Grave of General William Moultrie

Down the walk on your left is the grave of General William Moultrie, a citizen of Charleston, who on June 28, 1776 led American troops in the defense of the city. From the walls of the unfinished palmetto log fort ...

Veterans of All Conflicts

Dedicated to The

Veterans of All Conflicts

Sept. 3, 1979

Greene County Veterans

Council

Marker is on East Main Street east of South Franklin Street, on the right when traveling east.

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Rectory of Old St. Paul’s Parish

Incorporated 1692, 37 years before Baltimore Town itself, St. Paul’s moved to this vicinity in 1731. It was City’s first place of public worship. this rectory, the “parsonage on the hill” built 1788–1791 on half acre lot given by Col. ...

Flynt Building

1902

This property

has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is on Manvel Avenue (Oklahoma Route 66) near 8th Street, on the left when traveling south.

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Chief Petty Officers

Chief Petty Officers’ Centennial Time Capsule

The rank of chief petty officer - the senior position among naval enlisted ranks - was established by the Navy Department in 1893. A time capsule was placed within this foundation on 13 October ...

Harold "Hardface" Clanton

Long before casinos brought legalized gambling and big-name entertainment to Tunica, African American entrepreneur Harold "Hardface" Clanton (1916~1982) ran a flourishing operation here that offered games of chance, bootleg liquor, and the best in blues music. Nicknamed for the stone ...

Historic Fort Sumter - Fort Sumter Today

Charleston's Historic Past

Historic Fort Sumter

At 4:30 a.m., April 12, 1861, Confederate gunners fired on Fort Sumter and the Civil War began. After 34 hours of non-stop shelling, Sumter's Union garrison surrendered, and on April 14 the Confederates took ...

Village of Valley Forge

Village settled by the workers at iron forge begun in 1742. The forge and part of village were burned by the British army in 1777. Washington's quarters during the winter of 1777-78 were in the Isaac Potts' house, a ...

Village of Valley Forge

Village settled by the workers at iron forge begun in 1742. The forge and part of village were burned by the British army in 1777. Washington's quarters during the winter of 1777-78 were in the Isaac Potts' house, a ...

A Tale of Two Mills

Trading and Burial Grounds

During the Civil War, two mills stood on the Rush River in this vicinity on the property of John Jett, who resided at Ellerslie half a mile south of here. They included the Avon Mill before you ...