Great Barrington Civil War Memorial

A Tribute

Of honor and Gratitude

To Her Citizens Who Fought

For Liberty and Union

1861. – 1865.

Erected by the Town of

Great Barrington.

1876.

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (U.S. 7) and Castle Street, on the left when traveling north on Main Street. ...

Tennessee River and Moccasin Bend

You are now looking to the north

Here the Tennessee River makes a sweeping, clockwise loop around Moccasin Bend. In 1863, vital supplies were brought to the besieged Federals in Chattanooga across the "neck" of Moccasin Bend, using pontoon bridges at ...

New Market Battlefield Park

has been registered as a

Virginia

Historic

Landmark

pursuant to the authority vested in the

Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission

Act of 1966

[ Lower Marker : ]

This property has been

placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is on George R. Collins Parkway ...

The Buena Vista

A Masterpiece of Masonry & Mechanics

The Buena Vista shaft commenced on July 5, 1882. It became the deepest sunk into the Quicksilver Mining Company’s lands, eventually reaching a depth of 2,300 feet, 600 below sea level.

Though not itself a significant ...

Battle Field

Battle of Johnstown fought

Oct. 25, 1781. American

forces led by Col. Willett

British forces under Maj.

Ross and Capt. Butler.

Bicentennial

Fulton Co. 1975

Marker is on Johnson Ave., on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

New Zion Baptist Church

New Zion Baptist Church, the second oldest and largest black Baptist Church on Amelia Island, was founded on May 15, 1870 under the leadership of Reverend Lewis Cook (1834-1880). He and 69 parishioners held their first meeting in a stable ...

French Broad River

The French Broad River played a major role in this region’s early development. Initially called the “Broad River” by eighteenth-century French hunters and traders, it was later named the French Broad River. With headwaters on Pisgah Ridge twenty miles southeast ...

Lookout Valley and Browns Ferry

You are now looking

to the northwest

From this commanding viewpoint 1,300 feet above the river, you can see many of the historic areas associated with the Battles for Chattanooga in 1863. Among these features are Lookout Valley and Browns Ferry through ...

Browning Knob

Named in honor of R. Gerry Browning, 1884 – 1966. Location and Claims Engineer and Parkway Consultant for North Carolina State Highway Commission, 1925 – 1964.

His forceful presentation of the high quality scenery found in North Carolina secured the location ...

Highest Elevation on Blue Ridge Parkway

6053 Ft.

Highest elevation

Blue Ridge Parkway

Motor Road.

United States Department of the Interior

National Park Service

Marker is on Blue Ridge Parkway (at milepost 431), 8 miles south of Lake Logan Road (North Carolina Route 215), on the left when traveling south.

Courtesy ...