Memorials
California's first Indian museum. Opening in 1940 and updated in 1984, this museum is still in use.
100 years ago, Italian immigrants first settled here. This was Holley's "Little Italy," a rich part of our American heritage.
Dedicated October 12 1992
The bronze Ahtna woman in the sculpture is modeled after Olga Nikolai Ezi, a well-respected elder in the Native village of Eklutna known as “Grandma Olga.” She and her husband, who was a Dena'ina chief, are credited with settling into Eklutna and establishing much of the tribal lineage.
Located on Ellis Island, this statue standing 305 feet 6 inches depicts a woman holding up a torch to "light the way" for immigrants seeking asylum in America. The statue of liberty weighs an approximate 225 tons and is made of copper. The corrosion and oxidization caused by natural weather is what gives the copper its famous green color. The tablets being held by the statue read July IV MDCCLXXVI (July 4, 1776). That date is the birth date of the nation and the day America declared... Read More
Russian immigrant Sam Stein arrived in Greenville by riverboat in 1905. Here he founded a retail enterprise that would remain in his family for generations. On this site in 1964, his son Jake Stein opened the first Stein Mart store. By the 1980s, grandson Jay Stein had developed Stein Mart into a national department store chain.
In 1874, the Houston and Texas Central Railway Company was expanding north from Houston to Denison, Texas. Water stops were necessary along the route at 7 - 10 mile intervals to keep the steam locomotives going. At this location Irish immigrants constructed the stone dam you see, and later German immigrants maintained the water stop. The purpose of the water reservoir was to fill the water tower located along the railroad tracks just to the west. The foundation of the tower and the foundation... Read More
Originally called Russell Place for the Irish immigrant William Russell who settled near here on a branch of Beaver Creek in 1768. General William Tecumseh Sherman passed through Russell Place in 1865 on his way to North Carolina. In 1871 James Robert Magill moved here. Magill served in the S.C. House of Representatives 1887 ~ 88, and the S.C. Senate, 1889 ~ 1894. For several years around the turn of the 20th Century, the post office here was called Magill. In 1906, Stewart William Heath moved... Read More
Imagine stepping back in time to April 23, 1791. Packhorses and wagons were pulling into a bustling trading post owned by Scotch-Irish immigrant James Buchanan. There was probably a spring chill to the air. Perhaps the sun shone brightly overhead, for here in Cove Gap this would be a special day. Amidst all the commotion, James’ wife, Elizabeth was giving birth to young James Buchanan, who would become the 15th President of the United States in 1857. James senior called this place, Stony... Read More