Oxmoor Iron Furnaces

1863 - 1928

First blast furnace in Jefferson County erected near this site (1863) by Red Mountain Coal and Iron Co. Destroyed (1865) by Federal troops: rebuilt (1873) and second furnace added. Successful experimental run made in Furnace No. 2 (1876) ...

Home of Moses Laird

Guide to

General George Washington

before the Battle of Monmouth

and host to the General

on the night of June 29, 1778

the days following the battle

Placed by

Francis Hopkinson Chapter

Daughters of the American Revolution

1970

Marker is at the intersection of N Main Street (County Route 527) ...

Captain Ted Conaway Memorial Naval Cemetery 1838-1986

This cemetery was developed on its present site. Several gravestones were moved from an earlier location outside the hospital reservation. It was named after Captain Conaway who served 40 years in the Navy, holding every rate and rank from seaman ...

Battery I, First Regiment New York Light Artillery

2nd Division

(Front):Battery I, First Regiment N.Y. Light

Artillery

Capt. M. Wiedrich, Commanding

2nd. Division 11th. Corps,

July 1st. 2nd. & 3rd. 1863.

(Back):Casualties,

3 killed, 10 wounded.

Marker is on Baltimore Pike (State Highway 97), on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Whittier Cotton Mill and Village

Whittier Cotton Mills of Lowell, Massachusetts opened a new Atlanta factory on this site in 1896. Development of the mill complex included the construction of Whittier Mill Village, a mill-centered residential community for workers and their families, where a physician ...

Columbus - A Town Transformed

The view from these 180-foot bluffs has changed significantly in the last several centuries. The Mississippi River has shifted course. Portions of the bluff has crumbled into the river. The bustling town of Columbus, which once lay just beneath these ...

Penokee Iron Range Trail – Gile Falls

Iron County Heritage Area

Mining Upside Down

The large tailing piles across the river from Gile Falls are waste rock left from its mining at the Montreal Mine #5 Shaft.

The Montreal Mine’s vertical shaft extended to the depth of nearly one mile ...

Worthington Farm

Late 18th century home of John Worthington. Rear wing added 1820.

Marker is on Bloomsbury Road (County Route 579), on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Old Mine Road

Built about 1650.

Bell House – has housed nine generations of same family.

Minisink Village – white men and Indians lived together.

Minisink Island – in river to the west.

Westbrook Fort – during French and Indian War in rear of barn.

Ennis House – ...

A River View of History

The Mississippi River looms large in our history. Early on, it marked the nation's westernmost boundary. As the country expanded, the river became the eastern border of the western frontier. "The Mighty Mississippi" linked far-flung places in trade and traffic ...