Bird Effigy

Common type of Indian emblematic mound: Body 52½ feet, wingspread formerly about 133 feet

Marker is on Observatory Drive 0.2 miles west of Charter Street, on the left when traveling west.

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Academic Building At Fisk University

The Academic Building at Fisk University was designed by Nashville architect Moses McKissack and was made possible by a gift from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. On May 22, 1908, William H. Taft, later 27th President of the United States, laid the ...

Wandering Warblers

Wood Warbler Migration

To the careful observer, warblers are delightful splashes of color that decorate the foliage in the spring and fall. Although several species breed here in the summer, most warblers only stop briefly in New Jersey during their migration ...

Bell Tower

The bell tower signaled the beginning and the end of most activities at the Palmer Memorial Institute.These included classes, farming, meals, lights-out, and community as well as campus emergencies.

Marker can be reached from 6136 Burlington Road.

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“Good-bye, Lieutenant, I am killed.”

Woodson’s Missouri Cavalry in the Battle of New Market

In front of you is one of only two monuments erected by veterans of the battle. This one was placed by members of Woodson’s Company of Missouri Cavalry. The unit followed perhaps ...

Collins Springs Primitive Baptist Church

c. 1866

Founded circa 1850, the original church was destroyed in 1864 by the Federal Army and rebuilt after the Civil War. The church, cemetery, and nearby spring carry the name of James A. Collins, an Atlanta pioneer, merchant, and local ...

Bill Williams Mountain

Elevation 9,264 Ft

This mountain was named for a colorful mountaineer, guide, and trapper who is generally credited with being the first American to explore northern Arizona – 1830 or earlier. Williams lived at different times among the Osage and Ute ...

Kimball Hall

Kimball was the school's dining hall. Built in 1927, it honored the Kimball family of Massachusetts. In 1907, Helen F. Kimball purchased a 200-acre farm for the school's use.

Palmer students learned and practiced proper dining etiquette during their meals. Any ...

Spring Bank

Ante-bellum plantation and residence of the Rev. Charles Wallace Howard, where he established a private school.

May 18, 1864. Hardee´s A.C. [CS] moved from Adairsville to Kingston on this road enroute to Cass Station. May 19, the 4th and 14th A.C. ...

Duffy Brothers Grocery Store

Built 1912

Has been placed on the National Register

of Historic Places by the United States

Department of the Interior

Cormick E. Boyce built this large brick structure intending it to be used as a bank, although it served as a grocery store during ...