Historic River Road and River Crossing

Route of Continental Army of Morristown after Battle of Princeton, Jan. 3, 1777. Route also of armies marching from New York to Yorktown, VA. Aug. 30-31, 1781.

Marker is on Griggstown Causeway just east of Millstone River Road, on the left ...

Burnside's Expedition Crossing Hatteras Bar/The Burnside Expedit

Side A:Burnside's Expedition Crossing Hatteras BarOn January 11, 1862, the Burnside Expedition left for Fort Monroe, Virginia destined for Hatteras Inlet 120 miles to the south. Two days later, the fleet of over eighty vessels was struck by a strong ...

Battle of Brice's Cross Roads

In Memory

of the Men of the

Confederate

and the

Federal Armies

who took part in the

Battle of

Brice's Cross Roads

or Tishimingo Creek

June 10, 1864

which resulted in

a victory for the

Confederate forces

under Brigadier

General N. B. Forrest

Marker is at the intersection of Bethany Road (Mississippi Route 370) and ...

Battle of Brices Cross Roads

June 10, 1864

When General Sherman advanced on Atlanta, General Forrest sought to destroy the Union supply line between Nashville and Chattanooga. He had nearly reached the Tennessee River when he had to turn back to meet a Union force marching ...

The Cross Farmhouse

The Alfred Judson Cross Farmhouse was built in 1905, replacing an earlier structure built by Cross's father and lost to fire earlier that year. The house was rebuilt on the same foundation using timber cut on the farm and sawn ...

Muddy Creek Camp and Crossing

?The Muddy Creek Camp, which was northwest of this marker and on the west side of the Muddy Creek was used by Brigham Young's first group of Mormon pioneers who arrived here on July 9, 1847. Thomas Bullock reported that ...

Corbin's Crossroads

Stuart's Close Shave

Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia crossed the Potomac River to Virginia and camped at Bunker Hill in the northern Shenandoah Valley after the September 17, 1862, Battle of Antietam. Union Gen. George B. McClellan ...

Battle of Cross Keys

Walker’s Flank Attack

After repulsing the initial Union attack, Confederate Gen. Isaac R. Trimble’s brigade heavily engaged two brigades of Union Gen. Louis Blenker’s division near here on June 8, 1862.

During the afternoon fighting, Col. James A. Walker’s demi-brigade consisting of ...

La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor

In 1961, the Joint Congressional Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) approved Dairyland Power Cooperative's proposal to construct and operate Wisconsin's first nuclear-fueled power plant. This reactor was part of a pilot program to demonstrate the commercial feasibility of nuclear reactors for ...

Hale & Norcross Mining Co.

Comstock Historical Marker No. 11

Founded in 1859, the Hale & Norcross contained about 400 feet of original Comstock Lode located between the Savage and Chollar Mines. In 1868, a fierce stock battle was waged for ownership over this property. ...