Results for The Bluff
The Bluff
Site of home of Roch and Magdalena Courreges who came here...
The Limestone Bluffs
The Barren River's bluffs generally consist of oolitic lim...
Chalk Bluff in the Civil War
Skirmish of May 15, 1862
Chalk Bluff occupied a stra...
The Battle at Chalk Bluff
A State Divided
The Battle at Chalk BluffDown the hi...
The Bluff & Fiske Hill
Minute Man Nat'l Hist Park, Mass
The fighting betw...
May 15, 1862—The Battle of Drewry's Bluff
When Federal gunboats rounded the distant bend in the Jame...
The Bluff: Witness to History
This piece of land has always been called the Bluff, meani...
Dunham’s Bluff: Control of the Rivers
From the time Col. Francis Marion took control of the Will...
Chalk Bluff in the Civil War
Battle of May 1-2, 1863
In April 1863 a Confederate ...
Sutherland's Bluff
»—1.5 mi. ?
Sutherland`s Bluff, about 1.5 miles Sout...
Results for The Bluff
The Bluff
Site of home of Roch and Magdalena Courreges who came here in 1878. He farmed 80 acres of bluff and lower land. Present Home of grandson, Joe and his Family.
Marker is on Talbert Avenue, on the right when traveling east. ...
The Limestone Bluffs
The Barren River's bluffs generally consist of oolitic limestone. Subterranean erosion has resulted in a very unique karst topography which includes a proliferation of caves and sinkholes. High quality limestone was once quarried in Warren County and sold under the ...
Chalk Bluff in the Civil War
Skirmish of May 15, 1862
Chalk Bluff occupied a strategic position during the Civil War. Its cliffs commanded a vital river crossing on the only major road from Missouri into the Crowley's Ridge country. Provisions were collected here and shipped downstream ...
The Battle at Chalk Bluff
A State Divided
The Battle at Chalk BluffDown the hill from this marker is the place where four brigades of Confederates, led by Brig. Gen. John Sappington Marmaduke, crossed the St. Francis into the safety of Arkansas on May 1-2, 1863. ...
The Bluff & Fiske Hill
Minute Man Nat'l Hist Park, Mass
The fighting between Colonists and British troops grew more intense as the struggle along the Battle Road wore on. In this stretch between the Bluff and Fiske Hill, the British column began to fall ...
May 15, 1862—The Battle of Drewry's Bluff
When Federal gunboats rounded the distant bend in the James, they entered a shooting gallery. Confederate soldiers and Marines along the riverbanks raked the decks with musket fire. Confederate guns here in the fort opened fire. The river obstructions, consisting ...
The Bluff: Witness to History
This piece of land has always been called the Bluff, meaning a hill with a broad, steep face. This site’s history suggests another meaning for bluff – to hoodwink.
It was here that a delaying tactic permitted an escape, that a ...
Dunham’s Bluff: Control of the Rivers
From the time Col. Francis Marion took control of the Williamsburg Militia in August 1780 until the following spring, a network of camps in the area where the Great Pee Dee, Little Pee Dee, and Lynches Rivers meet formed a ...
Chalk Bluff in the Civil War
Battle of May 1-2, 1863
In April 1863 a Confederate army of 5000 men commanded by General John S. Marmaduke advanced into Missouri. Forced to retreat before superior Union forces, the Confederates on May 1-2 fought a successful delaying action here ...
Sutherland's Bluff
»—1.5 mi. ?
Sutherland`s Bluff, about 1.5 miles South on this road, overlooks the Sapelo River and the Inland Waterway. the site was named for Lieut. Patrick Sutherland, to whom it was granted, upon recommendation of General James Edward Oglethorpe, in ...