near West Point, Kentucky.
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Before you are the remains of Kentucky’s oldest and best preserved earthen fortification. The earthen walls were designed to stop cannon balls unlike wooden stockade fortifications of earlier periods. This original 1,000 . . .
(Forts, Castles • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Before you are the remains of Kentucky’s oldest and best preserved earthen fortification. The earthen walls were designed to stop cannon balls unlike wooden stockade fortifications of earlier periods. This original 1,000 . . . (Forts, Castles • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Work on the fort began in the Fall of 1861 by the 9th Michigan Infantry Regiment commanded by Colonel William W. Duffield and the 37th Indiana Infantry Regiment commanded by Colonel George W. Hazzard. The build of the work . . . 
This located provides a scenic overlook of the Scott County area. Morgan’s raiders passed here on the afternoon of July 10, 1863. Temperatures were in the 90s and the Raiders were loaded down with much booty. Stolen items . . . 
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Chief Blacksmith says that the whole village was supplied by one spring, which issued from the side of a hill. To procure the water more conveniently, the Indians made troughs or conductors of basswood bark, which, when . . . 
The North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, Mechanics and Farmers Bank, the Mutual Building and Loan Association and North Carolina College were model financial and educational institutions devoted to entrepreneurship . . . 
350 yards southwest stands a small rock house built in 1881 by settler Meliton Morales (1837-1924). Born in Mexico, Morales was kidnapped by Indians as a youth and spent 9 years in captivity. Moved to Texas in 1855. Came . . . 
Falling Creek Falls Park is a cooperative venture between the Suwannee River Water Management District (SRWMD) and the Columbia County Board of County Commissioners. The SRWMD acquired the land through the Preservation 2000 . . . 
Member of the General Assembly of the State Mayor of Durham Chairman of the Commissioners of the County Justice of the Peace for Fifty Years His life was given to the service of his neighbors to whom he was ever a symbol of . . . 
Position of the 8th Kansas Vol’s Sept. 19th, 1863 At 12:30 P. M. 
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Polly Strong was born into slavery circa 1796 in the Northwest Territory. Vincennes innkeeper Hyacinthe Lasselle purchased her circa 1806. Although the 1816 Indiana Constitution prohibited slavery and involuntary servitude, . . . 
Supply line from U.S. Army headquarters in San Antonio to Fort Terrett, 1852-1854. In the 1850's two-thirds of Texas was held by Comanches or threatened by raids. Posts such as Fort Terrett stood from Red River to the Rio . . . 
Hillside High opened as a school for black students in 1921 at Pine and Umstead streets on land donated by John Sprint Hill. It moved in 1950 to a larger building, the former Whitted Junior High School, at this location. In . . . 
This building was reportedly constructed in the early 1900's as a library. It was later occupied by School Superintendent R.L. Turner until the 1912 Courthouse was constructed and his office moved there. In 1917 the Woman's . . . 
North Side: Two Days Before the Battle This morning we are in preparation to meet Santa Anna. It is the only chance of saving Texas. From time to time I have looked for reinforcements in vain: We will only have about seven . . . 
To honor Stephen Collins Foster 1826-1864 Creator of American Folk Song Singer of the simple joys of home and family and poet who immortalized the Suwannee River This memorial was placed in 1949 by The Woodmen of the World . . . 
Roll of the Honored Dead Andrews, Junie Blame, Carl Brafford, Albert Clark, Willard Cole, Norman Cullon, James Denny, Hoyt Ewing, Arthur Faucette, John M. Ferrell, G.G. Fuller, Roy H. Haithcock, Sidney Hamelt, George D. . . . 
Erected by the Citizens of the Village of Clayton and dedicated to the memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice and all who served in defense of their country May God grant them the Revered Dead eternal rest and us . . . 
Joseph Price Born 7 July 1785 SC - Died 30 September 1875 MS Married ca 1808 MARY HART Born 9 October 1790 SC - Died 1822 MS CHILDREN Uriah 1809-1864 John 1815->1860 Elizabeth 1811-1848 Mary 1817- Alexander 1813 - 1889 . . . 
