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White Top Folk Festival
Virginia, Grayson County, near WhitetopThe White Top Folk Festival was held annually from 1931 to 1939, (except 1937) on Whitetop Mountain—the second highest peak in Virginia. Annabel Morris Buchanan,...
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“I can see them yet . . . ”
Pennsylvania, Adams County, GettysburgThis building was the home of the James Pierce family during the Battle of Gettysburg. Tillie Pierce, a 15 year old school girl at the time, provided a vivid...
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Annoying “ . . . the enemy very seriously ”
Pennsylvania, Adams County, GettysburgConfederate sharpshooters in this area built a barricade across Baltimore Street at the intersection with Breckenridge Street to gain an open field of fire towards...
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“ . . . in less than half an hour . . . ”
Pennsylvania, Adams County, GettysburgThe original German Reformed Church located here in 1814, served as a “Union brick church” with the town’s Lutheran congregation until 1848. The core of the...
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“bullets . . . rattling against our hospital . . . ”
Pennsylvania, Adams County, GettysburgThe High Street or “Common” School was Gettysburg’s first consolidated public school building. Prior to its erection in 1857 classes were held in individual...
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Route of Croxton's Brig.
Georgia, Catoosa County, near Fort OglethorpeRoute of Croxton's Brig. To opening of Battle Sept. 19, 1863. (War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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A Gun for All Reasons
Arkansas, Lonoke County, LonokeThe 3-inch Ordnance Rifle was also known as the ordnance rifle, the ordnance gun, the Griffen gun, and was sometimes erroneously referred to as the Rodman rifle.The gun...
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Lonoke County Confederate Monument
Arkansas, Lonoke County, LonokeWest SideBelow an image of two crossed flags and the dates 1861-1865In memory of our Confederate SoldiersNorth SideErected by the T.C. Hindman Chapter U.D.C. Lonoke,...
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A.A.F Seawell
North Carolina, Lee County, SanfordJustice of State Supreme Court, 1938-1950; state legislator and attorney general. Home is here. (Politics) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.
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Saving the Circle
Florida, Miami-Dade County, MiamiThe Miami Circle site would not exist today if it were not for the support of the community.Public outcry over the impending destruction of the Miami Circle led to...
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The Adams County Prison
Pennsylvania, Adams County, GettysburgAs part of a deal to establish Gettysburg as county seat in 1800, James Gettys donated this lot for a county prison. This two story “bastille-like” building with...
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“ . . . I Am Going To Die”
Pennsylvania, Adams County, GettysburgErected in 1853, this church served as a field hospital during and after the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. While the church was substantially altered in 1925, much...
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Patrick County Virginia / North Carolina
Virginia, Patrick County, ClaudvillePatrick County, Virginia. Area 485 Square Miles. Formed in 1790 from Henry, and named for Patrick Henry, who thus had two counted named for him. General J.E.B....
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John L. Burns
Pennsylvania, Adams County, GettysburgCitizen HeroPatriotwas in the Battleof GettysburgJuly 1st 1863He joined this churchJan. 28th 1866 (War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS...
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The Dobbin House
Pennsylvania, Adams County, Gettysburg The Dobbin House is the oldest building in Gettysburg. It was built by Reverand Alexander Dobbin in 1776. The structure originally served as a home for Mr....
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St. Peter Boat Landing
Minnesota, Nicollet County, St. PeterAbout 150 feet North of this Park was the old boat landing. Boat transportation from the earliest years of this area until the 1870's was the main source of...
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Windsor Hotel
Kansas, Finney County, Garden City This historic Windsor Hotel was built in 1886 by John A. Stevens who also gave to posterity our beautiful Stevens Park (Entertainment • Industry & Commerce •...
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Stevens Park
Kansas, Finney County, Garden City In 1885 John A. and Ciddie Stevens gave a block of land on Main Street to be used for a courthouse. It was not used for that purpose and in 1895 was sold for $100 to...
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Fairy Stone State Park
Virginia, Patrick County, near DodsonRoanoke newspaper publisher Junius B. Fishburn donated the land to create Fairy Stone State Park. It is named for the cross-shaped crystals found in the region,...
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Garden City History
Kansas, Finney County, Garden City Would the founding fathers of Garden City recognize their town? Brothers James and William Fulton, who came hunting wild horses, filed homesteads in 1878 along the...
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