Bartram’s Trail
Alabama, Baldwin County, StocktonWilliam Bartram, America’s first native born artist - naturalist, passed through Baldwin County during the Revolutionary era, making the first scientific notations of...
View ArticleHistoric Stockton / Old Schoolyard Park
Alabama, Baldwin County, StocktonFront: Historic Stockton Modern Stockton is situated on a hill just above the original settlement, which was abandoned around 1840 because of Yellow Fever outbreaks. No...
View ArticleFort Mims And The Creek Indian War, 1813-14
Alabama, Baldwin County, near StocktonFront: In 1813, people on the United State’s southwestern frontier were fearful. The Redstick faction of the Creek Indian Nation opposed growing American influence...
View ArticleGeneral Ulysses S. Grant
Tennessee, Madison County, JacksonHeadquarters in 1862 for General Grant until skirmishes in the area led his troops to the Battle of Shiloh. (War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 2 photos,...
View ArticleGettysburg Address
New York, Saratoga County, SchuylervilleAddress by President Lincolnat the dedication ofThe Gettysburg National CemeteryNovember 19, 1863 Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought...
View ArticleDesert Shield / Desert Storm
New York, Saratoga County, SchuylervilleU.S.S. Saratoga (CV 60)andCarrier Air Wing Seventeen (CVW 17)DeploymentAugust 7, 1990 – March 28, 1991In memory of our twenty-three fallen shipmates during...
View ArticleGerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery
New York, Saratoga County, SchuylervilleOn January 24, 2002, President George W. Bush signed legislation renaming this cemetery in honor of Congressman Gerald Solomon for his tireless efforts in...
View ArticleU.S.S. Saratoga
New York, Saratoga County, SchuylervilleShip’sbell oftheU.S.S.Saratoga(CV-3) (Military • Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
View ArticleOak Home
Mississippi, Alcorn County, CorinthJudge W.H. Kilpatrick of Corinth had Oak Home built in 1857 by Tom Chesney, a local house designer and builder. Mr. M.S. Miller, a civil engineer working in Corinth...
View ArticleWashington County Cane Hill College
Arkansas, Washington County, Cane HillCane Hill College, the first collegiate institution of learning established in Arkansas was founded here by Cumberland Presbyterians on October 28, 1834. The...
View ArticleHabitat of Seminary Ridge
Pennsylvania, Adams County, GettysburgThere is a beautiful and diverse natural habitat on Seminary Ridge. At 560 feet above sea level, the ridge is a threshold to the Blue Ridge and Appalachian...
View ArticleWilliam Darlington Birthplace
Pennsylvania, Chester County, near West ChesterThe Birthplace of the Eminent Botanist William Darlington M.D. 1782 – 1863 Marked by the Chester County Historical Society 1913 (Notable Persons • Science...
View ArticleElsie Singmaster
Pennsylvania, Adams County, GettysburgBorn at Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania, Elsie Singmaster came to Gettysburg in 1901 where her father taught and served as president of the Seminary. A prolific...
View ArticleConfederate Prisoners of War
Pennsylvania, Adams County, GettysburgMathew Brady's photograph of three Southern prisoners posing on Seminary Ridge is among the most famous images of Confederate soldiers taken during the Civil War....
View ArticleIndependence County First County Court House
Arkansas, Independence County, BatesvilleThe town of Batesville was selected as the county seat and the first county court house built in 1821. A year after the county was organized. (Government)...
View ArticleLedoux Street
New Mexico, Taos County, TaosLed Aux Street was named after the French trapper and guide Antonine Ledoux, who settled in the area around 1844. Earlier the street was named after Charles Beaubien and...
View ArticleCrone Store
Minnesota, Brown County, New Ulm For years, the Crone store was the largest mercantile establishment in New Ulm. In 1857, Theodore Crone Sr. opened his general store at the corner of Broadway and...
View ArticleCivilians on Seminary Ridge
Pennsylvania, Adams County, GettysburgCurious townspeople gathered near the Seminary on the morning of July 1, "all eager to witness a brush with the Confederates and not dreaming of the terrible...
View ArticleThe Gauntlet of Union Retreat and Aftermath
Pennsylvania, Adams County, GettysburgBy 4:30 p.m. on July 1, 1863, the Union line had been penetrated and broken along Seminary Ridge. A scene of chaos and confusion ensued as Union artillery galloped...
View ArticleCivil War Hospital
Pennsylvania, Adams County, GettysburgChrist Lutheran ChurchFirst CorpsJuly - August, 1863 (Churches, Etc. • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.
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