Florence Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America

The "Mother Church" of the Presbytery, Florence Cumberland Colored Presbyterian Church originated in 1898 on property deeded by the city. Led, in 1918, by Rev. Holt Smith, it bought property on Alabama Street and build a frame structure. In 1948 ...

Where Hill Fell

In the field a short distance north of this road, the confederate General A.P. Hill was killed, April 2, 1865. Hill, not knowing that Lee's lines had been broken, rode into a party of Union soldiers advancing on Petersburg.

Marker is ...

Recapture of the Connecticut River

Recapture of the

Connecticut River

1981 – 1999

Dedicated September 3, 1999

On the occasion of the opening of

Riverfront Plaza and Terraces

Founders Bridge Promenade and

State Street Landing

[ left plaque ]

A Historic Connection

Riverfront Plaza restores Hartford's historic connection to the "Quinnehticut" – the long tidal ...

The University of North Alabama

Football Program National NCAA Division II

The University of North Alabama became the first school in the history of NCAA scholarship football to win three consecutive national championships (1993,1994,1995). Under Coach Bobby Wallace, UNA posted a 41~1 record over the same ...

The Horseshoe Lumber Company / River Falls Power Company

(side A)

The Horseshoe Lumber Company

E.L. More, president of the A&F Division of the L&N Railroad, arrived in River Falls from Nashville in 1897 to spearhead the construction of a branch line of the L&N. Recognizing a business opportunity in the ...

Council Bluffs Treaty

11 December 1821

Here at the home of Creek Chief Wm McIntosh, a treaty establishing a new boundary between the CHEROKEE and CREEK Indian Nations was drafted and signed. The north boundary was later used in the first survey of Carroll ...

David F. Houston

Secretary of Agriculture and later of the Treasury under Wilson. College president and author. His birthplace stood 60 yards north.

Marker is at the intersection of West Jefferson Street and North Stewart Street, on the right when traveling west on West ...

Germanna Ford

Into the Wilderness

When the 1864 Overland Campaign started, Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia held the upper fords of the Rapidan River, blocking the Union army's route to Richmond. Rather than attack Lee head on, Grant chose to ...

Germanna Ford

Grant Takes Command

In March 1864, President Abraham Lincoln placed Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in charge of the Union’s overall military effort. Grant’s strategy was simple: attack the Confederates simultaneously on all fronts, overwhelming them by sheer force of numbers. ...

49th Illinois Infantry

Raith's Brigade -- McClernand's Division

(front)

Illinois

49th Infantry,

3d Brigade--Raith,

1st Division--McClernand,

Army of the Tennessee.

(back)

49th Infantry,

Commanded by

Lieut. Col. Phineas Pease, Wounded.

This regiment fell in for battle on its color line about 8.30 a.m., April 6, 1862, and held it but a short time when ...