Memorials
Between June 9, 1856, and July 6, 1860, ten separate Handcart Companies left Iowa
City, Iowa, or Florence, Nebraska to their land of Zion in the Utah Territory. There were
653 handcarts and 50 wagons.
Nearly 3,000 souls, some with babes in arms, and grandparents in their 70’s, pulled their worldly possessions and their fervent hopes across 1,400 miles of treeless prairie, lonely desert, icy rivers and rugged mountains. They came undaunted in their fragile two-wheeled carts, powered and fueled... Read More
120 Berrelessa
Old Town Martinez
Home of Historic Interest
Original Marazzani Boarding House
This establishment was home to many Italian fishermen & cannery workers & was a popular eating & gathering place.
Circa 1890's
Maria Santissima Immacolata di Lourdes
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Italian immigrants came to Iron Mountain to work in the iron mines. In 1890, Italian Catholics from the community’s north side organized what was popularly known as “the Italian Church.” That year they built a frame church near this site. The church burned in 1893 and was rebuilt. In April 1902, Father G. Pietro Sinopoli arrived here. Within two months he formed a church building committee. Four thousand... Read More
Surrounded by Lake Maurepas, the Amite River, Bayou Pierre, the Petite Amite, and Blind River. Lake named by Iberville in 1699 for Comte de Maurepas. Area settled by French, Spanish, and German immigrants.
Jack and Lillian Lessow were immigrants from Romania. After traveling to the United States, they found a home in Hartford, Connecticut with their two children. They were burried together in Connecticut with a memorial designed based on their Jewish Herritage.
This monument is an expression of deep gratitude
— to the City of Peabody for receiving the Mennonite immigrants, extending hospitality to them, and now granting a plot for this memorial,
— to the Santa Fe Railroad for directing the Mennonite immigrants to a productive land and making it available under favorable terms,
— to our government for respecting conscience, rewarding industry, and granting freedom for Christian outreach,
— to our God for His leading and continued blessing.
During the... Read More