Epoufette

Epoufette has been a fishing village since 1859, when Amable Goudreau, born in Quebec around 1824, established a commercial fishery. More than a century after his death in 1882, some of his descendants continued fishing operations. Father Edward Jacker, then ...

Fort San Carlos

On this bluff overlooking the Amelia River, Fort San Carlos was completed by the Spanish in 1816. The fort was made of wood and earthworks and was armed with eight or ten guns. As the Spanish Empire disintegrated, Fort San ...

The Battle of Cedar Mountain

August 9, 1862

In the summer of 1862 General John Pope formed the Federal Army of Virginia. While the elements of this new 63,000-man army were converging upon Culpeper, Confederate General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson saw that part of the Union ...

Soldiers of the American Revolution

Buried in this Cemetery

Libertas et Patria

Soldiers of the

American Revolution

Buried in this Cemetery

Lt. Israel Parshall Pa. • Lt. Christopher Denn Pa.

Sgt. Daniel McDowell Pa. • Sgt. Alexander Murry N.Y.

Pvt. Abraham Brewer N.Y. • Pvt. John Brewer N.Y.

Pvt. Thomas Keeney Conn. ...

Revolutionary Ancestors of Monmouth Court House

In memory of

the Revolutionary ancestors

of

Monmouth Court House Chapter

Daughters of

the American Revolution

Freehold, New Jersey.

1937

Marker is on Court Street, on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Klattenhoff House

German native William Klattenhoff (1855–1928) immigrated to Texas in 1872 at age 17. His work on the International and Great Northern Railroad brought him to Hutto, where he purchased land in 1876. Upon his marriage to Alvina Plattow (1860–1958) in ...

In Respectful Memory of Joseph M. Staples

Deputy Sheriff of El Dorado County

On Thursday, June 30, 1864 at about 10 PM two west-bound stage coaches of the Pioneer Stage Company were held up and the passengers robbed at gun-point at a location approximately 15 miles east of ...

Kimbro Family Cemetery

This small family cemetery contains the graves of members of a pioneer Williamson County family. Named for Daniel Kimbro, who was buried here in 1882, the plot remained in family ownership for over one hundred years.

Daniel Kimbro arrived in the ...

First Flight Ship to Shore

On 14 November, 1910, Eugene Ely in a Curtiss built "Hudson Flyer," utilizing a specially constructed platform with an uptilt at the end, took off from the cruiser Birminham anchored off Fort Monroe and landed at Willoughby Spit, 2½ miles ...

The Forlorn Hope

“A group of soldiers detached from the main group for a very dangerous mission.”

On December 11, 1862, from the north side of the Rappahannock River in Stafford County, the 7th Michigan Infantry led an amphibious assault against the City of ...