Perryville Confederate Memorial

(front, south)

Confederate Memorial

Nor braver bled for a brighter land, no brighter land had a cause so grand.

(side, east)

On flames eternal camping ground their tents are spread. And glory guards with solemn round the bivouac of the dead.

Capt. Cogar • Capt. ...

Garrard’s Cavalry Raid

On July 20, 1864, Union forces under Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman, USA, were closing in on Atlanta. Hq. 2nd Cavlary Division (US), Brg. Gen Kenner Garrard, was in Decatur. His three brigades were scattered from Decatur to Roswell, guarding bridges ...

Roy Bean, C. S. A.

Born in Kentucky. A trader in Mexico, 1848. Mining in New Mexico when Civil War broke out. As spy and scout, joined Texans in the Command of Gen. John R. Baylor during the 1861-1862 Arizona-New Mexico Campaign. Organized irregular company ...

Electric Streetcars

First electric trolley

system in N.C. opened,

Feb. 1, 1889, bolstering

regional tourism. Served

train depot 1/4 mile S.E.

Marker is at the intersection of Haywood Rd (North Carolina Route 191) and Euclid Boulevard, on the right when traveling south on Haywood Rd.

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Howth The Village / Binn Éadair ______

The Fingal Way / Sli Fhine Gall

A Fishing Village

References to the fishing industry in Howth can be found from the twelfth century, although in the seventeenth century the port was also known in the area as a base for pirates ...

Steatite Boulder

This steatite boulder was found on the site of a prehistoric quarry along Soapstone Ridge 8 miles south of Decatur. It shows the methods of Indians in making stone bowls, with the first girdling of the stone to remove workable ...

Sharon Baptist Church

Sharon Baptist Church was founded in 1799.

The first pastor, Abraham Marshall, who served

the church until his death in 1819, probably

constituted the church. This building, the

second on the site, was erected in 1869. Many

names prominent in ...

Thomas Heyward Jr.

[ Emblem The Signers Of The Declaration Of Independence, Inc ]

( We Mutually Pledge To Each Other

Our Lives Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor)

Thomas Heyward Jr.

Signer Of The Declaration

Of Independence

Placed By

Descendants Of The Signers Of The

Declaration Of ...

Rutherford Trace

The expedition led by

Gen. Griffith Rutherford

against the Cherokee,

September 1776, passed

nearby.

Marker is on Brevard Road (North Carolina Route 191) north of Biltmore Estates Drive.

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Plattsburg Bay

Plattsburg Bay

has been designated a

REGISTERED NATIONAL

HISTORIC LANDMARK

under the provisions of the

Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935

This site possesses exceptional value

in commemorating and illustrating

the history of the United States

Marker can be reached from Cumberland Avenue. ...