Johnstown Local Flood Protection Project

Built (1938-1943) and maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Pittsburgh District), the JLFPP reflects the 1930s move toward a major federal role in local flood protection. This concrete-paved channel project, extending 9.2 miles along Johnstown's three rivers, became ...

Edgefield County Confederate Monument

Erected by the

Women

of

Edgefield, S.C.

to the Memory

of their Confederate

Dead.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Historic Emilio Pons Cigar Factory

Emilio Pons, a pioneer Tampa cigar manufacturer, and an outstanding public servant, established the first cigar factory of local origin on this site in 1887.

Here on October 12, 1894, Jose Marti, the Cuban liberator, delivered his last Ybor City revolutionary ...

Johnstown Flood

On May 31, 1889, a wall of water and wreckage 35 feet high traveled 14 miles from the broken South Fork Dam, destroying more than 1,600 homes and claiming 2,209 lives. Public and private efforts from across America helped Johnstown ...

Edgefield County Veterans Memorial

[Front]:

Dedicated

in grateful tribute

to the men and women

of Edgefield County

who served in the armed

forces of our country

during World War I-II

and Korean War in

preserving our freedom

and our way of life.

[Reverse]:

Dedicated

in grateful tribute

to the men and women

of Edgefield County

who served in the

armed forces ...

Freedom's Call (New Marker)

Grave of Robert Rutherford, member of committee which in 1775 replied to orders of Lord Dunmore for Virginians to join British army or be held as rebels. This defiance was a gauntlet hurled at Dunmore's feet. (1 1/2 Mi. NE)

Marker ...

Lives Transformed

In 1860, Oscar Bullock and his wife, Catharine, lived in a modest two-and-one-half-story white frame house on this site. With them lived their two infant children and Catharine's 16-year-old brother, David Kyle (who would serve as a guide to Stonewall ...

Walterboro Army Airfield

" Both white and negro troops will be stationed there, with negro troops to constitute about ten percent of the total personnel." - The Press and Standard, 1942

" A network of army air fields, used for training purposes and ...

The Camels of Fort Tejon

In 1856 the U.S. Army started an experiment using camel for supply transport in the southwest. The camels proved ill suited to the American southwest.

In November 1859 a civilian contractor turned over 28 camels to the Army at Fort Tejon.

The ...

Apex of Hooker’s Last Line

Earthworks to your right rear mark the apex of Hooker's last line of defense. The Federals retreated to this position late in the morning of May 3, guarding the roads to Ely's and United States Fords. The defensive minded Union ...