Tomb of Dr. William Beanes

To secure the release of prisoner of war Dr. Beanes, Francis Scott Key visited the British fleet, September, 1814. Detained until after the attack on Baltimore, the two witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry on the 13th and 14th, during ...

Tomb of Dr. William Beanes

To secure the release of prisoner of war Dr. Beanes, Francis Scott Key visited the British fleet, September, 1814. Detained until after the attack on Baltimore, the two witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry on the 13th and 14th, during ...

Saint John's Church of Worthington and Parts Adjacent / Church a

Saint John's Church of Worthington and Parts Adjacent

In October of 1803, members of The Scioto Company, led by James Kilbourne, came from Connecticut and founded Worthington. On February 6, 1804, the Articles of Agreement establishing St. John's Church of Worthington ...

Fort Clinton’s Outer Redoubt

You are looking at the remains of Fort Clinton’s Outer Redoubt; it is all that survives of this Revolutionary War fort. Work on Fort Clinton began in July 1776 on the recommendation of American officers who were concerned that this ...

The Buffalo Soldiers in Tampa Heights

1898

African-Americans have served valiantly in all of America's wars. Although black soldiers fought and died in previous conflicts, they were not permitted to enlist as army regulars until after the Civil War. Organized into separate infantry and cavalry units, ...

Battle of Yellow Tavern

On 11 May, 1864, Confederate cavalry commanded by Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart chose ground just east of here to engage Union cavalry under Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, who was advancing on Richmond by way of Mountain Road. Outnumbered three ...

Feliciana Tapia Viarrial (1904-1988)

Pojoaque Pueblo

Feliciana Tapia Viarrial helped estaablish today's

Pueblo of Pojoaque. Pojoaque, or Posuwageh, water

drinking place, is a Tewa village founded circa A.D.

900. By 1919, the Pojoaque homelands were severely

diminished. Most members left for neighboring Pueblos

and Colorado. ...

Governors and Lieutenant Governors from Edgefield

A tribute to the Governers

and Lieutenant Governors of South

Carolina who were

natives of or at one time

residents of Edgefield

District or County.

Governors

Andrew Pickens II (1816-18)

George McDuffie (1834-36)

Pierce Mason Butler (1836-38)

James H. Hammond (1842-44)

Francis W. Pickens (1860-62)

Milledge L. Bonham (1862-64)

John C. Sheppard (July-Dec. ...

Working the Shift

Turning raw cotton into cloth was a multi-step process. As a result, textile mills had different jobs all along the production chain. In the opening room, men unfastened cotton bales and loaded them into cleaning and fluffing machines. From there ...

Waterford Baptist Church

Erected 1853

At dawn on August 27, 1862, Captain E.V. White's 60-man company, nucleus of the 35th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, attacked 28 men of Captain S.C. Means' Company of Independent Loudoun Virginia Rangers (Union) encamped here in this church. After three ...