Western Headquarters of Russell, Majors, and Waddell

This was the site of the western business headquarters of Russell, Majors, and Waddell -- founders, owners, and operators of the Pony Express, 1860-1861. The firm's main office was in Leavenworth, Kansas. W.W. Finney was the western representative in San ...

Hobart (Indiana) Patriotic Honor Rolls

[[ Top Plaque - Front of Monument ]]

For God • • •• [- - - - Crest - - - - ] •• • • And Country

•• [- - - - - US - - - - -] ••

1917 - ...

Field Headquarters of the Union Armies.

Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant.

No. 9......................................U.

Field Headquarters of the Union Armies.

Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant

Nov. 25th, 1863.

General Grant was assigned to the Military Division of the Mississippi, comprising the Departments of the Ohio, the Cumberland, and the Tennessee, October 16th, ...

Spartanburg Confederate War Monument

[East Facing Side]

Erected in honor of the

Confederate Soldiers and

Sailors from Spartanburg

City and County

by

voluntary contributions

from her citizens and Spartan

Chapter United Daughters

of the Confederacy

1910

[North Facing Side]

Let this monument

teach our children and our

children's children to honor

the memory and the heroic deeds

of the Southern ...

Martins Mountain

Sunday Drivers and “Tin-Can Tourists"

The National Road enjoyed a revival from about 1910-1960, with the rising popularity of the automobile. Tourist travel began in earnest when cars became reliable enough for the average person to take a long trip.

“Waysiders,” people ...

Purple Heart Memorial

Combat Wounded Veterans

Dedicated to all who have been

wounded in all our wars

My stone is red for the blood they shed.

The medal I bear is my Country's way to show they care.

If I could be seen ...

Spartanburg County War Memorial

In memory of and dedicated

to those brave citizens of

Spartanburg County who gave

their lives in the defense

of their country during

WWI WWII Korea Vietnam

[Seals from six services:

Army, Navy

Air Force, Marines

Coast Guard, Merchant Marines]

These Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen

and Marines gave up their

freedom yesterday in ...

Purple Heart Memorial

Dedicated to all men and women

wounded in all our wars.

Combat Wounded Veterans: Military Order of the Purple Heart, 1782/1932.

“My stone is red for

the blood they shed.

The medal I bear

is my country's way

to show ...

Fort Bartow

Confederate earth fort mounting nine guns. Bombarded by Federal fleet February 7, 1862. Earthworks 2 ½ mi. W.

Marker is at the intersection of North Virginia Dare Avenue (U.S. 64/264) and Agona Street, on the right when traveling west on North ...

Hearthstone

On September 30, 1882 this Victorian home became the first residence electrified from a centrally located hydro-electric plant. Henry J. Rogers, pioneer industrialist, built and lighted this home as a showplace for his wife, using the same power source that ...