Battle of Middleburg

August 30, 1862

Ordered to raid Federal supply lines in West Tennessee, Confederate General Frank C. Armstrong rode north from Holly Springs, Mississippi in August 1862, with a large force of cavalry. Near this spot on August 30, Armstrong engaged a ...

Jefferson County World War II Memorial

In honor and memory

of the men and women

of Jefferson County

who served their country

in World War II

• 1701 served • 31 died •

Marker is at the intersection of E Washington Street (U.S. 340 Bus) and N George Street, on the right ...

Confederate Soldiers of Jefferson County

1861 - 1865

In honor and memory

of the Confederate soldiers of

Jefferson County, who served in the

War Between the States.

Marker is at the intersection of E Washington Street (U.S. 340 Bus) and N George Street, on the right when traveling west on ...

Commissioners Appointed to Locate the Town of Pickens

July 27, 1868

James H. Ambler

Reese Bowen

W.T. Fields

J.E. Hagood

James Lewis

T.R. Price

Marker is at the intersection of East Main Street (U.S. 178) and Pendleton Street (U.S. 178) on East Main Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

"Oakhurst" Golf Club

Site of the first organized golf club in United States. It was formed, 1884, on the "Oakhurst estate of owner, Russell W. Montague, a New Englander and Scotchmen" George Grant, Alexander m. and Roderick McLeod and Lionel Torrin.

Marker is on ...

Elihu Griffin

In Honor

of

Elihu Griffin

1801-1874.

Pioneer citizen and builder,

who donated lands upon

which to establish the county

seat of the new county

of Pickens, including the site

of the court house and

park.

Marker is on East Main Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Fort Collier

“I never saw such a sight”

Confederate troops constructed Fort Collier in 1861 after the evacuation of Harpers Ferry. The earthworks, which surrounded the Benjamin Stine house here, commanded the approach to Winchester on the Martinsburg and Winchester Turnpike. The fort ...

Griffith Stadium

"Lift Every Voice"

“I used to come home every night, get a quarter from my mother, run to Griffith Stadium, and sit in the bleachers,” Abe Pollin once said. “I would look out at these good seats and say, ‘Some ...

Town of Kenbridge

Kenbridge was settled during the late nineteenth century as a farming community. It was originally named Tinkling for a post office that was established here in Feb. 1890. The Virginia Railway laid its track through the community by 1907 and ...

Unknown Union Soldiers of the Irish Brigade

Here lie the partial remains of four unknown Union soldiers of the Irish Brigade, killed September 17, 1862, during the Battle of Antietam, while assaulting the Confederate positions in “Bloody Lane.” After the war, portions of their bodies were removed ...