Darien Waterfront

Throughout the 19th century sailing ships

docked at wharves along this waterfront

on either side of the present bridge to load

with plantation goods. Primarily rice and

sea island cotton, lumber and naval stores.

This activity made Darien one of the leading

seaports on the sourthern ...

Confederate Line

5 P.M. May 19, 1864

The three corps of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston’s Army [CS] were withdrawn from N. & W. of Cassville to this ridge, E. & S. of the town.

Hardee was posted astride the R.R. near Cass Station ...

The Reverend John Roads (Rhodes)

Died 1764. A Pioneer and Christian father, who with his wife and six of his thirteen children, was a victim of the last Indian massacre in Page County.

Marker is on U.S. 211 west of U.S. Route 340 South turnoff, on ...

Fort Darien

Fort Darien, laid out by General James Edward Oglethorpe in 1736, was built on this first high bluff of the Altamaha river to protect the new town of Darien. It was a large fortification, with two bastions and 2 half ...

The Blast Furnaces

These four stone stacks, built between 1841 and 1854, are the remnants of the Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company blast furnaces. The area in front was the casting floor. The molten iron was run into sand channels formed in the ...

49th Georgia Infantry

Second Battle of Manassas

August 29, 1862

3:00 p.m.

Thomas’ Brigade, A.P. Hill’s Division

Left Wing (Jackson)

Army of Northern Virginia, CSA

49th Georgia Infantry

Lt. Col. S. M. Manning

“The enemy made a dash at our brigade, about 1500 strong, and broke our lines. It was a ...

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Shops

In 1907 William Truesdale, president of the DL&W, hired architect Frank J. Niles of New Jersey to replace the original locomotive shops. Niles designed four new structures: A five story pattern shop, a foundry, a blacksmith shop, and a locomotive ...

Old Clove Church

1787

The Dutch Reformed

Church of New Brunswick

granted men of this

community permission

in 1787 to establish a

congregation here.

In 1817 this small

group affiliated with

three other churches

and became the First

Presbyterian Church

of Wantage.

Second Plaque:

The Old Clove Church

Erected 1829

Was placed on the State

and National Registers of

Historic Places ...

Little Hunting Creek

The Washington family land south of here, named Mount Vernon in the 1740s, was part of a grant made in 1677 by the Northern Neck proprietors to Col. Nicholas Spencer and Lt. Col. John Washington. George Washington’s great-grandfather. John Washington’s ...

Fort Yuma

Originally called Camp Calhoun, the site was first used as a U.S. Military Post in 1849. A fire destroyed the original buildings. By 1855 the barracks had been rebuilt. Called Camp Yuma in 1852 it became Fort Yuma after reconstruction. ...