Nathan Bedford Forrest III, Airman

(obverse)

Brigadier General N.B. Forrest, III, U.S. Army Air Force, was born in Memphis on April 7, 1905 and was the was the first American General Officer killed in combat against the nazis during World War II. He died while participating ...

The Henry Haus Blacksmith and Wagonmaker Shop

1897-1950

Henry Haus, a native of Switzerland, came to Pope Valley in 1889 at the age of 16. He opened his blacksmith shop in the adjacent wooden structure in 1897, caring for the needs of this valley until 1950.

In 1899 he ...

Hartwood Presbyterian Church

The Writing on the Wall

This is Hartwood Presbyterian Church, which Federal troops occupied during the Civil War. They removed and burned all the woodwork, leaving only the bare plaster walls. On November 24, 1862, Capt. George Johnson, 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry, ...

About the Navajo Code Talkers

About the Navajo Code Talkers

During World War II the Japanese possessed the ability to break almost any American military code. Over 400 Navajos, with 29 being the original Navajo Code Talkers, stepped forward and developed the most significant and successful ...

Camp Site of Boston-Newton Party

On this site the Boston-Newton Joint Stock Association encamped on September 26, 1849. The company left Boston April 16 and arrived at Sutter’s Fort September 27. After a remarkable journey across the continent a rich store of written records preserved ...

Margaret Cochran Corbin

1751 - 1800

During the British-Hessian attack on Fort Washington 16 November 1776 Margaret Corbin was wounded when she filled the post of her husband John who was killed while loading artillery. The first woman to fight as a soldier in ...

Poague's Battalion

Pender's Division - Hill's Corps

C.S.A.

Army of Northern Virginia

Hill's Corps Pender's Division

Poague's Battalion

Ward's, Brooke's, Wyatt's and Graham's

Batteries

Seven Napoleons, Six 12 pounder Howitzers

One 10 Pounder Parrott, Two 3 inch Rifles

July 2 Late in the evening ten of the guns were placed in ...

Shabbona

In the early 1800's Shabbona was a principal chief of the Ottowa, Potawatomi, and Chippewa group of tribes which banded together to form "The Three Fires." Shabbona camped briefly in a large grove one-half mile south of here. He fought ...

Big Basin

This marker stands within a geologic feature known as the Big Basin, which is a sinkhole or "sink" about a mile in diameter and more than a hundred feet deep. Although it has the appearance of a valley, it is ...

Albemarle County / Greene County

Albemarle County. Albemarle County was formed in 1744 from Goochland County and named for William Anne Keppel, the second Earl of Albemarle, titular governor of Virginia from 1747 to 1754. A portion of Louisa County was later added to Albemarle ...