Shadwell, Birthplace of Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson—author of the Declaration of Independence, third president of the United States, and founder of the University of Virginia—was born near this site on 13 April 1743. His father, Peter Jefferson (1708–1757), a surveyor, planter, and officeholder, began acquiring ...

Sunshine & Dorothy Morton House

Brierfield Iron Works Historical State Park

Originally located off Patton Chapel Road in what is today Hoover, Alabama, the Sunshine and Dorothy Morton house was moved to the Brierfield Park in March 2005 by the Morton family and restored over ...

Number 736

Pacific Type Passenger Engine

· Built in 1913 by American Locomotive Co.

· Original cost was $24,587.00

· Wt. of engine and tender 493,570 lbs.

· Tractive effort 36,833 lbs.

· Capacity 12,000 gals. of water and

17 1/2 tons ...

Kells Union Workhouse Paupers' Graveyard

Erected

to the memory of the poor

interred here

during the operation

of the

English Poor Law System.

1838 - 1921.

R. I. P.

In the immediate aftermath

of the Great ‘Famine’, this mass

burial place was opened in 1851 for

the poor people of the Kells District.

Their memory challenges us ...

Spire of Loyd

Kells Heritage Trail

The tower, a mock lighthouse, was erected in 1791 by the First Earl of Bective in memory of his father Sir Thomas Taylor. The architect was Henry Baker who completed the design of the Kings Inns in Dublin ...

Mariposa County Court House

Erected 1854

In Continuous Use Since Erection

This marker placed

by

Yosemite Parlor No. 24. N.S.G.W.

Merced

April 21, 1929

Dedicated to the memory

of

the Mariposa Pioneers

Marker is on Bullion Street south of 10th Street, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Rutledge

On the occasion of its Bicentennial, Morgan County placed this marker here to commemorate the community of

Rutledge

In the 1840s, the heirs of Hezekiah Rutledge deeded right-of-way to the Georgia Railroad. The farm came to be referred to as "Rutledge Place” ...

Lebanon Church

This United Methodist Church was originally located about 1¼ miles east and named the Grove. It was visited by Bishop Francis Asbury in 1790 and 1800. Relocated about ½ mile SW of here after the land was obtained 1832. Present ...

Searchlight

Gold was discovered near here in 1897. In July 1898, the Searchlight Mining District was organized and in October the post office opened. The boom peaked in 1907 and quickly faded along with the town. But the town never died, ...

The Battles for Atlanta

Between July and Sept. 1864, during the American Civil War, U.S. and Confederate armies struggled for control of Atlanta, the major manufacturing center and railroad hub of the Deep South. Four inconclusive battles occurred inside the present day I-285 Perimeter: ...