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The Weiskettel Mausoleum has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.
(Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
The Weiskettel Mausoleum has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.(Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Orianda House, built in 1857 at a cost of $9,170.69, was designed by Niernsee and Neilson, architects. This country mansion was the summer home of Thomas de Kay Winans, a wealthy railroad entrepreneur, and his Russian-born wife, Celeste Louise Revillon. Thomas, son of Baltimore & Ohio Railroad industrialist Ross Winans, purchased several farms to create the Crimea estate. Tenants raised cattle, wheat, corn, and other crops and maintained Winans’ greenhouse and horse racetrack. The Chesapeake Baltimore Outward Bound Program currently uses several of the estate buildings. The Friends of Orianda House maintain a museum room in this building. A Gwynns Falls Trail office is in the remaining tenant house.
Founded 1851; sanctuary built 1871 was not yet consecrated when State Democratic Convention met here 1872 and laid plans to free Texas from Reconstruction rule. First missionary society west of the Mississippi organized here, 1880. H. A. Boaz, ordained here, later became president of Polytechnic College, S. M. U., and a bishop. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1967
Sara Freeman Clarke established the first public library in Marietta and Cobb County in 1882 when she allowed residents to borrow books from her home without charge. She named it the “Franklin Lending Library”.
The First Methodist Church was built in 1831 on land donated by Moses Sanders in 1830. This was five years before Darlington was chartered. It was a plain barn like building, not plastered or ceiled. A great revival was held in the church was held in the church in late fall 1831. Three Methodist Ministers are buried in the cemetery. In 1834 a second larger church was built by J. W. Burn on corner of St John and Park Streets.
Monument Honoring World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam and Persian Gulf Veterans.
This Flag Park is a collaborative effort of the City of Bishopville, a Palmetto Pride Grant, Pee Dee Tourism, the SC Cotton Museum and private donations to show support for our men and women on active duty in the military.
Near this site stood the old Pike County court house which was the county seat of Pike from 1822 to 1827. It also served as the temporary county seat of the newly created Barbour County in 1833, until Clayton was selected. Louisville was settled before 1822 by Daniel Lewis for whom it was named. Two-fifths of the new county of Barbour, including Louisville, was taken from old Pike. The first road in this area led fom Louisville to Williamston to Franklin on the Chattahoochee River.
Commemorating the site of the First Regimental Reunion of Confederate Veterans
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Commemorating the Confederate Wayside Home 1862-64. Whose activities were carried on by fourteen women of Union Point.
Rear Admiral Richard E. Hawes has long been revered as a distinguished native son of Thomson-McDuffie County, Georgia. Admiral Hawes is remembered for his exceptionally heroic and meritorious service while performing his duty in the United States Navy during the period June 1917 to December 1952. His outstanding leadership and loyal devotion to the combined concepts of naval and submarine operations contributed immeasurably to the defense of his nation over a span of 35 tumultuous years. He was twice awarded the Navy Cross for gallantry and was Commanding Officer of the USS Pigeon, the only surface warship to receive two Presidential Unit Citations during World War II. The national defense of the United States of America continues to be strengthened by his legacy of leadership. A grateful nation has named the USS Hawes, a guided missile frigate, in his honor. A mainstay in the ranks of America’s naval ships, the USS Hawes is testimony to the personal involvement and unique achievements of Admiral Hawes during peace and war.
About 2 o'clock A.M., Sept. 11, 1863, Capt.John J. McCook of Gen. Crittenden's staff, left Chattanooga with an escort bearing important orders from the Commanding General to his Corps Commander, who had left at 1 o'clock to join his divisions near Ringgold. Misled by the guide, Gen. Crittenden has continued on the Lafayette Road. Capt. McCook was informed of this at Rossville by a member of the escort, and being concerned for his Commander's safety hurried on to overtake him. In the darkness and mist of the morning, he was fired on when at this position about 4 o'clock A.M. by an outpost of Forrest's cavalry. Two of the escort who had left the road on the opposite or west side, supposing they had been fired on by troops of their own corps, advanced and were captured. Capt. McCook and one orderly, hearing the surrender, escaped and reported to Gen. Crittenden, whom they found had joined his Corps by an intermediate route, or cross road. This was the first point of contact or collision on the Chickamauga battlefield, now included in the Park limits.
