Great Divide

You are now on the great divide which seperates the two principal drainage areas of Wisconsin. Water falling to the north of this point finds its way into Lake Superior, then down through the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence ...

Charlestown Navy Yard

The Charleston Navy Yard was established in 1800 to build, repair, and supply the nation's warships. For 174 years the yard expanded and adapted to serve a growing, changing navy.

In early years, skilled workers build and repaired wooden sloops, ...

Farmers Hall

Built 1826-1828

Home of

Pendleton Farmers Society.

Organized 1815.

Within this hall

Thomas Green Clemson,

one of the Society's presidents,

first discussed with its members

the plans for the funding of

Clemson College

Marker is on North Mechanic Street (State Highway 28) near West Main Street, on the right when ...

Benjamin Britton Chandler (1854–1925)

Active in the Red Shirt campaign which resulted in General Wade Hampton’s election as SC governor, 1876, Chandler later served as Supervisor of Williamsburg County. He was twice elected to the SC House and was known as “an honest and ...

Randolph Street Church Of Christ

Organized as a Christian Church, this is the original congregation of what is now the Church of Christ in Huntsville. A gospel meeting was held in the Courthouse in 1883, conducted by James A. Harding, evangelist and founder of Harding ...

Dry Dock 1

Boston Nat’l Hist Pk

This stone and metal structure is Dry Dock 1, completed in 1833. As one of America’s first two granite dry docks, Dry Dock 1 made the repair of large naval ships faster, easier, and safer.

Returning warships to ...

Woodburn Plantation

Some 200 yards west of here stands Woodburn, built by S.C. Lieutenant Governor Charles Cotesworth Pinckney by 1832. Dr. John B. Adger, Presbyterian minister to Armenia, bought Woodburn in 1852; in 1881 Augustine T. Smythe began a model stock farm ...

Sowhatchee Elementary School

The school was established prior to 1879 and consolidated with Hilton School in 1925. It served as a Free Will Baptist Bible School for young ministers from 1930-1942. Reverend T. B. Mellette was the instructor and Reverend K. V. Shutes ...

Natural Wonders

Bascom Hill Historic District

Surrounded by the natural beauty of this campus, a student named John Muir developed a love of the outdoors that would touch not only his own life, but those of future generations. Muir left the University of ...

12th Pennsylvania Reserves

41st Infantry

(Front):12th Pennsylvania Reserves

41st Infantry

Mustered in May 30 - July 3, 1861 - Mustered out June 11, 1864

Recruited in Philadelphia, Wyoming, Bradford, Dauphin, Northampton,

Westmoreland, York, Indiana, Huntingdon, and Franklin Counties

Present at Gettysburg 26 officers and 294 men

Killed 1 man wounded ...