Crossing Little Sailor's Creek

The Federal Army's Attack, 6:00 p.m. April 6, 1865

"We found a stream of muddy water a dozen feet wide..."

“The colonel’s clear voice sounded ‘ATTENTION’....Descending the hill; ‘Prepare to cross a marsh!’ was passed along the line....Three or four minutes later ...

First Dawn To Dusk Flight Across America

Colonel Russell L Maughan of Logan, Utah, made the first daylight flight across the continent on June 23, 1924. Flying solo in a Curtis PW-8 pursuit aircraft, Maughan, then a Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Service, left Mitchell Field, New ...

Waycross Confederate Monument

(South face)

1861 - 1865

[Crossed flags]

Confederate

Dead

(East face)

The impartial enlightened

verdict of mankind will

vindicate the rectitude

of our conduct,

and he who knows the

hearts of men, will judge

the sincerity with which

we labored to preserve

the government of our

fathers in its spirit

Jefferson Davis. ...

Braddock’s Crossing

Below this hill, about midday on July 9, 1755, a British army of 1300 made its second crossing of the river and advanced to drive the French from Fort Duquesne. A few hours later, with General Braddock mortally wounded and ...

Draughon Cross Roads

Named for George and Hardy Draughon, brothers who came from Edgecombe County about 1795, and purchased land joining both roads. George lived near this spot. Later he moved to 9/10 mile beyond Beamon’s Cross Roads, Hwy. No. 421, died and ...

Cross Creek

Colonial village and trading center, merged in 1778 with town of Campbelton and in 1783 renamed Fayetteville.

Marker is at the intersection of Bow Street and Person Street, on the left when traveling north on Bow Street.

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Church of the Holy Cross

The National Register

of Historic Places

South Carolina

Department of Archives

And History

Church Of The

Holy Cross

Marker is on North Kings Highway (South Carolina Route 261), on the right when traveling north.

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LaCrosse, Florida

The LaCrosse area was settled before the Civil War. Cotton was the chief crop. John Eli Futch was a cotton buyer who built a warehouse for cotton, a store to serve the growers, and his home near the store. This ...

Deschutes River Crossing

The Oregon Trail crossed the hazardous Deschutes River at this point by floating the prairie schooners and swimming the livestock. An island at the river mouth was often utilized when the water was high and the ford dangerous. Pioneer women ...

Lake's Crossing

First settlement in this area was a toll station & bridge constructed on this site in 1859-60 by E.W. Fuller. It was later known as Lake’s Crossing after Myron C. Lake purchased this property in 1863. Lake’s land gift to ...