Buskirk's Red Covered Bridge

Buskirk's Red

Covered Bridge

Rehabilitated in 2004.Built

Circa 1850 to Replace A

Previous Bridge Built in 1804.

This Crossing Served The

Great Northern Turnpike

Beginning In 1799.

Marker is at the intersection of Buskirk Road (County Route 59) and Firehouse Road (County Route 103), on the right ...

John Bankhead Magruder

Major General, C S A

U.S. Military Academy graduate, 1830, Virginia-born 'Prince John' Magruder served with distinction in the Mexican War. In 1861 he resigned as Colonel, USA and joined the Confederacy. In the Civil War's first planned battle, his ...

Western Union Building

Built in 1932, this building housed the Western Union telegraph company. Early residents could receive packages and send telegrams from this local office. Wires were extended from here to seven of Kingsport's industrial sites including Eastman and Blue Ridge Glass ...

President Wilson’s Asbury Park Executive Offices

Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States, used the entire fifth floor of this building for his executive offices during the late summer and early fall of 1916 while he vacationed at Shadow Lawn, the Summer White House at ...

Robert Fulton Birthplace

The inventor and painter was born here Nov. 14, 1765. Famous for his steamboat "Clermont", he also invented canal machinery, a "diving boat", and torpedoes.

Marker is at the intersection of Robert Fulton Highway Rt 222 and Swift Road, on the ...

Federal Occupation of Big Shanty

After the wide flanking movement W. & S. of Allatoona Mtns., Sherman's forces [US] regained the State R. R., at Acworth, June 6, 1864.June 9. Minty's & Wilder's brigades, Garrard's Cav., with Bennett's section, Chicago Board of Trade Battery, [US] ...

Joseph Debenedetti Building

The decade of the 1870’s saw an influx of European immigrants into the Half Moon Bay area and over to the coast. Irish, German, Italian, and Portuguese made up the majority of the newcomers whose numbers included merchants, business people, ...

Bank Of Kingsport

As the area began to develop, citizens began to realize that they needed a place to invest their money. As a result, the Bank of Kingsport was built in 1912. This financial institution was the first bank in the model ...

The Canal Bed

It is this upper section of the canal that has best survived periodic flooding in tact. The canal bed is not always straight but curves in several places to follow the contour of a natural hill. By cutting into the ...

First Baptist Church of Rockport

Organized in 1873, the First Baptist Church of Rockport originally was located on S. Church Street. L.D. Young served as the first pastor. The hurricane of 1919 destroyed the first church building, but the members built a new structure at ...