Columbus Feeder Canal
Col. Nathaniel McLean removed the first earth for the Columbus Feeder Canal not far from this site, April 27, 1827. The earth was wheeled away by Ralph Osborn and Henry Brown, auditor and treasurer of the state, amid . . . — — Map (db m88254) HM
Born on this site about 1820 to Phillip and Sarah Roddy, Phillip Dale Roddy grew up in poverty. His father a saddle maker and War of 1812 veteran, was one of the earliest murder victims in Moulton. Phillip Dale was raised by his mother and received . . . — — Map (db m69674) HM
SETTLEMENT On this site, known as 'The Center', the village that became Malone was first settled in 1802. Harison Academy, the first public building, was erected in 1806 on land donated by the community's proprietor, Richard Harison, Esq. In . . . — — Map (db m78997) HM
Welcome to TR's Journal Walk - the Barnum Brook Trail.
While Teddy Roosevelt was a teenager in the 1870's, he visited Paul Smiths Hotel four times and honed his skills as a naturalist, with special interest in birds. His Journals of the day . . . — — Map (db m174919) HM
While visiting the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo on September 6, 1901, President McKinley was shot and wounded in an assassination attempt. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt arrived in western New York the next day. Four days later, with . . . — — Map (db m138517) HM
Landscape architect Howard Daniels designed the original portion of Green Lawn Cemetery in 1848. Noted Columbus architect Frank Packard designed Green Lawn's Chapel mausoleum, the Hayden family mausoleum, and the Packard mausoleum. Spanning over . . . — — Map (db m12431) HM
Gov. Robert Burns Lindsay
July 4, 1824 - February 13, 1902
A native of Lochmaben, Scotland, Robert Burns Lindsay was Alabama's only foreign-born governor. He immigrated to North Carolina in 1844 and relocated to Tuscumbia in 1849, where he . . . — — Map (db m229461) HM
Arthur St. Clair Colyar played a major role in the raising of Tracy City like a phoenix from the ashes of the Civil War to an industrial giant of the late 19th century. Born In Washington County near Jonesboro, he migrated at age of nine with his . . . — — Map (db m277155) HM
The corner dates are important dates
of the city's history
1852 - Grove City was laid out
1866 - Grove City became an incorporated village
1886 - Franklin County Engineer issued a
new plat map of Grove City
1959 - Grove City . . . — — Map (db m137667) HM
The Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery was established by joint resolution of Congress in 1866, among the first burial grounds officially designated in the wake of the Civil War. Under the care of the Veterans Administration, the facility is . . . — — Map (db m124986) HM
In the early 1900s this spot was one of the busiest in the Adirondacks.
Two railroads - the Northern Adirondack
Railroad built by John Hurd in 1890 and
the Adirondack and St. Lawrence Railroad
constructed by Dr. William Seward Webb
in 1892 - . . . — — Map (db m251960) HM
1749-1850
European settlers and Ogdensburg's port and railroad development swelled industrial and population growth creating significant historical refuse.
1850's-1984
Exxon Mobil operated a major oil storage facility here. The . . . — — Map (db m249051) HM
Clintonville
This community located in Section 2 of Clinton Township, was
settled in 1813 by Thomas Bull. The land was formerly owned
by John Rathbone for whom Rathbone Road is named. Its early
growth was due largely to a number of . . . — — Map (db m92853) HM
During his solo career, Mike Farris has crossed between rock, blues, soul and gospel to bring a current sensibility to traditional Southern music. He was honored at the 2008 Americana Music Awards as New/Emerging Artist of the Year Award, and, . . . — — Map (db m207183) HM
Here on November 29, 1858, was held the celebration in honor of the completion of the Columbia and Stanislaus River Water Company's ditch, which brought water from the north fork of the Stanislaus River to Columbia. James Wood Coffroth, attorney, . . . — — Map (db m25649) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
