Amelia Island Museum of History

Discover the rich history and culture of Amelia Island, a tiny paradise with a big place in Florida's history books. Housed in the historic Nassau County jail, the Museum showcases the island's 4,000 years of Florida history.

Founded in 1975, ...

Amelia

This mural chronicle a Sept 4, 1928 account in the Muskogee Times-Democrat. Amelia Earhart left Scott Field in Belleville, Illinois in her Avro plane, with a destination of Muskogee, in route to Los Angeles. She later forced down outside of ...

Amelia Island State Park

An easy drive from Jacksonville, the park protects over 200 acres of unspoiled wilderness along the southern tip of Amelia Island. Beautiful beaches, salt marshes and coastal maritime forests provide visitors a glimpse of the original Florida.

Amelia Island State ...

Nottoway County / Amelia County

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Nottoway County

Area 310 Square Miles

Formed in 1788 from Amelia, and named for an Indian tribe. Tarleton passed through this county in 1781. Here lived William Hodges Mann, Governor of Virginia 1910-14.

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Amelia County

Area 371 Square Miles

Formed in 1734 from Prince George ...

Amelia County / Chesterfield County

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Amelia County

Area 371 Square Miles

Formed in 1734 from Prince George and Brunswick, and named for Princess Amelia, daughter of King George II. William B. Giles, Governor of Virginia 1827-30, lived in this county.

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Chesterfield County

Area ...

Amelia Court House

Lee's Retreat

General Lee ordered all columns of his army from the Richmond and Petersburg trenches to rendezvous at this village on the Richmond & Danville Railroad. Here he hoped to obtain rations before continuing the march to North Carolina to ...

Amelia Springs

Two Days of Action

Union cavalry under Gen. Henry E. Davies, Jr. left Gen. Philip H. Sheridan’s column near Jetersville on April 5, 1865, on a reconnaissance mission against the Army of Northern Virginia. Davies swept by here, rode through Paineville, ...

Amelia Springs

Two Days of Action

Union cavalry under Gen. Henry E. Davies, Jr. left Gen. Philip H. Sheridan’s column near Jetersville on April 5, 1865, on a reconnaissance mission against the Army of Northern Virginia. Davies swept by here, rode through Paineville, ...

Amelia Elizabeth White (1878-1972) / Mary Cabot Wheelwright (187

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Amelia Elizabeth White (1878-1972)

Amelia Elizabeth White worked tirelessly to promote Indian art and to preserve Santa Fe's heritage. A philanthropist and community activist, she donated land for the Laboratory of Anthropology and the Wheelwright Museum, gave the city its ...

135 Amelia Street

Sutter Creek

Parish House of old Trinity Episcopal

Church. Circa late 1880's. Church built 1890.

Home of Frank & Cathie Cunha.

Marker is on Amelia Street south of Old California 49, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org