Secession Abandoned

In May, 1861, delegates of seven Kentucky and twenty Tennessee westernmost counties, the Jackson Purchase, met in Mayfield. Belief in Southern cause, dissatisfaction with Kentucky adherence to Union and Tennessee delay joining South caused convention vote to secede and form ...

Pennsboro

Settled by John Bunnell, a veteran of the Revolution, near the salt lick which attracted great game herds. The “Stone House,” built about 1807 by John Webster, was one of the famous inns on the Northwestern Turnpike.

Marker is on West ...

Five Civilized Tribes in the Battle of Honey Springs

Order Of Battle (Indian Units)

Federal Forces:

First Indian Home Guard (Cherokee)

Second Indian Home Guard (Cherokee)

Confederate Forces:

First Choctaw Regiment

Second Choctaw Regiment

First Chickasaw and Choctaw Regiment

Cherokee Regiment

First Creek Regiment

Second Creek Regiment

Seminole Battalion

Marker is on DC Minner Street (County Route N4230).

Courtesy hmdb.org

Robert Lamp House

1903

This unusual midblock residence was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for his boyhood friend, "Robie" Lamp, a realtor and insurance salesman. The simple, boxy shape of the house, with its open floor plan, was very modern for the time. Wright ...

The Third Battle of Winchester

Confederate Defense

In the mid-morning of September 19, Confederate Gen. John B. Gordon's infantry, veteran troops from Georgia, Louisiana, and Virginia, took position to your right on the other side of Hackwood Lane. At 11:40 a.m., at the sound of artillery ...

The Wild Bunch

When professional photographer John Swartz snapped this famous photograph of five young men in 1901, he had no idea it would end up on a “wanted” poster. Swartz and his brothers, considered Fort Worth’s premier photographers, were unaware that the ...

Sutter Mill Timbers

John Sutter’s mill was not used after 1850 and it deteriorated rapidly. The flood of 1862 destroyed the above ground remains of the structure. In 1924 the original mill site was located and the mill monument was built. Major excavations ...

First Baptist Church

Organized July 13, 1844, at home of J. B. Hurt, east of Mayfield, with 14 members. Elders Milton Wyman, Henry Richardson, Dennis Ray, Willis White and Hardeman Puryear composed its constituting council. First building erected in 1858; second, 1867. Both ...

Battle of Maysville

Or the Battle of Old Fort Wayne

Occured on Oct. 22. While Gen. James G. Blunt was encamped on the old Pea Ridge battlefield, word came that Gen. Douglas H. Cooper and Col. Stand Watie's Indian regiment were at old Fort ...

Gamblers & Gunfights

In the 1880s, Fort Worth, “the queen city of the prairies,” was home to good hotels, restaurants, theaters, banks, 60 saloons and 9 churches. Patrons dined at the elegant White Elephant Saloon with its 40-foot mahogany bar and climbed the ...