Rippon Lodge ~ Latrobe's View

Benjamin Latrobe

Benjamin Henry Latrobe (1764-1820) moved to Virginia from England in 1796. He is best known for his work on the United States Capitol. In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson summoned him to Washington to complete the building, a project which ...

William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody

1846 - 1917

Isaac and Mary Cody and family arrived in the Leavenworth area June 10, 1854, and built a seven-room log cabin in Salt Creek Valley, just north of Fort Leavenworth. Bill was 9 years old, the only son in ...

Ubique

Everywhere

Artillery was vitally important to the defense of Upper Canada. Due to a shortage of heavy cannons available in the province, there were only five garrison guns mounted inside Fort George in May of 1813.

Moving large cannons weighing several tons ...

Birthplace of Bill Arp

The beloved Charles Henry Smith, was born here June 15, 1826. He married Mary Hutchins of Lawrenceville in 1849; began his law practice and moved to Rome in 1851. Major, Confederate Army. His Nom de plume, “Bill Arp,” was first ...

Rippon Lodge ~ Neabsco Creek

Latrobe’s Visit

Architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe (1764 – 1820) was Thomas Blackburn’s friend. Latrobe visited Rippon Lodge in July, 1796. He described his stay in his journals and drew the property.

On July 11, Latrobe stood on the porch of Rippon Lodge ...

Big Duke Fire Alarm Bell Memorial

( Front)

Chatham County Firefighters

Memorial

Last Alarm

Firefighters who have died in the line of duty

John Butler Fireman 1865 SFD

Charles Schreck Fireman 1871 SFD

George Puder Fireman 1873 SFD

William L. Harroid Hoseman 1887 SFD

John Weihrs Fireman 1889 SFD

Henry B. Goodman Fireman 1889 SFD

Frank ...

John Abbot

John Abbot, world famed entomologist and

collector of Lepidoptera came to Georgia

from London in 1790, and settled in

Jacksonboro, where he remained many years

collecting Lepidopterous insects. He was sent

to Georgia by a London collector and publisher.

Abbot, besides being an assiduous collector,

was ...

Battle of Perryville

October 8, 1862

Here 16,000 Confederates under General Braxton Bragg fought 22,000 Federals under General Don Carlos Buell. Bragg, facing superior forces, withdrew. Union casualties, 4211; Confederate, 3396.

Marker is on Park Road 0.1 miles west of Battlefield Road (State Route 1920), ...

Brooklyn Fourteenth

14th Regiment N.Y.S.M. (84th Regiment N.Y. Vols.) This monument is erected in commemoration of the dead of the regiment in the battles of First Bull Run, July 21, 1861 • Gainesville, August 28, 1862 • Groveton, August 29, 1862 • ...

Bewdley

About three miles southeast, on the north bank of the Rappahannock River, Bewdley was one of the most unusual houses in Virginia, with two rows of dormer windows. It was built by Major James Ball, cousin of Washington’s mother, about ...