Tennessee, Henderson County, Parkers Crossroads
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Just when victory seemed certain, Colonel Charles Carroll galloped up to Forrest with the news that a large Union force was fast approaching their rear along the Lexington-Huntington Road and was deploying in line of battle. Forrest, who had left McLemore's battalion with orders to guard against just such and eventuality, was astounded. He recovered quickly, however. When Carroll asked, "General, a heavy line of infantry is in our rear. We're between two lines of battle. What'll we do?" Forrest responded decisively, "Charge them both ways!"
Forrest urged his horse toward the Parker house where he discovered Colonel John W. Fuller's troops in possession of the orchard and nearby field. An officer stopped him as he passed close to the Federal lines, shouting, "Halt and surrender." Forrest quickly replied, "I have already done so," explaining that he was prepared to bring up his remaining command for a formal surrender.
The officer, satisfied with Forrest's reply, let him pass. Forrest quickly wheeled south, galloping toward his cavalry, As he passed the field hospital he warned the surgeons of the danger so that they could prepare to make their escape. When he reached his brigade Forrest ordered his men to remount and head for the Lexington Road. He wasn't prepared to concede defeat just yet. A bold charge might save his artillery and allow his men to escape to safety.
(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Just when victory seemed certain, Colonel Charles Carroll galloped up to Forrest with the news that a large Union force was fast approaching their rear along the Lexington-Huntington Road and was deploying in line of battle. Forrest, who had left McLemore's battalion with orders to guard against just such and eventuality, was astounded. He recovered quickly, however. When Carroll asked, "General, a heavy line of infantry is in our rear. We're between two lines of battle. What'll we do?" Forrest responded decisively, "Charge them both ways!"
Forrest urged his horse toward the Parker house where he discovered Colonel John W. Fuller's troops in possession of the orchard and nearby field. An officer stopped him as he passed close to the Federal lines, shouting, "Halt and surrender." Forrest quickly replied, "I have already done so," explaining that he was prepared to bring up his remaining command for a formal surrender.
The officer, satisfied with Forrest's reply, let him pass. Forrest quickly wheeled south, galloping toward his cavalry, As he passed the field hospital he warned the surgeons of the danger so that they could prepare to make their escape. When he reached his brigade Forrest ordered his men to remount and head for the Lexington Road. He wasn't prepared to concede defeat just yet. A bold charge might save his artillery and allow his men to escape to safety.
(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
(monument text): (1833-1903) 
President Monroe singed a charter in 1821 that established Columbian College on a site north of Florida Avenue between 14th and 15th Streets, Columbian College moved to Foggy Bottom in 1912 and became George Washington University, but the original campus area continued to be called "College Hill."
On 4 December 1861, fifty-five men of the 3rd New Jersey Infantry, Col. George W. Taylor commanding, set an ambush nearby in retaliation for attacks on Union pickets. They stretched two telegraph wires across Braddock Road at the eastern end of a "perfect bog hole" to dismount riders. Near midnight, twenty-four Georgia Hussars cavalrymen, led by Capt. George F. Waring, entered the trap from the west. A "sheet of fire" erupted from the tree line along the swamp's edge. The Confederates returned fire and escaped with four men wounded and one captured. Union losses were one killed, two wounded and one captured.
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Men of the Virginia Military Institute
In 1873, Clay Faulkner opened Mountain City Woolen Mills. He built a mansion in 1896 named Falcon Rest, which had indoor plumbing, electricity, central steam heat, and a telephone. After finding mineral springs on the grounds, he converted the woolen mills into Faulkner Springs Hotel health resort. Faulkner also led in building McMinnville Methodist Church and the Great Falls Cotton Mill at Rock Island.
In 1909 the Westmoreland Railroad Company, directed by Bellaire developer William Wright Baldwin, began construction of a streetcar line between this site and Houston's Main Street (4 mi. E) to improve transportation between Bellaire and Houston. Laid out on the esplanade of Bellaire Boulevard, the streetcar line consisted of one railway track and an overhead electric wire. The line terminated at this site, where the company constructed a waiting pavilion and a turnaround loop. At the same time, the Houston Electric Company extended its south end line from Eagle Avenue down present Fannin Street to connect with the Bellaire line at Bellaire Boulevard (now part of Holcombe Boulevard). The trip between Bellaire and downtown Houston required one transfer at Eagle Avenue. Service began on December 28, 1910.
In 1855 Abraham Wing purchased this farm for his widowed daughter, Mary. Within a year she married Dwight Merriman, and under her guidance, “Hillside” became a model farm, with over 600 acres of orchards and cultivated fields. In 1881 their first and only surviving child, Ella, married John C. Sharp, attorney and later state senator. Ella died in 1912, leaving the farm to the city of Jackson as a park. The house was opened as a museum in 1965.
On March 1, 1864, ten days after the Confederate Victory at Olustee, Union and Confederate forces met along this road in a running skirmish. The fight started 2 to 3 miles west of here, 10am, when Union forces advanced out of Camp Mooney (Ellis Rd.) to locate and test Confederate strength in their front. By noon, the outnumbered Union forces had fallen back to Cedar Creek (this location) to make a stand taking advantage of the Creek's natural barrier. The Confederate advance was greatly hampered by the marshy ground and a short, sharp fight ensued. After a half hour of fighting and being flanked by Confederate troops, Union forces continued their withdrawal. Confederate Cavalry followed until ambushed a couple of hundred yards east of here, where Capt. Winston Stephens, 2nd Fl. Calvary,(sic) was killed. Confederate Infantry then came up and fighting continued east along this road until Union troops reached the safety of their entrenchments at 3 Mile Run (McCoys Creek). No Confederate attack on Jacksonville would ever develop and within two months both sides began to transfer the bulk of their forces to other theaters. This action saw the largest number of killed and wounded of any one day in Duval County during the War Between the States.
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Bellaire residents founded the non-denominational Bellaire Union Congregational Church and Sunday School in 1911. Services and classes were held in the local school building and the town's streetcar terminal known as the “Pavilion.”
William Wright Baldwin, president of the South End Land Company, founded Bellaire in 1908 on part of the 9,449-acre ranch once owned by William Marsh Rice, benefactor of Rice Institute (now Rice University). Baldwin surveyed the eastern 1,000 acres of the ranch into small truck farms, which he named Westmoreland Farms. He platted Bellaire in the middle of the farms to serve as an exclusive residential neighborhood and agricultural trading center. The project was separated from Houston by approximately six miles of prairie.
Built about 1880. Until 1920, the John Smith School. Restored 1927 by Will Hogg. A memorial since 1942 to Will and Mike Hogg. Gardens added 1955. Open to public.
Thomas Jefferson Believed the surveyor's of the nation's capital city should set a new American Meridian, a north-south line running through both poles and the American continent.
From 1830 to 1880 the community of Lowell Mills thrived here along Driftwood River. There were two grist mills, a cooperage, a shoemaker's shop, a distillery, a saw mill, a woolen mill, an inn and general store. When the mills closed, the town was abandoned.
Site of production mill and three beehive kilns, first fueled by wood and then by natural gas, circa 1883-1910, owned & operated by Manassa Myers, Sr. family. Produced drainage tiles (hollow cylinder-shaped sections) from adjacent clay pit for local use. Drainage tiles have been used throughout Indiana to develop and maintain farmland.
