Unearthing Florida:U.S.S. Massachusetts

The USS Massachusetts rests silently beneath 26 feet of water in the Gulf of Mexico south of Pensacola- but unlike many shipwrecks she was put there on purpose.

At one time Massachusetts was a marvel of modern engineering. First launched in ...

Unearthing Florida: Urca de Lima

In 1715, a Spanish fleet of 11 ships sailing from Cuba was struck by a hurricane off the coast of Fort Pierce, Florida. Only one was spared-the Urca de Lima.

The other ships in the fleet broke apart in the storm, ...

Colonel Arthur Campbell

Grave of Colonel Arthur Campbell (1743-1811). Statesman, revolutionary soldier, justice, legislator, county lieutenant. Sons, James and John killed in War of 1812.

Marker is at the intersection of North 24th Street and Gloucester Avenue, on the right when traveling north on ...

Hartwell Lake

Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, Savannah District

Project Data

The Hartwell Project, second in a series of multi-purpose projects planned for the Savannah River Basin, was constructed between October 1955 and December 1963 at a cost of about $90,000,000. The concrete dam ...

Lincoln's Carthage Speech

Abraham Lincoln defended himself against political attacks during much of the speech he delivered here on the courthouse grounds on October 22, 1858. Stephen A. Douglas, who had spoken here eleven days earlier, had accused Lincoln of being too cozy ...

Historic Carthage Jail

Alexander Sympson knew Lincoln when they were small boys in Kentucky. Like Lincoln, he moved to Illinois in the 1830's, and arrived in Carthage in early 1844, just as contention with the Mormons was peaking. In 1858 Sympson was the ...

Martin Henderson Harris

Sept. 29, 1820 - Feb. 14, 1889

Outstanding pioneer, Harrisville's first permanent settler, first school teacher, first presiding Elder, nephew of Martin Harris, Book of Mormon witness. Missionary to Salmon River and Eastern States. County Road Commissioner, surveyed road through North ...

Hartwood

Formerly Called Trotters

Hartwood, Formerly called "Trotters" from a tannery on this site. Renamed by an early settler, Clowes,in honor of his wife's father, Reverend Hart.

Marker is on County Route 48 just east of Cold Spring Road, on the ...

Unearthing Florida: St. Augustine

While we know that St. Augustine is America’s oldest city, traces of the very first settlement there have only recently been discovered.

In 1565, Spaniard Pedro Menendez landed in St. Augustine with 800 people. He hastily moved into a Timucua ...

Unearthing Florida- Blockade Runners

Confederate vessels that slipped cargo past U.S. naval ships blocking Florida’s seaports were called blockade runners. They faced a constant threat of capture or destruction.

Two such vessels, discovered in the Hillsborough River near Tampa, highlight the risks these smugglers ...