Today at MacDill AFB

The Partnership Continues into the 21st Century...

As the base and the City of Tampa progress through the 21st century, they face new challenges in the ever-changing global landscape. Today, over 50 different groups operate from the base and over 13,000 ...

John Calvin Brown

Born in the same house as his brother, Neill, June 1, 1827. Enlisting for the Confederacy in 1861, he commanded a division at the war's end, having been twice wounded. Member 1869 Legislature and president, 1870 Constitutional Convention; elected Governor ...

Neill S. Brown

Three miles N.E. Neill S. Brown was born April 18, 1810. Veteran of Seminole War, in 1837 became member of State Legislature; in 1847, Governor of Tennessee. In 1850 he was U.S. Minister to Russia and 1870 member of the ...

Aaron Venable Brown

1795-1859

A native of North Carolina, Aaron Brown studied law in Nashville and moved to Pulaski to practice. He served four terms in the State Legislature, three terms in Congress, and one term as Governor, 1845-47. In 1850, he wrote the ...

Bulkley-Buie Store

c. 1840

S.B. Bulkley's first business here was in a frame business house in 1833. In 1840, he tore it down and rebuilt in brick. His clerk, Alexander Buie, later became his partner and the store was enlarged. Buie also sold ...

Old Treasury Building

Restored 1950

This is the oldest state building in Maryland. It was used by the commissioners for emitting bills of credit from 1730 to 1779; by the Treasurer of the Western Shore from 1779 to 1851; by the Maryland State Treasurer ...

Blacksmith

Keeping horses and equipment in top shape

The clang of a hammer on iron and the acrid scent of coal smoke were commonplace at the Biltmore Forest School. Two blacksmiths, each with their own business 14 miles away in Brevard, took ...

Birthplace of Pearl S. Buck

Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, author of 85 books, one of them "The Good Earth," for which she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Literature (1932), was born here at Stulting Place, June 26, 1892. In 1938, she achieved further distinction when ...

Sgt. John Basilone

In memory of

Sgt. John Basilone

U.S. Marine Corps

Killed at Iwo Jima

Febuary 19, 1945

Awarded

Congressional Medal of Honor

and

Navy Cross

Marker can be reached from Broadway (U.S. 9), on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Bear Butte (Mato Paha) Indian Camp

This area, extending along Bear Butte Creek, was for centuries a select camp site for the Plains Indians, who found here mountain spring water, wood, protection from the bitter north winds, together with much game and wild fruit in season. ...