Westminster, Maryland.
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Until this or future generations shall provide a more fitting tribute, this simple gateway is erected as a memorial for the dead and testimonial to the living soldiers and others from Carroll County who served in the World . . .
(War, World I) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Until this or future generations shall provide a more fitting tribute, this simple gateway is erected as a memorial for the dead and testimonial to the living soldiers and others from Carroll County who served in the World . . . (War, World I) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
In 1864, the Confederate States of America built a prisoner of war camp here. Named Camp Lawton, the stockade, designed to hold 40,000 prisoners, enclosed 42 acres. The first prisoners arrived from Andersonville in late . . . 
According to one source, shortly after the end of the Civil War, Camp Lawton's few permanent structures, including its prisoner stockade, burned. The grounds quickly reverted to their previous use as farmland. Over the . . . 
Governor of Louisiana, 1860-1864; a leader of the secession movement. His birthplace stood 4½ miles northwest.
After stunning victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Virginia, early in May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee carried the war through Maryland, across the Mason and Dixon Line and into Pennsylvania. His . . . 
After Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's smashing victory over Union Gen. John Pope at the Second Battle of Manassas, Lee decided to invade Maryland to reap the fall harvest, gain Confederate recruits, earn foreign recognition . . . 
Tomatoes, carrots, beans, squash, and onions have all been grown here at various times during the stations history. Residents struggled with the sandy soil, salty soil. Vegetables being grown here today are heirloom . . . 
On March 27, 1891, the stormy Atlantic Ocean caused the Norwegian Bark Dictator to seek haven and repairs in Hampton Roads. Heavily loaded with yellow pine, on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida to England, the Dictator had . . . 
In 1838 the steamship Irvington, carr[y]ing 200 bales of cotton on a downstream run, burned and sank four miles upstream from here. This 115 foot side-wheeler was constructed in 1836 in Marion, Indiana. These boilers and . . . 
In 1784 Richard Clinton deeded five acres to commissioners for use for the public buildings of the new county of Sampson. The community that flourished in this vicinity came to be known as Sampson Courthouse. The N.C. . . . 
This West Texas ranch home is the most complete remnant of early farming and ranching enterprise in the Guadalupe Mountains. Two pioneer ranchers, the Rader brothers, settled here in the 1870’s with a few cattle. Their home, . . . 
Built in 1925 and used into the 1930's by up to 8 local children. The Smith's hired a teacher for $30 a month plus room, board and a horse. 
(obverse) Francis the Prophet, whose Indian name was Hillis Hadjo, was an important Creek chief who was forced to leave his home in the Alabama Territory at the end of the Creek War of 1813-14. He established a new town on . . . 
One hundred feet east was one site where "The Trail of Tears" began. On May 23, 1838 the Indians of this general area, who had been held in a chestnut log stockade after being gathered by the U.S. Army, began their long trek . . . 
Little has changed here over the past century. The area remains a natural oasis for reflection, social events, and recreation. The historic Augusta Canal, recognized as one of the most unique and intact canal systems in the . . . 
Marking the place where two geophysical provinces intersect, the Fall Line attracted Native American settlement, served as a natural crossing point for Hernando DeSoto's journey, and made the Augusta Canal possible. The roar . . . 
What is the Simpson County Heritage Trail? The Simpson County Heritage Trail was established through the Simpson County Development Foundation in 2011. Each stop along the trail is of historic significance to Simpson County, . . . 
What is the Simpson County Heritage Trail? The Simpson County Heritage Trail was established through the Simpson County Development Foundation in 2011. Each stop along the trail is of historic significance to Simpson County, . . . 
What is the Simpson County Heritage Trail? The Simpson County Heritage Trail was established through the Simpson County Development Foundation in 2011. Each stop along the trail is of historic significance to Simpson County, . . . 
Fuente de las Verdolagas Se construyó a iniciativa del Ayuntamiento y fue inaugurada el 18 de marzo de 1897. Está fabrícada en cantera y mampostería; arriba del arco de mediopunto, hacia el exterior, está la cabeza de un . . . 
