Spring Hill Redoubt

** Upon this spot stood the Spring Hill Redoubt.**

Here on October 9, 1779 one of the bloodiest engagements of the Revolution was fought when repeated assaults

were made by the allied troops of Georgia, South Carolina and France in an effort ...

Red River Transportation / A Busy Port

Red River Transportation

The Red River Trails were a set of overland routes linking the cities of Winnipeg and St. Paul and the small forts and settlements between them.From 1820 to the 1870s, the trails were used by Metis freight drivers ...

Replica of the Statue of Liberty

With the faith and courage of

their forefathers who made

possible the Freedom of these

United States

The Boy Scouts of America

Dedicate this copy of the

Statue of Liberty as a pledge

of Fidelity and Loyalty

The Crusade To Strengthen ...

Men of Greensboro and Guilford County

To the memory

of the men of Greensboro and Guilford County,

who fought for North Carolina and the Confederacy

in the War for Southern Independence.

1861 - 1865

These while in the prime of life,

fought, bled and died;

walking in the steps of Father

Abraham (Gen. 14:13-14)

in ...

J. R. Bennett Building

1870

The earliest records show Samuel Colcord's Sorghum Mill once stood here. In 1870 Charles R. Bennett opened his new drugstore. Four drugstores were operating on the square during this time. It was Kate Benneett, Charles' wife, who prevailed on her ...

Bement Goes to War

Edgar Camp came to Bement in 1855 along with two brothers. As one of the early settlers, he assisted in building the first houses. The Camp boys were joined by another brother in 1858.

When Civil War broke out, Edgar, ...

Turret Building

This building used to be balanced by another more ornate one at the northern most part of the block. The old Post Office and the Cyclone Hose Company, Greenville's first First Station, were located in what was known as the ...

Kershaw's First Library

This building, originally just south of Kershaw on what is now U.S. Hwy. 521, was built in 1900 for Capt. James V. Welsh (1845-1906) as the office for J.V. Welsh & Sons, a lumber mill. It later housed Kershaw’s first ...

Martinez Public Library

1883-1896

Martinez Free Reading Room and Library

Housed in building

owned by Dr. John Strentzel

620 Main Street

1896-1941

Main & Estudillo

Land donated by Mrs. John Strentzel

and Louie Strentzel Muir

Building built at the cost of $6,371

Money raised

by popular subscription

1941

Moved to present location

740 Court Street

Constructed with local ...

The Baltic Mine Project

Few local miners still burrow underground, lured by the rich yellow gleam of gold. Most gold now recovered from California’s Rand Mining District is microscopic in size, and so finely dispersed that it is invisible to the naked eye. Rock ...