Georgia, Catoosa County, near Fort Oglethorpe
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C.S.A.
Georgia
Massenburg's Battery.
Captain T.L. Massenburg.
Robertson's
Reserve Artillery.
Army of Tennessee.
Noon, September 20, 1863.
(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
C.S.A.Georgia
Massenburg's Battery.
Captain T.L. Massenburg.
Robertson's
Reserve Artillery.
Army of Tennessee.
Noon, September 20, 1863.
(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Massenburg's Georgia Battery.
Under the direction of Don Diego de Vargas, the Spanish returned to recapture New Mexico after twelve years of exile in El Paso. In an attempt to encourage settlement of the land in the Rio Grande Valley, Don Diego de Vargas issued land grants for agriculture and grazing to Spanish colonist, and reconfirmed property rights of the Pueblos.
Don Diego de Vargas Zapata Luján Ponce de León, born 1643 in Madrid, Spain, served the crown as Governor of New Mexico from 1691–1697 and 1703–1704. Vargas was a devout Christian with a strong devotion to Nuestra Señora La Conquistadora, Our Lady of Peace. Recognized for his competency and talent as a royal official, his arrival in February 1691 at El Paso del Norte as Governor marked the beginning of the critical episode in New Mexico’s restoration, resulting in a remarkable reconciliation with Pueblo Indian leaders such as Luis Tupatú, Domingo Tuguaque, Juan de Ye and Bartolomé de Ojeda. Together these men forged a lasting peace that has endured for more than three hundred years. Vargas’ accomplishments in New Mexico will long be remembered by all generations that follow.
In order to fulfill a promise that Don Diego de Vargas made, the government leaders of Santa Fe issued a proclamation calling for an annual fiesta to commemorate the peaceful reentry of the Spanish into Santa Fe in 1692. This annual celebration held in September is the oldest such community celebration in the United States.
In memory of the
pioneer
men and women
who passed this way
in covered wagons
Built as Marshfield’s City Hall. The building also included the library and the fire department.
Built by Hans Bille in the Queen Anne Style. A pyramidal hipped roof and gabled wings creates asymmetrical massing.
When the Declaration of Independence was signed, Santa Fe was already 166 years old. English and American explorers and traders replaced the French as a source of concern to Spanish officials in New Mexico. The successful American War of Independence led to a renewed Anglo-American interest in the Spanish Southwest, and the series of expeditions sponsored by the new nation triggered alarm in the Spanish capital at Santa Fe. The Dominguez Escalante expedition also took place during this year.
Before air conditioning, interstate highways, and automobiles, a privileged few escaped the hot summers of the lower Midwest by taking trains to resorts built by the railroads in the north woods. Besides bringing settlers north and moving lumber south, railroads built resort hotels hoping to attract patrons during the summer months. Faced with a dwindling number of settlers and fewer logs to carry, the seasonal nature and small number of vacationers taking trains to the north woods, the resorts did not save the railroads from going bankrupt. In 1905, the Wisconsin and Michigan Railroad built a resort hotel on 82-acre Miscauno Island in the Menominee River. The island resort had a nine hole golf course and tennis courts as well. The railroad line to the island was abandoned in 1917, but the resort, rebuilt after the fire in 1923, continues to provide a refuge for those who prefer outdoor air conditioning during the summer months. The former railroad bridge now carries automobiles instead of railroad cars across the river to the island.
Originally covered by magnificent stands of forests, the northern two-thirds of the county consisted of cutover lands which attracted farmers from the corn belt during World War I. Wartime prosperity and settlement were followed by agricultural depression and farm abandonment during the 1920's, creating a crisis for Marinette County government. In 1928, six of the 18 county towns could not pay their highway assessments and because of sparse settlement, Marinette County pupil costs were 40% higher than the state average. The county had less than 2% marketable timber left, although three-quarters of the county's industry was dependent on wood. In 1930, the county registered 14,000 acres as non-taxable forest land, and in 1933 established a county forest and began reforestation. The county forest has grown to 227,000 acres, and includes many parks and campgrounds on its rivers, reservoirs and lakes. During the first 30 years, 1930-1960, the county grossed $1,000,000 in timber sales; in the year 1986 alone. The forest has matured.
Dedicated to the memory of the
In May of 1848, U.S. President James K. Polk ordered the invasion of Mexico by U.S. troops, thus begining the Mexican War. Three months later, General Stephen Watts Kearney led a victorious U.S. Army unopposed across northern New Mexico and into Santa Fe. Kearney’s conquest was formalized by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, under which the U.S. paid Mexico 15 million dollars for New Mexico, Arizona and California. New Mexico became a territory of the U.S. in 1850.
