Bernhard Warkentin

This Victorian house was built for Bernhard and Wilhelmina Warkentin in 1886-87. Bernhard was born in 1847 in the Mennonite village of Altonau, Ukraine. His father was a prominent miller. In 1872 he came to the U.S. to find new ...

Crenshaw's Battery

Charles L. Crenshaw, Jr 1921-2002

This authentic 12-pound brass Napoleon, a favorite of the Confederate artillery, was constructed by Charles Crenshaw Jr. Gharlie co-founded the "Southern Guns of Thunder" and for years built and fired cannons to lend a thunderous salute ...

First Baptist Church of Alpharetta

circa 1905

In 1903, a group of women who met weekly for prayer and Bible study began collecting offerings. From those collections, the women purchased a sixty by one hundred foot lot and began construction of the First Baptist Church. The ...

Suber's Mill

Four generations of the Suber family have owned and operated a waterpowered grist mill on Princess Creek, a branch of the Enoree River, since shortly after the Civil War. James A. Suber (1826-1923) ran a sawmill and whiskey still a ...

The Chippewa Bay Area

Historic New York

This area was settled early in the 1800's by immigrants from Scotland. They were encouraged to come here by agents of George Parish, a large landholder in the North Country. These conscientious farmers and tradesmen came up ...

Buford Pusser Memorial Park

"In Memory of a Man Who Walked Tall"

Personal History

Buford Hayes Pusser was born near Finger, Tennessee on December 12, 1937. His early education consisted of elementary schools in this area and graduation from Adamsville High School in 1956. About a ...

Billy Green Monument

[Text on West Side of Monument]:

In Memory Of

Billy Green

"The Scout"

Who led British troops

in surprise night

attack winning decisive

Battle of Stoney Creek.

Born Feb. 4, 1794

Died Mar. 15, 1877

[Text on North Side of Monument]:

In Memory Of

Isaac Corman

Who gave the password

to Billy Green who ...

Elizabeth City State University

Founded in 1891 as Negro normal school. Four-year college after 1939. Became university in 1969.

Marker is at the intersection of Herrington Road and Hoffler Street, on the right when traveling north on Herrington Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Elizabeth City Confederate Monument

Our Heroes

1861 1865

To our

Confederate Dead.

Erected by

The D.H. Hill Chapter

United Daughters

of the Confederacy

Elizabeth City

North Carolina,

May 10th, 1911.

Marker is on East Main Street east of North Elliot Street, on the left when traveling east.

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Battle of Elizabeth City

“Dash at the Enemy”

After Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside captured Roanoke Island on February 8, 1862, he dispatched Commander Stephen C. Rowan to destroy the Mosquito Fleet, which had been annoying U.S. naval vessels. Confederate Commodore William F. Lynch’s fleet ...