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J.S. Anderson Building

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Narrowsburg, New York.
circa 1800's burned 1893 rebuilt in brick 1894

(Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Israelite Missionary Baptist Church

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Brusly, Louisiana.
This institution of worship can trace its roots to the 1890s, but it was formally chartered in 1905. The congregation was established as Israelite Baptist Church of Brusly Landing. The original church was a rectangular gable . . .

(African Americans • Churches & Religion) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Juárez Hemicycle

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, Mexico.
Al Benemérito Benito Juárez La Patria English translation: To the most praise worthy Benito Juárez the Nation

(Patriots & Patriotism • Politics • Wars, Non-US) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Sam Chatmon

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Hollandale, Mississippi.
Front Sam Chatmon (c. 1899-1983), a celebrated singer and guitarist who spent most of his life in Hollandale, sometimes performed with his brothers in a renowned family string band billed as the Mississippi Sheiks. He . . .

(African Americans • Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Oaks Plantation

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Port Allen, Louisiana.
At the time of the Louisiana Purchase this tract of land belonged to a Madame Patin. In 1838 her heirs sold the tract to Jesse Patrick. Patrick purchased the neighboring southern property from Aurore Allain. At the time of . . .

(Antebellum South, US • Notable Buildings • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Ben Peters

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Hollandale, Mississippi.
Front A native of Hollandale who picked cotton as a child, a University of Southern Mississippi graduate and Navy pilot, Ben Peters (1933-2005) went on to become a Nashville songwriting legend, penning fourteen number-one . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Palmer's Division

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Palmer's Division - Crittenden's Corps. Major General John M. Palmer. September 19th, 1863, 4:30 P.m. 1st Brigade - Brigadier General Charles Cruft. 2d Brigade - Brigadier General William B. Hazen. 3d Brigade - Colonel . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Holmes County Blues Tchula

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Tchula, Mississippi.
Front Many blues performers who gained fame in the Delta, Jackson, and Chicago and on the southern soul circuit have lived in or near Tchula, including Elmore James, Hound Dog Taylor, Jimmy Dawkins, Jesse Robinson, Lewis . . .

(African Americans • Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Route of Croxton's Brigade

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Route of Croxton's Brigade To opening of Battle Sept. 19, 1863.

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

To the Opening of the Battle

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
To the Opening of the Battle September 19, 1863. 1½ Miles.

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

20th Tennessee Infantry

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Tennessee 20th Regiment Infantry. Bate's Brigade Stewart's Division 11:30 A.M. September 20, 1863

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bates Brigade

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Text on the first tablet: Bate's Brigade Stewart's Division - Buckner's Corps. Brigadier General William B. Bate. September 19, 1863, 11 a.m. 58th Alabama - Colonel Bushrod Jones. 37th Georgia - Lieutenant Colonel Joseph . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Union Baptist Church

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Brusly, Louisiana.
Oral tradition recounts a visit by an African American gospel preacher in 1804. He preached the Baptist Christian Doctrine for the first time in West Baton Rouge near the foot of the levee where present day Gwin St. would . . .

(African Americans • Churches & Religion) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

37th Georgia Infantry

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
C.S.A. Georgia 37th Infantry. Colonel A.F. Rudler Colonel Joseph T. Smith Bate's Brigade. Stewart's Division. 11:30 A.M., September 20, 1863.

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Decker Building

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Narrowsburg, New York.
circa 1800's burned 1893 rebuilt 1894 remodeled 2003

(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Green Building

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Narrowsburg, New York.
circa 1800's burned 1893 rebuilt 1894 in-home post office until 1920

(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

18th Tennessee Infantry

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Tennessee 18th Regiment Infantry. Brown's Brigade Stewart's Division 11:30 A.M. September 20, 1863

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

45th Tennessee Infantry

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Tennessee 45th Regiment Infantry. Brown's Brigade Stewart's Division 11:30 A.M. September 20, 1863

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Temple of Corpus Christi

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, Mexico.
Templo de Corpus Christi, inmueble del siglo XVIII, fue incorporado en septiembre 2004 al Patrimonio de la Ciudad. Sede del Acervo Historico del Archivo General de Notarias. I.N.A.H. – G.D.F. English translation: Temple . . .

(Churches & Religion • Colonial Era • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

White Bird Battlefield

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near White Bird, Idaho.
(Three panels are located at this kiosk overlooking the White Bird Battlefield.) We were marched into a deep canyon and to a country strange to us, and familiar to the enemy. If there was any plan of attack, I never heard of . . .

(Native Americans • Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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