Columbus, Georgia.
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In the south, the best surviving concentration of nineteenth century hydro-mechanical and electrical engineering systems relating to grist and textile mills is located along this river. In 1978, the U.S. Department ov the . . .
(Industry & Commerce • Antebellum South, US • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
In the south, the best surviving concentration of nineteenth century hydro-mechanical and electrical engineering systems relating to grist and textile mills is located along this river. In 1978, the U.S. Department ov the . . . (Industry & Commerce • Antebellum South, US • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Several of the world's most popular soft drinks originated in Columbus. John S. Pemberton, who in 1859 operated a pharmacy on Broadway, developed "French Wine Coca," the popular drink which was later marketed as "Coca-Cola." . . . 
Since the 1830s, the city's foundries and machine shops have fabricated a variety of items: cotton gins, steam engines, riverboats, saw and cane mills, pulleys, gears, stoves, pots, and farming implements. The most . . . 
The tremendous energy of the Chattahoochee made Columbus an important manufacturing center. Falling water powered textile, grist, saw, and paper mills. By 1860, the city's production of cotton and woolen goods ranked second . . . 
Camp Benning began on Macon Road in 1918 as a temporary World War I encampment. The present fort was created in 1922 and was named in honor of Columbus lawyer, legislator, jurist, and Confederate Major General Henry L. . . . 
The original section was built in 1733 by Darling Conrow. A larger section was added in 1751 when he married his wife Deliverance This home is the oldest structure in Delran Township.
Lucille Clifton lived in West Baltimore from 1967. She became poet-in-residence at Coppin State University in 1971. By 1974, she had published two important collections of poetry that focused on black urban life at a very . . . 
American Revolutionary war hero, who distinguished himself on General George Washington's staff in the Battle of Brandywine, commissioned Brigadier General. Fought at Germantown and other battles in the winter of 1777-78 for . . . 
Born in Haiti in 1784, Elizabeth Clovis Lange immigrated to Baltimore where she taught children of French-speaking black immigrants. In 1829, she formed the Oblate Sisters of Providence, the nation’s first black Catholic . . . 
Under the leadership of Booker T. Washington, Gabriel B. Mattox, Sr., set up the first print shop at Tuskagee Institute in Alabama. In 1907, Maddox migrated to Baltimore, where he opened a print shop on Druid Hill Avenue in . . . 
For over a century, Arabbers have guided brightly colored wagons and belled horses down narrow streets, knocking on doors to sell fresh fruits and vegetables in West Baltimore. Arabbers always advertised with distinctive . . . 
In the pages of The Afro-American newspaper and beyond, the Murphy family fought for civil rights for over a century. In 1892, John Henry Murphy, a Union Army Veteran, combined newsletters from three black churches to form a . . . 
Growing up in Florida, Mary Rosemond saw her mother fight to stop the demolition of their home for a highway. In 1958, she discovered the city’s plan to build an expressway through Greater Rosemont and her own West Baltimore . . . 
As pioneers of non-violent resistance, Lillie Mae Carroll Jackson and daughter Juanita Jackson Mitchell helped lay the foundation for the national Civil Rights Movement in 1931, they founded the City-Wide Young People’s . . . 
In 1923, flags at black schools across Baltimore flew at half-mast to mourn the death of Joseph Lockerman. Nicknamed “Moses” for his leadership and quite dignity, he grew up in Caroline County, where two white teachers . . . 
So far as discontent is expressed in constructive movements for human betterment it is healthy and to be encouraged I wish to see the interests and ideals of Labor and Capital fairly reconciled not by surrender but by . . . 
This plaque commemorates the opening of the first Rite Aid Corporation drugstore on September 12, 1962 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Alexander Grass, founder of the Company which now has grown to over 1,300 drugstores, is a . . . 
On the National Register of Historic Places
(side 1) The President's Oval Office In this building is a full-scale replica of the White House Oval Office. When John and Abigail Adams first moved into The White House in 1800, it contained three oval rooms, inspired by . . . 
(side 1) The Liberty Bell was commissioned November 1, 1751, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of William Penn’s Charter of Privileges for his Pennsylvania colony. The radical charter granted religious liberty to . . . 
