McDuffie County

McDuffie County was created by Act of Oct. 18, 1870 from Columbia and Warren Counties. It was named for George McDuffie (1788-1851). Born in Columbia (now Warren County, Ga.), he became a political leader in S.C. He was a Maj. ...

Plainville Persian Gulf War Monument

Persian Gulf War

In Honor Of

The Men And Women

Who Served In The

Armed Forces Of The

United States To

Preserve Freedom

And Liberty For All

Dedicated

May 27, 1991

Marker is at the intersection of Maple Street and Whiting Street, on the left when traveling west on ...

Victoria Claflin-Woodhull-Martin / First Woman Candidate for Pre

Victoria Claflin-Woodhull-Martin

Born in Homer in 1838, Victoria Claflin proved to be a woman with visions that exceeded her time. Victoria and her sister Tennessee, in 1870, became the first women stockbrokers in the country. Her opinions expressed in the Woodhull ...

The Unknown Soldiers of Brown Hospital

These Confederate soldiers, all serving in the Georgia Militia, died at Brown Hospital in Milledgeville and were buried at

this location. Their names soon became lost, and they were concidered Unknown Soldiers until 2003 when their identies

were discovered.

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Marion ...

Santa Isabel Shaft

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Mine workers began to sink the Santa Isabel Shaft in 1877 to relieve the burden on the nearby Randol Shaft, which could no longer handle the abundance of underground cinnabar ore. Five years later ore was delivered to ...

200 Years of Service

Aids to Navigation

From the first federally funded lifesaving stations built in 1849 to today’s busy bases, the history of the United States Coast Guard can be traced along New Jersey’s coast.

In 1915, the Life-Saving Marine Service were combined to form ...

Propeller of the SS Highflyer

The SS Highflyer exploded in the Main Slip on 4-17-1947 after being set on fire by the SS Grandchamp which exploded in the North Slip on 4-16-1947. It is dedicated in memory of those who died and in honor of ...

Cliffton

The home of Major Roderick G. Watson is two miles north of this marker. At the start of the Civil War many persons crossed the Potomac River to Virginia in this area. From 1862 to the end of the war, ...

Battle of Limestone Station

At a bridge here on September 8, 1863, the 100th Regiment Ohio volunteer infantry engaged more than 1000 of General Alfred E. Jackson's men in a short skirmish. Out of ammunition and surrounded the 100th was forced to surrender. Union ...

Cook's Old Field Cemetery / Copahee Plantation and Hamlin Beach

Cook's Old Field Cemetery

This plantation cemetery predates the American Revolution. It was established by early members of the Hamlin, Hibben and Leland families. James Hibben (d. 1835), one of the founders of Mount Pleasant, is buried here. Generations of ...