Camp Site of Boston-Newton Party

On this site the Boston-Newton Joint Stock Association encamped on September 26, 1849. The company left Boston April 16 and arrived at Sutter’s Fort September 27. After a remarkable journey across the continent a rich store of written records preserved ...

Union Artillery

The Federals crossed three pieces of artillery to Ball’s Bluff. Two mountain howitzers from the 2nd New York State Militia, detached under Lt. Frank French of Battery I, 1st U.S. Artillery, occupied this area for much of the afternoon. A ...

Earthworks

Earthworks

Thrown up by G.A. Smith's

Brigade, night of

Nov. 25, 1863

Marker can be reached from North Crest Road north of Lightfoot Mill Road.

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William Bartram Trail

Traced 1773-1777

Donald McIntosh welcomed William Bartram to his home in 1773, giving him shelter from "A Tremendous Thunderstorm."

Marker is on Coastal/Ocean Highway (U.S. 17), on the right when traveling south.

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Washington’s Headquarters

Since Pompton was on the

main route North, the Conti-

nental army camped here

often. Washington quartered

at the Schuyler House, July

12, 1777, and visited Col-

onel Van Cortlandt here,

March 28, 1782.

Marker is at the intersection of Hamburg Turnpike and Wanaque Avenue, on the ...

William Bartram Trail

Traced 1773-1777

On March 21, 1970 H. Grady Bell and friends founded the "Bartram Trail Society of Georgia" at Zion Episcopal Church.

Marker is at the intersection of Georgia Route 41 and Clark Street (Route 90), on the right when traveling north ...

1st Battalion 178th Field Artillery

To our Guardsmen and Families

of the 1 BN 178 FA:

In appreciation for your sacrifices,

bravery and loyalty during

Operation Iraqi Freedom

(2004-2005)

From the Citizens of Georgetown County

Marker is on South Fraser Street (U.S. 17), on the right when traveling north.

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Cartersville Baptist Church

According to tradition, free African-Americans established a religious congregation, which met in private homes, in this area as early as 1863. Rose Carter, a member of the community, donated land for a church in 1903. The church served the residents ...

Bartlett Leads the Way

Colonel Joseph J. Bartlett, the Commander of the Second Brigade of Franklin’s First Division, found himself in a curious position. As a brigade commander, Bartlett chose both the field across which Franklin’s Corps would attack and the formation for the ...

William Bartram Trail

Traced 1773-1777

In 1775 took William Bartram to Fort James on the "Petersburg Road" and passed through Lincoln County, parts now covered by Clark Hill Reservoir

Marker is at the intersection of Coach Jimmy Smith Highway (U.S. 378) and Old Petersburg Road ...