New Hoppert Building

Owned by Hoppert Family since 1870's. (Descendant Cathryn Gates has title in 2002)

1862 - Small wooden building: "John Cannon, Attorney and Counselor-at-Law."

1870 - Christopher Hoppert buys this parcel and building, plus several to the east and north; opens C.H. Hoppert: ...

Major Thomas Dry Howie

Commander, 2nd Battalion, 116th Infantry, 29th Division U.S. Army

Abbeville honors herself in

honoring her son

The Major of St. Lo.

He fell during the liberation of Normandy and was taken by his troops into St. Lo. His flag-draped body was enshrined in the ...

8th Georgia Infantry

July 21, 1861

11:00 a.m.

2nd Brigade (Bartow)

Army of the Shenandoah (Johnson), CSA

8th Georgia Infantry

Lt. Col. W.M. Gardner

"Away we went straight into the teeth of the murderous fire. We entered a thicket and were within 100 yards of the enemy. Yet, not ...

Hatton Ferry

Five miles southwest of here is the Hatton Ferry on the James River which began operating in the 1870s. James A. Brown established the ferry and a store on land first rented and then purchased from S.P. Gantt in 1881. ...

4th Alabama Infantry

July 21, 1861

11:00 a.m.

3rd Brigade (Bee)

Army of the Shenandoah (Johnson), CSA

4th Alabama Infantry

Col. Egbert J. Jones

"Our regiment had scarcely emerged from the timber before a murderous fire was opened on us by the Yankees. Our brave boys marched steadily up ...

Ryan Chapel

Founded 1866, after new settler, Rev. Issac Ryan, had Methodist revival in home before occupying it. His brother John was one of 19 charter members. L.H.D. and Sallie Guinn gave 7.5 acres for church and cemetery. First 16 by 20-ft. ...

Military Road

Side A

1852Congress appropriated $20,000 for a military road from Fort Steilacoom to Fort Walla Walla. The road was made passable 1885.

Side B

Supplementing the appropriation made by congress citizens helped build the military road through the Nachess pass to Walla Walla ...

"Storm of the Century"

Side A

At midnight on September 21, 1989, Hurricane Hugo, a category four storm, blew into Charleston County. Winds in excess of 140 mph, a massive 20 foot storm surge, and extraordinarily high tides ravaged the area. Hugo cut ...

Breed’s Hill

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Site of the

Battle of Bunker Hill

fought June 17, 1775

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Although orders were issued by the

Committee of Safety

to seize and fortify Bunker Hill

the colonial officers after consultation

fortified this hill on June 16, 1775.

Marker can be reached from Monument Square.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Two-Story Log House

Just South

First School Session North of Columbia (River) -1854

Refuge During Indian War 1855-56

Occupied by families of Rev. J.F. Devore 1853

Abram Woolery 1854

Sherwood Bonney 1854-1856

Marker is at the intersection of Commercial Street (at milepost 1,800) and Main Street on Commercial Street. ...