St Mary's Church / Eaglais Mhuire

Howth from Old Norse Hofuth

(a promontory);

Binn Éadair (the hill of Éadar)

is the Irish name.

This church, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, was collegiate; that is, it was served by a college or community of clerics, one of whom had responsibility ...

Nabors Cemetery

“Ozley-McLane-Nabors Cemetery”

Established October 15, 1868, with the burial of Elizabeth “Betsy” Nabors. Her loving husband, John, followed her in death only fifteen days later. They are buried side by side. Many local pioneer families chose to share this hallowed ground ...

The Wire Road

The Wire Road, named for a line of telegraph wire once stretched along it, formed a part of the stage highway from Richmond to New Orleans. About 3 miles from the Flint River on this road is the Crowell Methodist ...

Bringing Trade to Baltimore

"Make easy the way for them and then see what an influx of articles will be poured upon us." - George Washington, 1786

You are standing on the original roadbed of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, North America's first common-carrier railroad. ...

Charles S. Taylor

(1808 - 1865)

Site of the home of

Charles S. Taylor

(1808 - 1865)

Citizen of Nacogdoches, 1830-1865. A signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Land commissioner and Chief Justice of Nacogdoches County. Born in London, England, in 1808. Died here November 1, ...

Union Forge

Taylor Steelworkers Historical Greenway

The Union Forge Heritage Association welcomes you to Union Forge

Union Iron Works was founded by William Allen, a Supreme Court justice in Philadelphia, and Joseph Turner, a sea Captain in 1742, as a business venture. Allen and ...

Christopher Robinson

in 1678, Christopher Robinson purchased 300 acres here that became Hewick, the Virginia seat of the Robinson family. Robinson’s distinguished service to Virginia began as the clerk of Middlesex County Court from 1677 to 1688. He was elected to the ...

The River Makes Electricity

Bloede Dame

The Patapsco Electric & Manufacturing Company, organized by Victor Gustav Bloede, harnessed the river's waterpower to generate electricity. Completed in 1907, the Bloede Dam furnished electricity for Ellicott City, Catonsville, Carroll, Halethorpe, Arbutus, St. Denis, Elkridge, and parts west ...

Sevier County Veterans

Past - Present -Future

Dedicated to the

Sevier County Veterans

Past - Present - Future

Nov. 11, 1995

Vernon Dale Gillespie, Sculptor

Separate Marker:

Honor list of dead

Sevier Countians who have given their lives during and since World War I

[List of Sevier Countians who gave the ultimate ...

Building America's First Railroad

"There was a man killed yesterday by a fall from the centre of the 1st arch [of the Thomas Viaduct]... What a sympathy there is between these rough men. It was affecting to see his fellow laborers dressed in their ...