River That Flows Both Ways

The river before you is in no hurry to reach the Atlantic Ocean. The Native Americans knew that. They called it Muhheakantuck—“river that flows both ways.”

The Hudson’s current changes direction four times every day as ocean tides pulse upriver to ...

Captain Gordon C. Greene / Captain Mary Becker Greene

Captain Gordon C. Greene, a veteran riverman, was born in Newport, Ohio, on September 8, 1862. In 1890 he started the “Greene Line” with the “Henry K. Bedford,” a small shallow draft steamer: he owned twenty-five packets in his lifetime. ...

Thomas Joab Mauldin

In Memoriam

Thomas Jacob Mauldin

1870-1931

First Judge 18th Judicial

Circuit of S.C. 1914-1981.

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Staunton Bridge Action

The railroad bridge over Staunton River, nine miles west, was held by a body of Confederate reserves and citizens from Halifax, Charlotte and Mecklenburg counties against Union cavalry raiding to destroy railroads, June 25, 1864. When the Unionists attempted to ...

Lebanon Christian Church

Founded March 31, 1864 by evangelist Moses Park. William Terry Kirby, Sr. and Nancy T. Greer Kirby donated four acres of land adjacent to their home for the church site. Services were first conducted at a brush arbor on the ...

Sound Beach Railroad Station

Built 1892, moved to this location 1895. Renamed Old Greenwich Railroad Station 1931. Has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.

Marker can be reached from Sound Beach Avenue.

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Hotel De Vilbiss

John De Vilbiss crossed the plains in 1865 and by 1869 had settled in Yolo County. He began construction of this hotel in the fall of 1889 and when it was completed, at a cost of $51,000 including furnishings, was ...

Columbia

In 1726 Quaker John Wright built a log house in an area first granted to George Beale by William Penn 25 years earlier. Wright established a ferry at this natural crossing point on the Susquehanna in 1730. Originally known as ...

493rd Bomb Group (H)

8th Air Force

The 493rd Bomb Group (H)

Honors

Those who served and those who died

Debach England

1944 – 1945

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Boydton Presbyterian Church

The Presbyterian Meeting House was built

around 1820 on land owned by Alexander Boyd the

Younger of Boydton, Virginia. In 1824 the church

property was deeded to the church elders for

the sum of one dollar. In times of need, the

Presbyterians have shared their ...