhood, stretching from 15th Street to Keosauqua Way. . . . — — Map (db m235901) HM
A pillar of Des Moines' Black community, the Willkie House legacy dates to 1917 when it hosted the War Recreation Board's leisure programs for Black servicemen in the city. Its name and function changed in the early years, as did its location. . . . — — Map (db m235895) HM
Physician & teacher spoke here at 1887 State Assoc. of Colored Teachers Meeting advocating women's suffrage. Speech in national newspaper. — — Map (db m132656) HM
Centreville Livingston Presbyterian Church cemetery. John Elder, Vet. of Rev. War, interred here 1799 on land given by Col. James Hawthorn. — — Map (db m244251) HM
On May 21, 1825, General Lafayette landed at Fish St. Escorted to Capt. Langhorne's hotel, he dined and met with Revolutionary War veterans. — — Map (db m221946) HM
On May 17, 1825, General LaFayette dined nearby at Blue Spring Farm, home of Richard Mentor Johnson, and lodged 5 mi. from Georgetown. — — Map (db m221965) HM
AKA pot liquor. Broth made from boiling greens and pork fat. Fed South's hungry by early 1850s. In 1935, Senator Huey Long praised its value. — — Map (db m220563) HM
Alabama Methodist Church has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995 by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m209818) HM
Legislators debated passing Federal and State Suffrage Amendments here in 1920. Suffragists held a public rally in support of the 19th Amendment. — — Map (db m177927) HM
Edith Houghton Hooker led Just Government League in statewide women's suffrage advocacy campaign from office one block east 1910-1912. — — Map (db m237124) HM
Augusta Chissell & Margaret Hawkins held meetings of African American women's suffrage clubs here in their neighboring homes 1915-1916. — — Map (db m143007) HM
Faculty & students campaigned for womens suffrage, hosted suffrage seekers & marched in Washington DC 1913. Students picketed White House 1917. — — Map (db m145894) HM
Mary B. Shellman, community leader and 1913 founding president Carroll County Just Government League, educated voters here 1920. — — Map (db m188390) HM
From 1911, sisters Florence & Bertha Trail promoted woman suffrage through the Just Government League of Frederick. Both buried here. — — Map (db m213565) HM
On July 29, 1825, General Lafayette visited Havre de Grace after he descended the Susquehanna River aboard the Steamboat Norfolk. — — Map (db m160215) HM
Caroline Hallowell Miller & Mary Bentley Thomas led Sandy Spring and Maryland campaigns for women's right to vote from 1883-1915. — — Map (db m219707) HM
Gay Head Light has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987 by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m221966) HM
Riverside Village Historic District has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017 by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m230570) HM
Lafayettes tour on Sept. 3, 1824, General Lafayette was welcomed at the entrance of the village where he was addressed by Isaac Goodwin of Sterling. — — Map (db m211720) HM
Oakland County Equal Suffrage Assn. organized May 9, 1912 at former courthouse in Pontiac to actively campaign for Womens right to vote. — — Map (db m205904) HM
Home of Nellie Volstead. Active in Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage & Honorary Council in support of 1917 National Suffrage Convention. — — Map (db m231699) HM
On April 18, 1825, General Lafayette visited Natchez, spoke on the Bluff, dined at The Steamboat Hotel & attended a ball at Traveller's Lodge. — — Map (db m192867) HM
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