G. W. Franklin

1865-1928 G. W. Franklin was born in Quitman, Georgia. He operated four businesses: blacksmithing, a hack line, a wood and coal yard, and an undertaking establishment. In 1894 Franklin moved his undertaking business to Chattanooga. He was a member of ...

John G. Matthews

Tennessee native John Giles Matthews came to Texas with his parents in 1839 and settled in the new town of Austin. A Ranger for the Republic of Texas, Matthews served in the Mexican War and the Civil War before moving ...

"this day being...the 4th of July"

The U.S. Army expedition led by Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark camped in this vicinity on July 4, 1804. In honor of the nation's 28th birthday, expedition members fired the swivel cannon on the bow of their keelboat once ...

Home of Governor L.G. Hardman

(1856-1937)

Lamartine Griffin Hardman was governor of Georgia from 1927 to 1931. A physician, businessman, manufacturer, and farmer, Hardman served in the Georgia house and senate before becoming governor. In the state legislature, Hardman sponsored legislation that created the State Board ...

Pine Grove Cemetery G.A.R. Memorial

G.A.R.

Marker can be reached from Grand Avenue (Business U.S. 51) near Bernard Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Governor Tommy G. Thompson's 1998 Address At Wisconsin's First C

On January 14, 1998, Governor Tommy G. Thompson addressed the Wisconsin Assembly at Wisconsin's First Territorial Capitol in Belmont in honor of the Sesquicentennial of Statehood. Serving more terms than any other governor in the history of Wisconsin, Governor Thompson ...

Marion G. Crandell

1872-1918

Marion Crandell was the first American woman to die in the war zone during World War I. She was born in Cedar Rapids, but spent several years in France, where she attended the Sorbonne University. In 1916 she came to ...

John G. Matthews House

After coming to Texas with his parents in 1840, John G. Matthews (1824-1903) joined a Ranger company and fought in the Mexican War (1846-48). He married Nancy Leanorah Carothers (1838-93) and in 1872 built this hand-hewn native limestone house, which ...

Brig. Gen. Adley H. Gladden

Mortuary Monument

C.S.

Brig. Gen. Adley Gladden.

Commanding

1st Brigade,

2d Div., Bragg's Corps,

Army of the Mississippi.

Was mortally wounded here

at 8:45 a.m., April 6, 1862.

Died at Corinth, Miss.,

April 11, 1862.

Marker is on Gladden Road, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Amon G. Carter

Born in Wise County, Texas, on December 11, 1879, Amon Giles Carter left home at an early age and worked at a variety of odd jobs around the country before his arrival in Fort Worth in 1905. Carter became the ...