The British Perspective

Guilford Courthouse National Military Park

As a British soldier, you are far more disciplined and experienced in battle than the rag-tag militia. Here at Guilford Courthouse your troops are outnumbered by more than two to one, but hunger and exhaustion seem ...

Stuart and Mosby

Here on the evening of August 22, 1862, General J. E. B. Stuart raided General Pope’s headquarters. Unable to burn the railroad bridge because of a heavy thunderstorm, Stuart withdrew his troops as well as 300 Federal prisoners and Pope’s ...

Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum

The Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum opened in 1987 to preserve and interpret the history and legacy of Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown, Palmer Memorial Institute, and African American education in North Carolina. It is located on the former campus of the ...

The Golden Gate Bridge: Vision, Genius and Expert Care

"The Golden Gate!" Army explorer John Charles Fremont named the entrance to San Francisco Bay in 1846. His Majesty Emperor Joshua Abraham Norton decreed in 1869 that a bridge be built “…across the Golden Gate to Sausalito Ridge.” Work finally ...

The Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route

On this site French Troops under Le Comte De Rochambeau encamped August 29, 1781 en route to meeting Gen. George Washington and achieving their victory at Yorktown, American independence was assured there in Virginia by the defeat and surrender of ...

Kanab's All-Women Council and Mayor

1912 - 1914

Luelle Atkin McAllister

Councilwoman

Blanche Robinson Hamblin

Councilwoman

Mary E. Wooley Chamberlain

Mayor

Tamar Stewart Hamblin

Councilwoman

Ada Pratt Seegmiller

Councilwoman

Marker is on West Center Street (U.S. 89), on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The South: Confederate Leaders at Ball’s Bluff

Colonel Nathan George “Shanks” Evans

Nathan Evans was born in South Carolina in 1824. An 1848 West Point graduate, he was jokingly nicknamed “Shanks” by his classmates because he was knock-kneed. During the next decade he fought Indians with the 2nd ...

Timkin Building, 1894

Historic Building

Henry Timkin invented the roller bearing for the horse-drawn carriage, and was one of San Diego’s leading real estate investors. In 1894 he built this building at the cost of $7,200. It is most notable for the top brick ...

Expanding Battle

Guilford Courthouse National Military Park

This monument honors Maj. Joseph Winston and the Surry County rifleman who fought stubbornly beside William Campbell and “Light-Horse Harry” Lee. During the fierce struggle with British regiments, Lee’s Legion veered southeast of the American second ...

Frederick Charles Hans Bruno Poellnitz / Ragtown

Marker Front:

Born 1754 in Gotha, Germany, this former chamberlain to King Frederick the Great of Prussia came to America in 1782. Known as Baron Poellnitz, he lived in New York City nearly 8 years before moving 4 mi. W of ...