Site of the First Meeting House

Site of the First Meeting House

Columbia Parish

Prospect Congregational Church

1778 — 1841

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Church Street and Center Street, on the right when traveling south.

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United States Post Office

This Property Has Been

Placed On The

National Register

Of Historic Places

By The United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is on North Beach Street north of Bay Street, on the left when traveling north.

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Battle of Johnsonville

On November 4, 1864, Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest's Confederate cavalry attacked and destroyed the river port of Johnsonville located ten miles west of here on the Tennessee River. Union losses included four gunboats, fourteen steamboats, seventeen barges, and roughly ...

Franklin Methodist Church

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This, the Franklin Methodist Church, erected in 1831, is one of the earliest permanent church buildings in this area. Constructed of 12x12 handhewn pine beams, the church has been extensively remodelled through the years except the steeple, which stands as ...

John Charles Fremont

Rear Admiral U.S. Navy

Born April 19, 1851 – Died March 7, 1911

A brilliant Officer

and a successful commander

holding more independent commands

during his life time

than any of his contemporaries.

The United States ships

Pinta, Drift, Culgoa,

torpedo boats Cushing abd Porter,

Monitor Florida, Battleship Mississippi

Naval ...

Brig. Gen. E. F. Paxton, C.S.A.

In this vicinity

Brig. Gen. E. F. Paxton, C.S.A.

Aged 35 years, of Rockbridge County, VA.

Was killed on the morning of May 3, 1863

While leading his command, the

Stonewall Brigade

in the attack on Fairview

Marker is at the intersection of Stuart Drive and Plank ...

Battle of Appomattox Station — 1865

Near this building stood the station of the South Side Railroad where, on April 8, 1865, three trains unloading supplies for the Army of Northern Virginia were captured by units of Sheridan’s Union cavalry under Gen. Geo. Custer. Significant for ...

Jackson's Flank March

Shortly after 8 a.m., May 2, "Stonewall" Jackson's corps marched down the hill behind you and passed Catharine Furnace, bound for the Union Army's right flank. When the Federals spotted Jackson's column, they assumed the Confederates were retreating and sent ...

Big Bull Falls

On this site known as

Big Bull Falls

Wisconsin Pinery

now the City of Wausau

George Stevens

pioneer lumberman

established the first

white settlement

1839

This tablet placed by

Wausau Chapter

Daughters of the

American Revolution

1929

[DAR insignia]

Marker can be reached from Scott Street (State Highway 52) near Washington Street.

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Lucy's Branch/Legacy of The Little Elk Community

Lucy's Branch

This site is named for Lucy Bedingfield, daughter of a slave and a Cherokee Indian. She was born 1832, and her Indian name was Finch. She married Meredith Bedingfield, a slave and had 9 children. Lucy was an astute ...