Joseph T. Noland House

In 1910, while visiting his aunt "Ella" Noland, Harry Truman seized the opportunity to return a cake plate to the Wallaces, beginning his courtship with Bess.

Marker is on N. Delaware Street, on the right when traveling south.

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Montvale Springs

7 ½ mi. S, this resort was termed the Saratoga of the South in stagecoach days. First advertized in 1832; Daniel Foute, built a log hotel there in 1837. In 1853, Asa Watson, of Mississippi, built the Seven Gable Hotel. ...

Tugalo Baptist Church and Cemetery

Tugalo Baptist Church, established before 1789, was first known as the Tugalo River Church. Founded by the Rev. John Cleveland, a Revolutionary Soldier, Tugalo is the oldest church in what was then Franklin County. The county covered an area in ...

Shipyards in Rockport

Shipbuilding was a natural industry for Rockport. The earliest recorded ship built here was the Connie, constructed in 1880 by Bludworth & Company. The Bludworth family specialized in building pleasure craft and scows.

In 1917, World War I prompted construction of ...

A Stand Up Fight

Second Battle of Manassas

Union Brig. Gen. John Gibbon advanced through the woods with his men intent on driving off the Confederate artillery. Discovering Stonewall Jackson's infantry in force and "...finding that the regiment had become badly involved I ordered the ...

Barnard Park

Barnard Park

Given to Sheffield in 1937 for a Public Park

by

John Hall Barnard

In Memory Of

Gen. J.G. Barnard

and

Dr. F.A.P. Barnard

Former President of Columbia University

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (U.S. 7) and Miller Avenue, on the left when traveling north ...

Old Parish Church Clock

The Clock On This Church Was

Placed Here By The

G.A.R. and W.R.C.

Of This Country As A Memorial Of

George F. Root

Born In Shefffield, August 30 1820

Died August 6, 1895.

Musician – Patriot - Christian

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (U.S. 7) ...

Stephen A. Douglas in Quincy

Statesman and politician Stephen A. Douglas began his distinguished national career in Quincy. A resident of the city from 1841-1847, he served as Associate Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court from 1841-1843, then in the U.S. House until he was ...

A Quincy "Copperhead"

Singleton had succumbed "Hook and Line" to the Democrats, stated Lincoln in 1854. He and Quincyan James W. Singleton had been fellow Whigs and disciples of Henry Clay. They had campaigned together in 1848 during Whig Zachary Taylor's successful run ...

William H. Spencer High School

On this site, on November 29, 1930, the first local high school for colored students opened. The school was the result of a grant from the Rosenwald Foundation and was named in honor of William Henry Spencer, Supervisor of the ...