Melvern Civil War Tribute

A tribute to those patriots who sleep in Southern graves uncoffined, unshrouded and unknown.

Marker is on NW Emporia Street 0.2 miles east of South California Road, on the left when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Perryville Battlefield

Perryville Battlefield

has been designated a

Registered National

Historic Landmark

Under the provisions of the

Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935

this site possesses exceptional value

in commemorating and illustrating

the history of the United States

U.S. Department of the Interior

National Park Service

1961

Marker is on Park Road, on ...

Bosque House

Built in 1795

by Bartholome Bosque, a native of Palma; father of Suzette Bosque, third wife of Louisiana’s first American governor

W.C.C. Claiborne

on this site stood the house of Don Bernardo de Galvez, Spanish Governor of Louisiana

1777-1785

Sold ...

Gribble-Hofheinz House

Constructed in 1896 as the summer home of prominent Houston businessman Risdon D. Gribble (1836-1907) and his wife Adelaide (8141-1926). This house was oriented toward the water to take advantage of bay breezes. Flamboyant Houston businessman and politician Roy M. ...

The First Inhabitants

Parris Island Pre-History The first inhabitants of Parris Island were American Indians. From about 6,000 BC to 500 AD, these stone age people traveled throughout the southeast staying along the coast for only part of the year. Starting around 500 ...

Abraham Lakin 2nd

Born Oct. 16, 1713 or 1722. Died Jan., 1796

Veteran of French and Indian War, early settler, head of family of Revolutionary patriots buried in the cemetery of homestead near here. At outset of the Revolution he and his sons Abraham, ...

Bay Ridge / Morgan's Point

The peninsula on Galveston Bay known as Morgan's Point was named for early landowner Colonel James Morgan. Later the area became a favorite summer retreat for wealthy Houston residents who sought refuge from the oppressive heat and humidity of the ...

From a Burying Ground to a Park

In 1774, St. George’s Parish purchased the land around you for a cemetery. Following the American Revolution and disestablishment of the Anglican Church in Virginia, the Fredericksburg government appropriated this land for a public burying ground. The western lot line ...

Crampton’s Pass Tablet C.P. 3

(September 14, 1862)

Upon the approach of the Sixth Corps, Army of the Potomac, from Jefferson, Col. T. T. Munford, Commanding Cavalry Brigade, prepared to dispute its advance through this Pass. Mahone’s Brigade, Lt. Col. Parham, Commanding, was put in position ...

Christiansburg Industrial Institute

In 1866, Captain Charles S. Schaeffer, a Freedmen's Bureau agent, organized a school for blacks on the hill just to the southeast. Charles L. Marshall of Tuskeegee Institute became principal of the school in 1896. Under his guidance and with ...