Jasper Spring

On this spot, according to long and persistent tradition, occurred one of Sergeant William Jasper's most famous exploits during the American Revolution. Here, in 1779, at the spring then located along the road to Augusta. Sergeant Jasper and Sergeant John ...

Floyd County World Peace Honor Roll

In honored memory of Floyd County

Servicemen who sacrificed their

lives for World Peace

SGT. Christopher K. Hilgert U.S. Army

• Aug. 8, 1993 • Somalia

SGT. Steven P. Mennemeyer US. Army

• Aug. 8, 2006 • Iraq

Dedicated by: Hobart ...

"The History of the World is the Biography of Great Men"

Carlyle

Hon. Daniel A. Haynes

Educator, Judge of the Superior Court

By Nature and Training a Most Able Jurist

Hon Alvin W. Kumler

A Brilliant Lawyer

An Honest Courageous Judge

Daniel C. Cooper

Platted Dayton 1801

Gave Land for Parks and Public Buildings

A Builder and Official Whose Vision Made ...

Marble Falls School Building

Adam R. Johnson donated land at this site for construction of the present two-story granite building. Completed in 1891, it originally housed the Marble Falls Alliance University. Near Backbone Creek, east of this main building, a wooden boarding house was ...

Floyd County American Revolution War Memorial

Dedicated to the

Soldiers and Patriots

of the

American Revolution

[ Obverse Side ]

Piankeshaw Chapter, NSDAR

Erected on their 100th Anniversary

1898 — 1998

Marker is on East Market Street east of East 10th Street, on the right when traveling east.

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The Schuyler House

“. . . we passed Hudson’s river, and encamped in the plains of Saratoga, at which place there is a handsome and commodious dwelling-house . . .”, so wrote an officer of British General John Burgoyne’s invading army in September, ...

Paul Laurence Dunbar

1872 - 1906

Paul Laurence Dunbar, born on Howard Street in Dayton, was the first African American to be accepted into the discipline of American literature. The son of a fugitive slave, Paul was an eloquent poet, short story writer, and ...

Fort Miller

On the opposite side

of the river

Fort Miller

built during

French and Indian War.

Marker is at the intersection of Lakes to Locks Passage (U.S. 4) and Fort Miller Road, on the right when traveling south on Lakes to Locks Passage.

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Cavalry Action at Cold Harbor

On 31 May 1864, Brig. Gen. Wesley Merritt’s Union cavalry brigade, operating under Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, advanced along this road and through these fields. Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee’s Confederate horsemen fought a fluid defensive battle, gradually withdrawing to ...

Marble Falls Factory Site

The potential of water power on the Colorado River led town developer Gen. Adam R. Johnson and Farmers Alliance members to build a cotton mill on this site in the 1890s. The two-story stone factory, 300 ft. long and 100 ...