Union Furnace

Est. 1742.

Furnace produced iron ore for the Continental Army, cannon balls, farm implements. Forgemaster's house is stucco building on slope.

Marker is on Van Syckles Road, on the right when traveling west.

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Congregation Store Addition after 1766

This addition to the Bethabara store was built sometime after 1766, according to surviving maps. Notice the fireplace base support extending to the cellar floor. Additions to Moravian buildings were common, often based more on practicality that architectural aesthetics. This ...

Chalk Bluff Crossing and Town

Since Crowley's Ridge provided the only natural route for north-south travel across the lowlands of northeastern Arkansas, an Indian trail and later a military road crossed the river here. About 1840 Abraham Seitz established a ferry which was later operated ...

African Americans Choose Sides

At the start of the Revolution, South Carolina's slaves numbered over 100,000, compared to 70,000 white inhabitants. Most slaves labored on coastal plantations-only 6,000 lived in the backcountry. Slaves in the Camden area helped to build and fortify the town's ...

Chalk Bluff in the Civil War

Battle of May 1-2, 1863

In April 1863 a Confederate army of 5000 men commanded by General John S. Marmaduke advanced into Missouri. Forced to retreat before superior Union forces, the Confederates on May 1-2 fought a successful delaying action here ...

Mere Machines of Labor

Work in the Smith and Forging Shop that stood here was dirty, smoky, noisy, and dangerous. Worse still, in the early 1800s armorers changed from skilled craftsmen - creating unique handcrafted weapons - into wage laborers tending machines for less ...

Mountain Charlie Bear Fight

Near here in Mountain Charlie Gulch on May 8, 1854, Charles Henry “Mountain Charlie” McKiernan and a friend named Taylor were attacked by a Grizzly Bear. The bear sprang from a thicket, both men fired; but the bear grabbed Mountain ...

No Rest for the Weary

Edward Musgrove had been in the backcountry long enough to experience the brutality of frontier warfare, being involved in the Cherokee Wars and the Regulator Movement. Although he had hoped to live in peace, his home would draw the attention ...

Original Site of Southwestern University

The Methodist church established four colleges in Texas prior to the Civil War: Rutersville College (1840), Wesleyan College (1844), McKenzie Institute (1848), and Soule University (1856). The Rev. Dr. Francis Asbury Mood (1830-1884) was named president of Soule University in ...

25th Missouri Infantry

Peabody's Brigade - Prentiss' Division

U.S.

25th Missouri Infantry,

Peabody's (1st) Brig., Prentiss' (6th) Div.,

Army of the Tennessee.

This regiment was engaged here from 7:30 A.M. to 8:30 A.M. April 6, 1862. It retired to its camp where next marker will be found.

Marker is ...