2nd Battle of Fort Watson

First British Fort To Fall

23 April 1781

American Forces

led by

Brig. Gen. Francis Marion

"The Swamp Fox"

South Carolina Malitia -

Commander

[Marion picture included]

LTC Henry "Lighthorse Harry" Lee

Lee's Legion

British Forces

led by

Lt. James McKay

64th Regt of Foot

Marker is ...

Birthplace of the Martini

On this site in 1874, Julio Richelieu, bartender, served up the first martini when a miner came into his saloon with a fistful of nuggets and asked for something special. He was served a "Martinez Special." After three or four ...

Bethany

The settlement of Bethany was effected near here in 1751 by John Gerar William DeBrahm, His Majesty`s Surveyor General for the Southern District of North America. Comprised at first of 160 Germans, the group was joined 11 months later by ...

Salzburger Monument of Reconciliation

The nearby Salzburger Monument of Reconciliation was dedicated to The Georgia Salzburger Society and given to the City of Savannah in 1994 by the State of Salzburg, Austria, in memory of the Lutheran Protestants of Salzburg who were denied religious ...

The Harry S. Truman Library

This building has been erected by the gifts of American citizens in all walks of life and the generosity of the City of Independence and of the contractors who built it for the purpose of preserving the papers of President ...

First Baptist Church

Organized as Cool Springs Baptist Church in John Bostick home in 1848-met there until 1855, about 500 feet west. First log Meeting House and Cemetery on Vance Street, 1855-1867. Second church house located in present Cool Springs Cemetery, 1867-1889. Church ...

Blackford County Civil War Honor Roll

[[ Front (“A - C”) - - Side ]]

In Honor of All

Civil War Veterans

of Blackford County

[ Row One ]

Henry B. Adams • Watson Adams • William W. Adams • David V. Addison • Philip H. Albright • Elijah ...

Neighborhoods at Tredegar

[Three] communities grew up around the Tredegar Iron Works: Oregon Hill, Penitentiary Bottom, and Gamble’s Hill. Today little remains of these communities. A part of Oregon hill still survives, but Penitentiary Bottom and Gamble’s Hill are both gone, torn down ...

Liberty Bell Replica Marker

Dedicated to You, a Free Citizen in a Free Land

This reproduction of the Liberty Bell was the inspirational symbol for the United States Savings Bonds Independence Drive, conducted from May 15 to July 4, 1950.

The dimensions and tone are identical ...

Powers Bluff

The Indians named Powers Bluff Tah-qua-kik, and was for some years the home of three tribes of Indians; the Chippewa, the Potawatomi, and the Winnebago. Local historians say that some of the Potawatomi lived here as early as 1866. They ...