The Forsyth County Men

Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice In The World War

1917-1918

In Grateful Remembrance of

The Forsyth County Men

Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice

In The World War

Clinton A. Anderson

William M. Bazemore

Jim Bennett

Clyde Bolling

Frank J. Brewer

Isaac L. Brown

Sam Chambers

James R. Cook

Horace B. Connelly

James Cottingham

Herbert Crighton

Samuel Crews

Germie ...

Great Buffalo Trace

On July 16th, 1773, James McAfee, George McAfee, Robert McAfee, James McCoun, Jr., Samuel Adams, and Hancock Taylor, following the Buffalo Trace from Big Bone Lick, crossed the Kentucky River at this point and made the first survey upon it. ...

Site of Green Academy

Chartered in 1812. Leading educational Institution. Long prominent in training leaders of North Alabama. Occupied by Federal troops, 1862. Building burned, 1864. Site of city schools since 1882. Location used only for school purposes. Alabama Historical Association 1955

Marker is on ...

Wilbur G. Grant Reservoir of Chester Metropolitan District

Dedicated by resolution of the Commission in recognition of the work and service of Senator Wilbur G. Grant in making possible this Reservoir and water system, for the people of Chester County.

E.J. Fowler, Chairman; Robert H. King, Secretary; W.E. ...

Fifth Avenue School

Site of Alabama's First Public School Integration

Opened in 1944, the Fifth Avenue School became the focal point for major educational change on September 9, 1963, when Sonnie Hereford IV became the first African-American student to integrate public schools in Alabama. ...

Sarah Fairfield Hamilton, 1831-1909

Saco Main Street Museum Walk

Sarah Fairfield Hamilton was a founder of the local chapter of the Women's Educational and Industrial Union, and led that organization to create Saco's first kindergarten, a nursery for mill workers' children, summer park programs and ...

Defending Richmond

"The fortifications constructed by the Confederate army in this vicinity & about Richmond are miles in extent & I must add that they are as strong, if not the strongestin the world." - Julian Scott, Union Army Veteran May 1865

From ...

Fort Saco in 1693 / Le Fort Saco en 1693

The Museum in the Streets

The Indians burned the township of Saco in 1688. Fort Saco was built on the future site of the Laconia Mills to protect the settlers in 1693. The fort served as stables during the construction of ...

A Building Stood Here Before 1680

A building stood here before 1680. It was wrecked in the Great Indian Uprising. This house incorporates what remains.

Marker is on East Palace Avenue west of Cathedral Place, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

A Stone Fort

was built in 1693 rear of this

place near the banks of the Saco

River as a refuge from the Indians

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (Maine Route 9) and Emery Street, on the right when traveling west on Main ...