First Baptist Church

1800 Sesquicentennial 1950

On November 26, 1800 the Reverend Henry Holcombe

and fifteen other Baptists organized the Savannah

Baptist Church. As early as 1795 a group of interested

Baptists had erected a house of worship on Franklin

Square where the congregation worshipped for

thirty-three years. The ...

City of Bridges

In the mid-19th century, the Chippewa and Eau Claire Rivers brought people to the confluence but also kept them apart. As settlers arrived, three villages developed where the rivers met. Newcomers had to choose the riverbank where they would live ...

Frank Bell Jr.

Frank Bell Jr. (1893–1963) was the son of early La Marque settlers Flavery and Frank Bell, Sr. Although he received little formal education, he was able to achieve business success and became a respected civic leader in La Marque’s African ...

Edward Braddock

(front)

Near this monument

disembarked on February 19, 1755

Edward Braddock

Major General and Commander-in-Chief

of all the British forces in America.

His coming marked the beginning

of an important stage in the war

which lost to France

all her extended

American possessions.

(rear)

Erected by the

Colonial Dames

of America in the

State of ...

Battle of Kinston

Foster's Position on Southwest Creek

The yellow sidebar in the upper left provides a brief background: Late in 1862, Union Gen. John G. Foster’s garrison was well entrenched in New Bern and made several incursions into the countryside. On December ...

"We bury’d our Dead next day in the field of Battle, All kill’d

On the morning after the battle, Colonel Adam Hubley of the 10th Pennsylvania wrote, “I sent my Major [Caleb North] with 4 of our Horsemen on the field who counted our Dead bodys, the enemy’s were taken off…” The two ...

Smithtown Bull

To commemorate

the founding of

Smithtown

by

Richard Smith

the “Bull Rider”

A.D. 1665

Marker is at the intersection of W Jericho Turnpike (New York Route 25) and New York Route 25A, on the left when traveling east on W Jericho Turnpike.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Lumbering in Minnesota

Lumbering first arrived in this area in the 1830s, logging the white and red pine stands along the St. Croix River. Sawmills were few and much of the pine lumber was floated down the St. Croix to the Mississippi River ...

“Remember Paoli!”

During the early 1800’s the cry “Remember Paoli!” stirred the hearts of listeners with personal memories of the harsh realities of war and lost loved ones. There was still an abiding desire to gather together on the anniversary of that ...

Fort Bennett

Historical Site

Defenses of Washington

1861-1865

Fort Bennett

Here stood Fort Bennett, a small outwork of Fort Corcoran, constructed in May 1861. With a perimeter of 146 yards and emplacements for 5 guns, it was designed to bring under fire the slope northwest of ...