A Region of Gloom

From the time of its earliest settlement, this region was known as "The Wilderness of Spotsylvania" because of its dense thickets and poor soil. Locals called the countryside just west of the Wilderness "The Poison Fields." High concentrations of iron ...

Fort Early

Named for Confederate Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early, this roughly square earthen redoubt served as a part of the outer line of defense for Lynchburg in June 1864. Fort Early and the outer fortifications were constructed to provide additional protection ...

Fort McCausland

The fort on the hill here was constructed by General J.A. Early to protect the approach to Lynchburg from the west. Union cavalry skirmished with the Confederates along the road immediately west of the fort. The Unionists, driven back by ...

Wheeler Rifles

~Organized 1888~

Prior to the repeal of the Militia Act in 1902, states maintained their own militia. One of the last militia in Florence and Lauderdale County was the Wheeler Rifles.

Organized in 1888, under the command of Captain Julian Fields, ...

Indian Trading Post: Home of Mary Musgrove

During the first years after the founding of the Colony of Georgia in 1733 these lands (now owned by the Savannah Sugar Refining Company) were known as the "Grange" or "Cowpen" plantation. Along the Savannah River, about one mile East ...

Pike's Bluff

In circa 1740, James Oglethorpe established a watch house west of here on the bank of the Frederica River. In 1745, Edward Kimber described this site as a place "from whence they can see Vessels a great Way to the ...

Top of the World Observation Level World Trade Center

Baltimore's World Trade Center, completed in 1977, was a cornerstone of the Inner Harbor's acclaimed redevelopment. Designed by the internationally renowned architectural firm of L.M. Pei & Partners, it is the tallest pentagonal building in the world and a beloved ...

Smithfield Township World War Memorial

Honor Roll

To perpetuate the memory

of the men of

Smithfield Township

who served their country

in the World's War 1917-1919

[Honor Roll of Veterans]

And to honor him who made

the Supreme Sacrifice

Corporal Thomas Davis McEwen

Killed in action, Vesle River, Fismette, France

August 8th, A.D. 1918

Marker is at ...

Beauford T. Anderson

Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army, 381st Infantry, 96th Infantry Division, was born at Eagle, WI. on July 6th, 1922. He entered the service at Soldiers Grove, WI. in October, 1942. While serving his country in Okinawa, Japan, Beauford T. Anderson displayed ...

Founders Hall

1879 - 1979

Juniata acknowledges with gratitude those members of the Huntingdon community who made the construction of Founders Hall possible in 1879. On the occasion of its 100th Anniversary, the College expresses appreciation to those alumni and other friends who, ...