Battle of Hunt's Bluff / Old River Road

Marker Front:

On July 25, 1780, a convoy of British boats en route from Cheraw to Georgetown was captured here by local Patriots. Wooden logs resembling cannon were mounted on this bluff. When boats appeared, Captain Tristram Thomas demanded unconditional surrender. ...

Asbury Church

Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church, South was built 1893–1894 on land donated by Newton and Annie Allen Sayers of Massadale Farm. Methodist circuit riders stopped regularly at this farm to administer to

the spiritual needs of their followers in the neighborhood before ...

Windber War Memorial

Remembrance

This hallowed shrine is dedicated in memory of our valiant heroes of all wars

In honor of those who died and to those who were willing to die

That this nation under God shall preserve our heritage and guard the faith of ...

Elizabeth Blackwell, M.D.

Dr. Blackwell was the first woman awarded a medical degree in the United States.

She began privately her medical studies in Asheville in 1845 under Dr. John Dickson, for whom she taught music at Dickson private school for girls. The school ...

Windber Strike of 1922-23

Windber-area Berwind White workers joined a national strike by United Mine Workers of America in April 1922 for improved wages and working conditions, civil liberties, and recognition. The strike lasted 16 months; families of strikers were evicted from company housing. ...

Winfield, Alabama

Earliest visitors to the region now know as Winfield were bands of Chickasaw Indians who frequented this area as a hunting ground. The abundant wildlife of the Appalachian foothills made this area attractive to early hunters. After the Chickasaw Indians ...

Liberty-Salem-Woodstock-Philomath

This ancient Church has served under four names and in four counties. Liberty Presbyterian Church was organized by the Rev. Daniel Thatcher, about 1788. The original place of worship, a log house, was erected near War Hill, about seven miles ...

Battle of Resaca

May 13, 1864. The 15th and the 16th A.C. (US) deployed astride road on ridges W. of those next to and this side of Camp Creek, where Polk's Corps (CS) was posted.

May 14: The 15th and the 16th A.C. drove ...

Wray Building

Wray Building

39 North 6th Street

Has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

circa 1921

Marker is on North 6th Street south of Jones Avenue (Main Street), on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Battle of Resaca

May 14, 1864

A portion of Hood's A. C. (CS), thrust forward to hold ridge in fork of cr. was driven back to hills this side of the valley & N. of the road.

Cox's ( 3d ) Div., 23d A. C. ...