School of Medicine

Front of Marker:

Opened as Alabama Medical College in 1859 in Mobile by Josiah C. Nott and other physicians as part of the University of Alabama. Closed by the Civil War in 1861 it reopened in 1868. Reorganized in 1897, ...

Fulton-Bruhl House

Built about 1868, this vernacular early Texas home was purchased in 1872 by James C. Fulton, a noted early business and civic leader. Fulton sold the home in 1907 to his son-in-law, Albert L. Bruhl, a pharmacist and civic leader ...

First National Bank of Rockport

Chartered on October 8, 1890, the First National Bank of Aransas Pass (now Rockport) was organized by a group of businessmen led by John H. Traylor, James M. Hoopes, George W. Fulton, Jr., James C. Fulton, and Richard H. Wood. ...

Manasss 1905 - The Great Fire

Courage & Determination Save Town

During the cold winter night of December 5, 1905, a smoldering fire began in Blossom's Alley across the tracks from the train depot. It soon raged through the young town of Manassas, destroying 35 homes, the ...

Derby Wharf

The wharf in front of you was Salem’s longest, and was once one of the busiest in the nation. During the War of Independence, American privateers sailed from here to prey on British ships on the high seas. After the ...

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church with generous assistance by Chattanoogans, this institution became a principal campus of The University of Tennessee in 1969. As an endowed, privately controlled institution it was known as Chattanooga University, 1886 to 1889, as ...

First Hebrew Congregation

Robeson County’s first Hebrew congregation was established on this site circa 1908.

Marker is on Water Street north of Elizabethtown Road, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Confederate Memorial

South side

1861 CSA 1865

[Image of a version of the great seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia]

Confederate Dead

West side

Glory sits beside our grief.

Lest We Forget

North side

[Image of battle flag of the Army of Northern Virginia]

East Side

To the Defenders of State Sovereignty.

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Freedman’s Village

A New Home for African Americans

During the Civil War, many escaped and freed slaves traveled north seeking refuge in Union camps. Thousands crowded into the Federal City. The number of refugees quickly overwhelmed the area’s resources. Overcrowding and disease became ...

Corricks Ford Battlefield

First to Fall

"How gallantly he died in the discharge of his duty."

President Jefferson Davis CSA

On July 13, 1861, some 3,500 Confederate soldiers under Gen. Robert S. Garnett crossed Shavers Fork here while chased by Union forces in a desperate bid ...