Southern Firepower

This 6.4-inch Brooke rifled canon represents one of the greatest sources of pride for the Confederacy. Named for its inventor, John Mercer Brooke, this type of gun was renowned for its superior range, accuracy and reliability over its smoothbore counterparts. ...

Last Home of the Blessed Virgin, the Mother of Jesus Christ

Notice About The Shrine

This place is considered to be the last home of the Blessed Virgin, the Mother of Jesus Christ.

The Facts According to the Scriptures: St. John, in his Gospel, tells us that Jesus, before dying on the Cross, ...

Franklin Family Ranch

Santa Clara County Historical Site

Bernard and Mabel Franklin moved to this property after its purchase in 1895. The home at this location had been built approximately 20 years prior, from Mt. Madonna Redwood. It has been home to four generations ...

Electricity for Streetcars

Power from Brown’s Island began to run streetcars in 1894, when Richmond Railway & Electric built a coal-fired generating plant.

In 1888, the Richmond Union Passenger Railway became the first streetcar line in the world to be successfully powered by electricity. ...

City of College Park

Welcome to the City of College Park

The city is perhaps best known as home to the flagship campus of the University of Maryland. More surprising is that a significant chapter in early aviation history began here in 1909 at ...

Manchester & Free Bridges

By 1873, complaints about Mayo’s’ tolls led to the opening of the Free Bridge.

The day after the Free Bridge opened, thousands crowded onto it to watch the Reverend John Jasper conduct a large group-baptism ceremony in the river.

For ...

Battle of Tupelo

In Memory

Of The Men Of The

Federal And

The Confederate

Armies

who took part in the

Battle of Tupelo

or Harrisburg

July 14-15,

1864.

Which resulted in

a victory for the

Federal Forces under

Major General

Andrew J. Smith

Marker is at the intersection of West Main Street (U.S. 278) and Monument Drive, ...

Issaqueena Falls

Dramatic Cascades of the Upcountry

The Legend

Local stories about thus site involve variations from the poem, "Cateechee of Keowee,' a story of love and adversity penned by J.W. Daniels, A.M., in 1898. The following is a summary of Rev. Daniels' poem, ...

General Sturgis' Supreme Effort

To Hold

The Crossroads

Placing th 93rd Illinois,

8th Illinois and 114th

Illinois Infantry here and

immediately behind, he

placed his artillery

consisting of Battery B

of 2nd Illinois; 7th Wisconsin

Battery; 14th Indiana Battery;

Battery E of 1st Illinois and

Joyce's Battery. Orders were

given to fire ...

Birthplace of Eugene O'Neill

Eugene O'Neill

October 16, 1888 — November 27, 1953

America's greatest playwright was born

on this site then called Barrett House

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