Sacandaga Public Campsite

1885 - 1935

Campsite.

Sacandaga Public Campsite.

One of the First Two Built

On Forest Preserve Land In

1920 by the Conservation

Dept. For Public Recreation.

Marker can be reached from State Highway 30.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Battery E, 1st Illinois Light Artillery

Sherman's Division

(front of monument)

Illinois

Battery "E",

1st Regiment Lt. Artillery,

5th Division--Sherman,

Army of the Tennessee.

(back of monument)

Waterhouse's Battery, "E".

Commanded by

1. Capt. A. C. Waterhouse, Wounded.

2. Lieut. A. E. Abbott, Wounded.

3. Lieut. John A. Fitch.

Two guns of this battery were advanced about 300 yards ...

Lynchburg and Salem Turnpike

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Pleasant Hill Hotel Becomes Hospital

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Governor Robert Wright

Born in Queen Anne's County, 1752, educated at Washington College. Rose to rank of captain in Revolutionary War. Served in State Assembly; elected to U.S. Senate 1801. Chosen 13th governor of Maryland 1806, twice re-elected, later member of U.S. Congress ...

Henry Ford Birthplace

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God Bless Our Fallen Soldiers

This Monument is to Honor All Those

Who Fought and Died for Our Freedom.

Persian-Gulf, Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom

And All Wars Against Terrorism.

Dedicated May 29, 2006

God Bless Our Fallen Soldiers

Marker is at the intersection of Marina Drive and East Lake Boulevard., ...

The Cobban Bridge

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Nicholas Gibbs Homestead

Nicholas Gibbs, a prominent Knox County Pioneer homesteaded 450 acres here in 1792 and built this hewed log house approximately one year later. It remained in the Gibbs family until 1971. The Nicholas Gibbs Historical Society purchased the house in ...

Highest Point on the Atlantic Seaboard

Mount Mitchill

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