Vickery's Bridge

From September 5 to September 9, 1950 Lt Grady Vickery was assigned to defend the Namji-Ri Bridge crossing the Nam River. The bridge had been defended by Vickery's considerably reinforced platoon numerous attempts to blow the bridge by the North ...

The Old Home of William F. Rupp

The old home of William F. Rupp who was one of the Valley's most skilled fresco painters. In the Rupp house also lived George M. Neese, the author of “Three Years in the Confederate Horse Artillery.” Descendants still own and ...

Stoneman's Raid

On a Raid through western

North Carolina Gen.

Stoneman's U.S. Cavalry

Passed through Lenoir.

Mar. 28, and there

again, Apr. 15-17 1865.

Marker is at the intersection of Morganton Boulevard and Norwood Street on Morganton Boulevard.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Lower Alabama Vietnam Veterans Memorial

President John F. Kennedy said, " A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors; the men it remembers."

It is our intention to remember and honor these men from Alabama ...

Clinton Methodist Church

This is the first Methodist church and the second church established in Jones County. Land was appropriated in 1810 and July 14, 1821 a deed to the Clinton Methodists was made effective. The church was "a frame house of good ...

Naval Shipyard Museum

Formally Norfolk County Ferries Maintenance Building

Constructed in 1919, this building was used as a maintenance building for the Norfolk County ferries. From 1636 to 1955 the ferries provided service for passengers and their various modes of transportation across the Elizabeth ...

Adel Lime Sink

The origin of both this lake and its name are a mystery as the source of water is unknown and analysis has shown no lime in the soil. The lake which reputedly “has no bottom” formerly served as a baptismal ...

Wheeling Suspension Bridge - 1849

In 1816, with a strong interest in internal improvements, the legislatures of Virginia and Ohio authorized the formation of the Wheeling and Belmont Bridge Company (Belmont because the bridge company was to connect from Wheeling, Virginia to Belmont County in ...

Rutherford College

Evolved from private

school opened c. 1853 by

R.L. Adernethy. Operated

1900-1933 by Methodist

Church. Closed 1935. The

original site 8/10 mi N.

Marker is on Malcolm Bvld (County Route 1001).

Courtesy hmdb.org

Herring Highway

Each spring a miraculous journey begins in the Atlantic Ocean. Blueback herring, Alewife, and other migratory fish swim to Rock Creek by way of the Chesapeake Bay and Potomac River. Members of the herring family come to Rock Creek ...