Confederate Monument

The Confederate Monument was erected on November 13, 1907 and dedicated May 2, 1908 by the Jasper Chapter No. 925 United Daughters of the Confederacy under the leadership of Elizabeth Cain Musgrove to honor the 1900 soldiers who served from ...

Arizona's Pioneer Women

Before 1875 hundreds of heroic women came to Arizona from the East and South. From this group came Arizona's first schoolteachers and the publisher of the first newspaper.

In 1876 a group of pioneer women and their families came from the ...

Historic Lakeview Cemetery

This cemetery is owned by St. John Baptist Church in Edgewater and operated by Scott-McPherson Funeral Home, Inc. US Steel Corporation previously owned the area and it is historically associated with the Edgewater Mining Camp community established for the workers ...

New Life For Dorchester Academy 1932-1940

Dorchester Academy

J. Roosevelt Jenkins, who was Dorchester

Academy's assistant principal, science

teacher and athletic director, replaced

Elizabeth Moore as principal after her death

in 1932. He continued to strengthen the

school's curriculum and the thriving

athletic programs. During his administration,

Dorchester Academy was in its academic

prime. In ...

24 Star Flag

(1822 - 1836)

This flag was created when Missouri was added to the Union. It was the first flag to be called “Old Glory” and to be recognized by the Army.

Marker is on Whitewoman Drive, on the left when traveling north. ...

Winder's Most Historical Site

For years inestimable the CREEK INDIAN VILLAGE of SNODON stood here.

In 1793 ALONZO DRAPER, HOMER JACKSON and HERMAN SCUPEEN and their families became the first white people to establish homes in SNODON. This same year SNODON became JUG TAVERN.

In 1862, ...

The Joiner Family

The distinguished Joiner family lived here in an imposing mansion, demolished in 1970.

James H. Joiner: Pioneer in Talladega's progress while publisher, 1844-73, of one of Alabama's most influential newspapers - The Democratic Watchtower.

George A. Joiner (son): Confederate naval ...

James Taylor House (Reconstructed) - 1971

James Taylor, owner of a Coshocton woolen mill, built a house and possibly the fruit cellar on this lot in 1826. Taylor moved to California in 1840. Subsequent owners include David Frew, a miller, farmer, and a postmaster, and Daniel ...

Dr. Maro Johnson's Office - 1842

In 1842, Maro Johnson purchased a portion of lot #2. The deed read that Johnson had to have the property paid for and a respectable building erected on it within one year. Those terms were met. The building became Dr. ...

James LeRetilley Building - 1847

James LeRetilley Sr. purchased the building in 1849, a year before his death. In 1825, he moved to Caldersburgh from Muskingum County and opened a general store. He was the first postmaster in Caldersburgh (1826). After the canal opened, LeRetilley ...