Historic Randsburg

Rand Camp began as a tent city, erected by eager miners who rushed to the Mojave Desert following a major gold discovery in April 1895. A year later, the town of 1,500 had been renamed "Randsburg." Saloons sprouted, a U.S. ...

Buttons from the River

The residents of Stevens Point depended on the Wisconsin River not only to transport logs, but also to provide clam shells for the button industry. The clammers found an abundance of quality shells in the river to support a commercial ...

Battle of Hanging Rock

About 2.5 miles south is Hanging Rock, where Maj. Davie surprised a British force, Aug. 1, 1780, and killed or wounded most of them. There also, Aug. 6, 1780, Col. Hill, Col. Irwin, and Maj. Davie, all under Gen. Sumter, ...

Bowie

Christian Pioneers

[Front (East) Inscription]

Abraham Boey came from Sterlingshire, Scotland to Charles County, Md. about 1700. His son John had six sons, one being Rhodi who married Ann Price. Rhodi's six children moved to Abbeville County, S.C. ca. 1802-1815. Four are ...

Bloom Township War and Veterans Memorial

In honor of the men of Bloom Township

who entered the service of their country to fight in the World War 1917-1918

Ralph Hickle

[Died in Service]

[Honor Roll of Veterans]

Erected as a lasting tribute to the men and women of this community who ...

Woolley's Bridge

In 1864, this covered structure spanned the Etowah River on the plantation of Andrew F. Woolley, 0.5 mi. S. Next to the river was the Rome - Kingston R.R. discontinued, 1943.

May 19, McPherson´s Army of the Tenn. (15th & 16th ...

Birthplace of Dr. James Marion Sims

About 1¾ miles west of this spot stood the house in which Dr. James Marion Sims was born on January 25, 1813. Father of modern gynecology, Dr. Sims was honored by the American and by European governments for his service ...

Veterans of the American Revolution Memorial Bridge

A living memorial to and in honor of veterans who are buried in Wisconsin who served this nation in the American Revolution and who, by their efforts, were responsible for the founding of our country.Veterans of the American Revolution

After the ...

Buford's Massacre

May 29, 1780

On this site, Col. Abraham Buford's force of about 350 American patriots, while returning to Hillsborough, N.C., following the fall of Charles Town, were overtaken by British troops commanded by Col. Banastre Tarelton, it is historically told that ...

The Little House with a Big History

The Roi-Porlier-Tank Cottage...

has an extraordinary rich history in Green Bay, as it was home to a fur trader, schoolmaster, judge

and missionary.

In 1803, a French Canadian fur trader by the name of Joseph Roi built the small cottage along the

west bank ...