First Methodist Church of Rockport

The Methodist Church has been in existence in Rockport since about 1870. The Rev. H.G. Horton was assigned as pastor of the Rockport Church in 1872. The original Methodist Church building, erected at the corner of Live Oak and Bay ...

Dominican Proto-Martyrs of America

A.D. 1549 † A.D. 1965

Near this spot on Tampa Bay

Father Louis Cancer

and

Three Religious

In search of a mission site in lands of

the Timucuan and Caloosa Nations under

Royal Order of Phillip II of Spain

suffered martyrdom at hands of

hostile Indians.

Marker is on Bayshore ...

Second Massachusetts Infantry

(Front):

From the hill behind this monument on

the morning of July third 1863 the

Second Massachusetts Infantry

made an assault upon the Confederate

troops in the works at the base of Culp's

Hill opposite. The regiment carried to

the ...

Father Divine Birthplace

Middle Lane

Father Divine was an influential and charismatic religious leader and founder of the International Peace Mission Movement.

Father Divine was born in 1879 on Middle Lane as George Baker, Jr. and attended the Rockville and Jerusalem M.E. Church. He later ...

Battle of Day’s Gap

April 30, 1863

Here Gen. Forrest (C.S.A.) overtook larger force of Col. Streight (U.S.A.)

Forrest attacked three times. Streight fled toward Rome to destroy Confederate railroads.

Marker is on U.S. 31, on the right.

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Harpers Ferry - Changes through Time

Situated at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers, Harpers Ferry was named for Robert Harper, a millwright who continued a ferry operation here in 1747. The waterpower of the two rivers - harnessed for industry - generated tremendous ...

Woman’s Club of Aransas County Building

In March 1948, Mrs. Fred B. Hunt issued a call to organize the Woman’s Civic Club. One of the club’s major early activities was financing a permanent building for the organization. Later that year the recreation building for Humble Oil ...

Site of Aransas Hotel

Built in 1889 by civic leader and politician John H. Traylor, the Aransas Hotel covered this city block. The three-story structure, a major tourist attraction in Rockport had about 100 rooms and a massive open dining room with a 200 ...

The Confederate Bell

The Confederate bell was captured during the Civil War by Colonel Alexander Warner who later presented it to Governor Phineas Lounsbury. For many years the bell stood on the Grounds of the Lounsbury Mansion, which in 1953 became the Community ...

Confederate Cemetery

Graves of 52 soldiers,

individually marked, who

died in the Kittrell

Springs Hotel hospital,

1864-65, are ½ mi. NE.

Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 1 and Main Street, on the left when traveling south on U.S. 1.

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