Town of Orange

Confederate Hardships

Lee vs. Grant - The 1864 Campaign

After Gettysburg and some minor operations during the summer and fall of 1863, Gen. Robert E. Lee and his Confederate army settled into winter quarters on the hills around the town of Orange ...

First Erosion Control Work in the Southeast

On Dec. 18, 1933, work began on the J.L. Berry Gully, 1.5 miles S.E. as part of the South Tyger River Erosion Control Demonstration Project by the USDI Soil Erosion Service, Dr. T.S. Bule, Project Director. This project was a ...

The Battle of Newtown

(Front Plaque):Near this site

Sunday August 29, 1779 was fought

The Battle of Newtown

between

Continental troops commanded by

Major General John Sullivan

and combined force of

Tories and Indians under

Colonel John Butler

and

Joseph Brant

avenging the massacres of

Wyoming and Cherry Valley

destroying the Iroquois Confederacy

ending attacks on our settlements

and ...

Campaign of Second Manassas

Two miles north, near Pisgah Church, Jackson, Ewell and A.P. Hill camped, August 15-20, 1862

Marker is at the intersection of Constitution Highway (Virginia Route 20) and Clifton Road (County Route 628), on the right when traveling west on Constitution Highway. ...

Chief Chipco

In memory of

Chief Chipco

Lover of peace

Friend of the white man

His

Seminole Indian village

was located on

Bonars Island

in Lake Hamilton 1855

Dedicated by

Ponce De Leon Chapter

Daughters of

the American Revolution

Winter Haven, Florida

1957

Marker is on U.S. 27 0.7 miles south of Kokomo Road (Florida Route 546), ...

Post Ford

Frequently used by both

armies during the Revolutionary

War

Marker is at the intersection of River Drive and Columbus Avenue, on the left when traveling north on River Drive.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Fort Pillow

April 12, 1864

Federal forces captured this important Confederate work, 18 miles west, in 1862. To end depredations committed by the Federal garrison, Forrest, with a force from his Confederate Cavalry Corps, attacked and captured the fort. Of the garrison of ...

Original Site of the Sonora Daily

Vol. 1 to 20 Oct. 10, 1938 to July 1, 1958 No, 1 to 6104

First issue published Oct.10, 1938 and last issue published June 30, 1958. Incorporated in The Union Democrat on July 1, 1958. First offset-lithographic newspaper adjudicated by ...

Fraunces Tavern

After the American Revolutionary War, on December 4, 1783, General George Washington bade an emotional farewell to his officers at a banquet held in the Long Room, located on the second floor of this tavern. Samuel Fraunces, a West Indian ...

Sears-Howell Farm

Established c. 1791.

Bred nationally known award winning Ayshire cattle.

1st (1880) to bottle on farm for N.Y.C. milk trade.

Marker is at the intersection of New York Route 94 and Farmingdale Rd, on the right when traveling south on State Route ...