Florence Township War Memorial

[Upper Plaque - Side 1:]

We the people of

Florence Township

Dedicate this tablet as visible evidence of our lasting and eternal gratitude for these men who made the supreme sacrifice while serving in the Armed Forces of our nation during the Great ...

The Home of a Hero

Captain Freeman McGilvery (1824-1864) captained two ships prior to the Civil War. At age 38, at sea, he learned of the "Southern Insurrection" and returned to Maine to offer his services to the governor. Assigned to command the 6th Maine ...

Hotel Congress

The venerable Hotel Congress, designed by well-known architect, Roy Place, is the last surviving historic hotel in downtown Tucson. This three-story landmark was built in 1919 with exposed masonry construction and marble details. The hotel, south of the railroad depot, ...

First Baptist Church of Lufkin

Chartered with nine members, the Lufkin Baptist Church began conducting worship services soon after rail lines reached the townsite in the early 1880s. The Houston, East & West Texas Railroad donated land at this site to Joesph Kerr, E.H.F. McMullen, ...

Zion United Methodist Church

This congregation was formally established in 1818 when a group of local Methodists obtained land on which to construct a house of worship from Aletta Clark. Known as Zion Methodist Episcopal Church, the small frame structure was located a short ...

Dodds Corner

Serving Lewes with a general store and its harbor

as ship chandlers, the Dodd family occupied this

site from the latter part of the 18th Century until

it was acquired in 1929 by Benjamin Ableman of

Georgetown from one Joseph ...

Sandy Creek Settlement

Joseph Porlier Benac, Sandy Creek's first settler, was granted a tract of land here by the Potawatomi Indians Aug. 3, 1780. By the time of the War of 1812, sixteen homes lined the banks of the creek.

Retreating Indians swept ...

"Gibraltar of the West"

Troops under Gen. Leonidas Polk fortified strategic line of bluffs here Sept. 3, 1861 marking CSA's first move in Ky. To prevent passage of Union gunboats, a huge chain was stretched across the Mississippi River. After Union success in Tenn., ...

Shoal Creek

Native Americans, settlers and cattle

drovers crossed the river here where Shoal

Creek's sand made the water shallow. During

Republic days Vice President Mirabeau

Lamar camped here, near the village of

Waterloo while hunting buffalo. His

impression of ...

The Presidential District

History Link: A Trail to Deadwood's Past

As South Deadwood expanded along Sherman Street in early 1876, log cabins and small frame houses appeared on the hillsides above the mining camp. A cemetery was quickly established on a hill deemed too ...