The Big Spring

The site of Greeneville was a

juncture of two Indian trails, and

the presence of the Big Spring

furnished a stopping off place for

the weary Indian traveler. The

Scotch-Irish pioneers made the

spring the reason for the founding

of Greeneville in 1783. As early as ...

Biederstaedt – Breitenbach Grocery

1874

A store with a residence above was a common pattern in nineteenth century Madison. This brick structure was erected as a saloon and grocery for Charles Biederstaedt. Built in a high Victorian Italianate mode, it replaced an earlier structure. In ...

Mary Willis Library

This library was Georgia’s first free (without a subscription fee) public library. Founded in 1888 by Dr. Francis T. Willis in memory of his daughter, it opened in 1889. Willis also created an endowment for the library and donated his ...

Site of The Battle of Oriskany

Historic New York

Site of The Battle of Oriskany,

August 6, 1777

Oriskany Battlefield

(Eight miles west of Utica)

The Battle of Oriskany was one of the bloodies

engagements of the American Revolution. British and

Indians here ambushed the Tryon County militia as

they were marching ...

Robert Kerr

On this site originally stood the house of Robert Kerr, where were held sessions of the Upper House of the State of Franklin. The first sessions of Greene County's Court were also held here. The Baptist church, established in 1872, ...

Bristol Civil War Memorial

[ east side ]

Members of Bristol Co. K. 16. Reg. C.V.

Capt. Newton S. Manross. Killed at Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862. Ae. 37

Henry Aldrich. Killed at Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862. Ae. 11

Frank E. Wilcox. Died in Hospital, Nov. 9, 1862. Ae. ...

Jacob J. Vandergrift

(1827-1899)

A leader in transforming the shipment of oil - by river, by rail, and ultimately by pipeline. Vandergrift arrived in Oil City, 1861, as a river captain. Beginning in 1868, Vandergrift, Forman & Co., laid miles of pipe to move ...

Evan Shelby

Born in Wales, 1719, he came here about 1771. A veteran of Braddock's Campaign and Lord Dunmore's War, he commanded a successful expedition against the Chickamauga towns, 1779. Member of the North Carolina State Senate, 1781, and brigadier general of ...

Burlington WW II – Korean War – Vietnam War Monument

[ east side ]

Dedicated To

The Veterans Of

Burlington

Who Served In The

Armed Forces And

Died For Our Freedom

[ left plaque ]

World War II

Alderman, Ernest E. • Alderman, Leonard R. • Backes, Joseph W. 3rd • Battistoni, Alnin H. • Bendza, John W. • ...

Burlington Civil War – WW I Memorial

[ west side ]

Civil War

The Town Of Burlington Has Not Forgotten

Her Beloved Brothers Who Offered Their Lives

To Preserve The Union 1861 - 1865

Solomon A. Adkins • * Elijah W. Bacon • * Erastus S. Bacon • Samuel M. ...