Rabun County

This County created by Act of the Legislature Dec. 21, 1819, is named for William Rabun, 11th Governor of Georgia who was elected in 1817 and died in 1819. Self-educated by reading he served as a member of the Legislature ...

El Camino Real

(The King's Highway)

The regal highway extending between his Catholic majesty's far flung kingdoms of New Spain, from Mexico City to the Kingdom of New Mexico, passed here. From 1581 onward it was the route followed by conqueror, padre, merchant, adventurer ...

Francis Makemie

Near this site in 1707 Francis Makemie, a native of Ireland and Father of American Presbyterianism, challenged the edict of Lord Cornbury, Governor of the colony, forbidding him from preaching here. The services he conducted in William Jackson’s home ...

Cumberland County Civil War Memorial

In honor of the soldiers of Cumberland County who fell in defense of the Union during the Great Rebellion.

This monument is created by those who revere Patriotism and wish to perpetuate the Memory of the Brave Men, who aided in ...

Gen. Henry Knox Trail

Through this place passed

General Henry Knox

in the winter of

1775 – 1776

to deliver to

General George Washington

at Cambridge

the train of artillery

from Fort Ticonderoga used

to force the British Army

to evacuate Boston.

Erected by the Commonwealth

of Massachusetts 1927

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street ...

Cardiff, Illinois

The village of Cardiff was built on this site in 1899, after the discovery of

underground coal deposits. A mine was sunk and a relatively large town developed

within months. The town, originally known as North Campus, incorporated as the

Village of Cardiff ...

Field Hospitals - Cavalry Corps

Medical Department

Army of the Potomac

Medical Department

Field Hospitals

Cavalry Corps

The Hospitals of the First Division Cavalry Corps were located June 30th in this church and other nearby buildings and fell into the hands of the Confederates on the evening of July 1st. ...

Historic Sidewalk Clock

Historic Sidewalk Clock

This sidewalk clock has marked time in downtown El Paso since 1911. Made by the E. Howard & company of Boston, Massachusetts it is a masterpiece of cast-iron workmanship featuring two large round faces and mounted on a ...

First State Office Building

Built 1817. Housed offices of State Treasurer and Auditor until Fall of 1824. The cellar was the Treasury vault. Building used by Harrison County Seminary, 1829-51. Since 1871, home of Amzi Brewster heirs.

Marker is at the intersection of North Mulberry ...

Gen. Henry Knox Trail

Through this place passed

General Henry Knox

in the winter of

1775 – 1776

to deliver to

General George Washington

at Cambridge

the train of artillery

from Fort Ticonderoga used

to force the British Army

to evacuate Boston.

Erected by the Commonwealth

of Massachusetts 1927

Marker is on Main Street (U.S. 20), on ...