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"Charge Them Both Ways"
Tennessee, Henderson County, Parkers CrossroadsJust when victory seemed certain, Colonel Charles Carroll galloped up to Forrest with the news that a large Union force was fast approaching their rear...
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Flight to Safety
Tennessee, Henderson County, near Parkers CrossroadsForrest's command to charge both ways bought the Confederate commander some time. He ordered his men to remount and to head for the...
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T.C. Frost
Texas, Bexar County, San Antonio(monument text): (1833-1903) Educator Attorney Public Servant soldier merchant banker(plaque text): "Thomas Claiborne Frost (1833 – 1903) Born in Jackson County, Alabama...
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Campus to Army Camps and Back Again
District of Columbia, WashingtonPresident 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...
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Bog Wallow Ambush
Virginia, Fairfax, BurkeOn 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...
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Former Location of Corning Rural High School
Kansas, Nemaha County, Corning History of Corning School In 1872 a small district schoolhouse was built. It was replaced by a larger building in 1878. A large, two-story frame building was built in...
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Asa Clark
Kansas, Nemaha County, Corning Born: February 15, 1873 Died: Janaury 9, 1934 Asa gave his life and service to the City of Corning while fulfilling his duties as night marshall (Charity & Public...
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Peter Tondee
Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah Born in London, Peter came to Savannah in 1733. Orphaned, he was apprenticed and rose to master in the carpentry trade and leader of the artisans of Savannah. His...
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VMI World War II Memorial
Virginia, LexingtonMen of the Virginia Military Institutewho died in the Armed Servicesin World War II 1941 – 1946Reid Stanley Aaron Va. 1940 • Hawes Netherlands Adams N.J. 1943 • James Rivers...
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Clay Faulkner
Tennessee, Warren County, McMinnvilleIn 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,...
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Bellaire Streetcar Line
Texas, Harris County, BellaireIn 1909 the Westmoreland Railroad Company, directed by Bellaire developer William Wright Baldwin, began construction of a streetcar line between this site and Houston's...
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Ella Sharp Museum
Michigan, Jackson County, JacksonIn 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...
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Skirmish at Cedar Creek
Florida, Duval County, JacksonvilleOn 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...
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7th Photo Recon Group
Georgia, Chatham County, Pooler The Eyes Of The Mighty Eighth Air Force In Memory of The 62 Brave Men Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice, POWs, Evadees, Pilots and Ground Crew Members 5693 Missions...
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Bellaire Presbyterian Church
Texas, Harris County, BellaireBellaire residents founded the non-denominational Bellaire Union Congregational Church and Sunday School in 1911. Services and classes were held in the local school...
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Bellaire
Texas, Harris County, BellaireWilliam 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...
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Forum of Civics of River Oaks Garden Club
Texas, Harris County, HoustonBuilt 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. (Fraternal...
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An American Meridian
District of Columbia, WashingtonThomas 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...
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Lowell Mills
Indiana, Bartholomew County, near ColumbusFrom 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,...
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Slickville Tile Works
Indiana, Delaware County, near GastonSite 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....
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