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Battery A, 1st Ohio Light Artillery

McCook's Division

(Front):Ohio

Battery A

1st Light Artillery

commanded by

Capt. W.F. Goodspeed

McCook's (2d) Division

Army of the Ohio

(Back):

This battery arrived on the field about 2 p.m. April 7, 1862 too late to be engaged.

Marker is on Pittsburg Landing Road, on the right when traveling west. ...

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Felton Covered Bridge

Built in 1892-93 and believed to be the tallest covered bridge in the country, it stood as the only entry to Felton for 45 years. In 1937 it was retired from active service to become a pedestrian bridge and figured ...

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Branciforte

These school grounds were the center of Villa de Branciforte founded in 1797 by Governor Diego de Borica of California on orders from Spain through Viceroy Branciforte in Mexico. The settlement existed as political entity until American occupancy of California. ...

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William Bartram Trail

Traced 1773-1777

In 1774 William Bartram came to Frederica. He explored St. Simons Island and noted the flora and beautiful live oaks.

Marker is on Mimosa Dr, on the left when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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The Beehive Brick Kiln

From the turn of the century until the late 1960’s nine kilns on this site were operated by inmates of the Lorton correctional facility.

The bricks stacked inside this kiln are ready to be baked. For 4 to 5 days coal ...

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Studebaker Home

Built ca. 1790 by David Studebaker, carpenter, farmer, and minister. He was related to the family that later built wagons and automobiles. The house is privately maintained as a museum.

Marker is at the intersection of West King Street (State Highway ...

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Buckingham County / Nelson County

(Buckingham County side):

Buckingham County was formed from Albemarle County in 1761. The county seat is Buckingham, originally known as Maysville. In 1822 a courthouse, Virginia's first temple-form porticoed courthouse, was constructed there based on Thomas Jefferson's plans. The courthouse burned ...

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Colonel William Barrett Travis

In Memoriam

This Cemetery and This Avenue Named for

Colonel William Barrett Travis.

The brick for these walls are

from chimneys of home of

Colonel James Butler Bonham

The brick came originally from England

and the chimneys were built over

150 years ago.

Travis & Bonham both were from ...

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Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's Southern Cavalry

Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's southern cavalry numbering about 6000 men arrived in Dillsburg July 1, 1863 by Dover and Rossville. Local stores and the U.S. Post Office were vandalized before proceeded to Carlisle where orders were received for them to rejoin ...

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The Queenston Baptist Church

By 1808 the Rev. Elkanah Holmes, a missionary from the United States, had organized the first Baptist congregation in Queenston. Following the war of 1812 the congregation declined, was reorganized in 1831 and between 1842 and 1845 erected the rough-cut ...

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