Ordeal of the Wellfords

The Battle of Chancellorsville

In December 1862 the Wellford family fled Fredericksburg to escape the ravages of battle. Five months later war found them again - here, in a commodious brick home that stood in the field in front of you. ...

Fort Garland

This memorial is the

property of the State of Colorado

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Fort Garland

United States military outpost

to protect settlers from

hostile Indians. Named for

Brig. Gen. John Garland

Commander of this district in 1858

Established 1858. Abandoned 1883

Commanded by Col. Kit Carson 1866-7

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Erected by

the State Historical Society ...

August Weferling House

Located on the northeast corner of "D" and Green Streets, this house was built in 1880 by August Weferling. The redwood tree in front was planted the day he married his second wife, Luella Duty Weferling (an early Tehachapi businesswoman), ...

Site of Athens Academy

first school for higher education

in this section

Planned 1797 - Opened 1814 - Razed 1925

Stephen C. Foster

was an academy student in 1840-1841

here in 1841 in Old Tioga Point

he wrote his first composition

The Tioga Waltz

Marker is on Main Street (State Highway 199), ...

G.F. Tolly Building -- c. 1910

This building was erected as the home of G.F. Tolly Furniture Company, an outgrowth of Anderson's first cabinet shop established at this site by Ezekiel George. George F. Tolly entered business with Mr. George in 1856. Later married George's daughter ...

Stephen Foster

America's beloved writer of folk tunes and ballads attended, 1840-41, Athens Academy which stood here. The Tioga Waltz, Foster's first music, was composed at that time.

Marker is on Main Street (State Highway 199), on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy ...

McCoy's Ferry

On May 23, 1861 Confederates attempting to capture the ferry boat at McCoy's Landing were driven off by the Clear Spring Guard. Here on October 10, 1862, Gen. J.E.B. Stuart crossed the Potomac on his second ride around McClellan's army.

Marker ...

16th Wisconsin Infantry

Peabody's Brigade - Prentiss' Division

U. S.

16th Wisconsin Infantry,

Peabody's (1st) Brig., Prentiss' (6th) Div.,

Army of the Tennessee.

This regiment was engaged here from 8.30 a.m. To 9 a.m. April 6, 1862. It then retired behind Hurlbut's Division and was next engaged east ...

Springfield Farm

(Circa 1755)

Home of Brig. Gen. Otho Holland Williams, Revolutionary War hero and founder, 1786, of Williamsport, and of Col. Elie Williams, president of commission to lay out National Road and chief surveyor Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. President George Washington dined ...

Heritage of the Hill

Madison developers Delaplaine and Burdick erected the three-story Lakeside Water Cure here in 1854. This unsuccessful venture closed after three years and re-opened in 1866 as a summer resort hotel. Known as the "Newport of the West," it appealed to ...