Cavalry Battle at High Bridge

Lee’s Retreat

About 900 Union infantry and cavalry were sent from Burkeville to burn this South Side Railroad trestle over the Appomattox River. Pursued by Confederate cavalry in the engagement which followed nearby, their bridge-burning mission failed and most were captured.

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The Guns That Won the Battle

These cannons represent the largest guns that defended the fort during the War of 1812. Cannons from this battery fired 18 and 36 pound iron balls almost a mile and a half. Heated cannonballs or “hot shop” proved especially devasting ...

The Newman Block

Historic site

Built in 1892 by Senator Charles Newman, pioneer merchant, miner and legislator. He maintained his office here until his death in 1906.

Major Daniel L. Sheets, cattleman and member of Colorado’s second state legislature, operated the U.S. Land Office here ...

Harlingen Road Bridge

Over Fox Brook

Harlingen Village grew up around the Reformed Church beginning in the 1750s. It evolved into Montgomery Township's chief religious, civic, and business center. Harlingen Road, the village's main street, crossed Fox Brook in the Village as early as ...

Laurel Turpentine and Lumber Industry

The naval stores industry provided employment for workers leaving the plantation system following the Civil War. Some laborers were leased by private companies from state or county prisons. This leasing system brought about conditions of peonage to many workers. Following ...

William Bowen House

Circa 1787

Near Mansker’s Creek stands a rare example of Federal architecture built by Capt. William Bowen and Mary Henley Russell. Bowen, an early pioneer and Indian fighter had served in the French & Indian and Revolutionary wars before moving his ...

Global Vision

Bascom Hill Historic District

In 1961, more than 100 University of Wisconsin students and graduates applied to spend two years volunteering in some of the world's neediest countries as part of a new program known as the Peace Corps. Their participation ...

War Comes to Fredericksburg

“The General punishes most severely any [soldier] caught in the most trivial act. He says [we must] show the Southern People we will act with true Yankee Hospitality even to the worst treasonable communities.”

—Charles Scriber, 24th New York

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Morning of February 18, 1861

Abraham Lincoln

Near this spot on the morning of February 18, 1861 Abraham Lincoln addressed the citizens of Rochester.

Marker is at the intersection of Inner Loop and Mill Street, on the right when traveling west on Inner Loop.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Goodlettsville Cumberland Presbyterian Church

In 1843, Goodlettsville Cumberland Presbyterian Church was organized near Mansker Creek and was originally known as Mansker Creek Congregation. In January 1848, the church moved to the present location and burned in 1901. The present edifice was built in 1902. ...