Duffields Depot Raid

Mosby Strikes the B&O

(Preface):

The Federal offensive in the Shenandoah Valley begun in May 1864 faltered in the summer with Confederate victories and Gen. Jubal A. Early's Washington Raid in July. Union Gen. Philip H. Sheridan took command in August, defeated ...

San Francisco Brewing Company

This building is the last of the Barbary Coast saloons. Prior to the great earthquake and fire of 1906, this was the site of the infamous Billy Goat Saloon, operated by Pigeon-Toed Sal.

After reconstruction, the original Andromeda Saloon opened ...

Cameron's Depot Engagement

"What news now?"

(Preface):

The Federal offensive in the Shenandoah Valley begun in May 1864 faltered in the summer with Confederate victories and Gen. Jubal A. Early's Washington Raid in July. Union Gen. Philip H. Sheridan took command in August, defeated Early ...

Erle P. Halliburton

1892-1957

Side 1 - "Erected 1993 in memory of a man who left an indelible impression on Duncan and Stephens County. He touched the lives of many people not only as the county's largest employer but as a perpetually inquisitive person ...

Grandeur for the People

Make No Little Plans

The National Archives, keeper of the nation's founding documents and most important federal government records, occupies this important spot halfway between the Capitol and the White House. Before the Archives building was constructed, federal records were ...

Hotel Pinehurst

Constructed in 1914, the Hotel Pinehurst was owned and operated by T.B. Horton until 1939. The hotel included over 100 rooms, a grand lobby and entranceway, and a number of dining rooms, offices, and stores. The Arabian Theater was added ...

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park is situated on granite hills covered with conifer and hardwood forests and streams. The 2,884-acre park is located northwest of downtown Atlanta. The park preserves a Civil War battleground of the Atlanta Campaign, during which ...

Ship Island Lighthouses-GINS

From 1853 to 1972, the United States built two lighthouses on Ship Island to protect vessels from running aground in shallow waters and to guide ships through the Ship Island Pass.

Ship Island became United States territory in 1810 after ...

West Ship Island

Situated twelve miles South of the Mississippi mainland, West Ship Island is a barrier island with evidence of thousands of years of human contact. After Native Americans, European colonists coveted Ship Island as the only deep-water harbor in the Mississippi ...

West Ship Island

Situated twelve miles South of the Mississippi mainland, West Ship Island is a barrier island with evidence of thousands of years of human contact. After Native Americans, European colonists coveted Ship Island as the only deep-water harbor in the Mississippi ...