McPherson's Divergent Line of March

July 17, 1864. At this road-fork (near old Providence Church), the 16th A.C. of the Army of the Tenn. (US), enroute from Roswell to Decatur, moved by the west fork towards Nancy's Creek where it camped near old Cross Keys.

The ...

The Village of South Gabriel

The South Gabriel Post Office opened in Postmaster Thomas Lewiston's mercantile store on Sept. 29, 1871. The village, named for the South San Gabriel River, was also called Lewiston.

Located on the Austin-Burnet Road, the hamlet soon had two stores, a ...

General Washington

was given a public

reception here on his

journey from West Point

to Kingston, Nov. 16, 1782.

Marker is at the intersection of Hurley Avenue (County Route 28) and Zandhoek Road, on the left when traveling south on Hurley Avenue.

Crowell Bank

Baxter Springs Historic Walking Tour

The first bank in Baxter Springs was the Bank of Baxter also called the Crowell Bank. It was established in 1870 and did business in this building. H. R. Crowell, the founder, was the second mayor ...

Fort George

• • 1759 • •

In the State Park to the left

are the ruins of old Fort George.

About here in 1755 the French

under Baron Dieskau were defeated

by the British Colonials under

Sir William Johnson.

Marker is ...

William "Billy" Strayhorn

(1915-1967)

Jazz composer and arranger. Collaborator with Duke Ellington. Billy Strayhorn's "Take the A Train" became the Ellington orchestra's theme song. A graduate of Westinghouse High School, Strayhorn had his musical talents nurtured here.

Marker is on North Murtland Street 0 miles ...

The Great Steel Strike of 1919

In the largest work stoppage to that date, over 350,000 U.S. workers went off the job. Rev. Adalbert Kazincy, pastor of St. Michael's here, championed the strikers and provided the church as a meeting place. The strike failed after 15 ...

John De La Howe School Lethe Farm Trail

Lethe Farm was a colonial and early federal period plantation owned by Dr. John de la Howe, founder of John de la Howe School. The farm was operated from about 1770 until 1806.

An archeological survey and limited test excavations were ...

Darby Plantation

The old Marietta Rd. joined the Sandtown Rd. here -- 1864.

June 17-19. Geary’s (2d) Div., 20th A.C., supporting 13th N.Y. & Pa. E batteries, were N. of rd. & Cox’s (3d) Div. 23d. A.C., supporting 1st Ohio Bat. D. [US] ...

Mud Creek Line

Hardee’s intrenched line [CS] crossed the road at this point -- position held June 17-19, 1864 by Cleburne’s Division [CS] after withdrawal of Johnston’s left flank from Gilgal Church.

A sharp artillery duel & severe rain marked the 48 hours here ...