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Bible Belonging to Nat Turner
On August 21, 1831, enslaved people in Southampton County,...
Tanyard Creek Park, Memorial Park & The Battle of Peachtree Creek
In the fourth year of the Civil War, as the...
General Walker’s Monument, the end of the Battle of Atlanta’s Night March
In the final year of the American Civil War...
The Death of General McPherson
General James Birdseye McPherson was one of...
New Manchester Mill at Sweetwater Creek
Influenced by the Roswell Mill 30 miles to ...
Jedidiah Smith Redwoods State Park
On September 11, 1929, the family of the late Frank D. Sto...
Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park
On August 20, 1924, George F. Schwarz of New York purchase...
Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
Ranchers and homesteaders pre-empted most of the lands bor...
Battery Point Lighthouse
In 1855, the year after Crescent City was incorporated, th...
Great Western Divide
Sequoia National Park lies south of Kings Canyon and adjoins ...
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Bible Belonging to Nat Turner
On August 21, 1831, enslaved people in Southampton County, Virginia escaped from captivity and rose up in rebellion. Their leader, Nat Turner, a self-educated and confident enslaved Baptist minister, believed the revolt ordained by God. Oral tradition passed down from ...
Tanyard Creek Park, Memorial Park & The Battle of Peachtree Creek
In the fourth year of the Civil War, as the Union Army continued to surge into Confederate territory their victory seemed assured. With General William Sherman leading the Union march towards Georgia, it appeared as if no Confederate forces ...
General Walker’s Monument, the end of the Battle of Atlanta’s Night March
In the final year of the American Civil War, having fought their way through Georgia, the Union faced Confederate defenses in Atlanta. Both sides understood that the fall of Atlanta would mean a major turning point in the war.
...The Death of General McPherson
General James Birdseye McPherson was one of the most beloved generals of the American Civil War. His death caused “sincere sorrow” to Confederates and Union soldiers alike. One of his colleagues described his death outside modern-day Decatur during the ...
New Manchester Mill at Sweetwater Creek
Influenced by the Roswell Mill 30 miles to the east, Col. James Rogers and Charles McDonald, a former Georgia governor, built a cotton mill in 1845 on a tract of land that would later become a village called New ...
Jedidiah Smith Redwoods State Park
On September 11, 1929, the family of the late Frank D. Stout, a former president of the Del Norte Company, Ltd., gave to the State of California 44 acres of redwoods at the confluence of Mill Creek with Smith River. ...
Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park
On August 20, 1924, George F. Schwarz of New York purchased 157 acres of redwoods and deeded them to the State of California. This tract was dedicated in honor of Henry S. Graves, former Chief Forester of the United States ...
Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
Ranchers and homesteaders pre-empted most of the lands bordering on Prairie Creek, north of Orick, in the 1880s and 1890s, with the rest of the area now included in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park being staked out as mining and ...
Battery Point Lighthouse
In 1855, the year after Crescent City was incorporated, the California legislature urged the state's delegation in Congress to pass an act to erect lighthouses at “Trinidad and Crescent City." On March 3, 1855, Congress appropriated $15,000 for the construction ...
Great Western Divide
Sequoia National Park lies south of Kings Canyon and adjoins it. The park consists of a single unit that rises from the low western foothills to the crest of the Sierra at 14,495- foot- high (4,418- m) Mt. Whitney, the highest ...
