Rockbridge County / Botetourt County

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Rockbridge County

Area 616 Square Miles

Formed in 1778 from Augusta and Botetourt, and named for the Natural Bridge. Samuel Houston and Cyrus H. McCormick were born in this county. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson are buried in Lexington. Washington and ...

Liberty School Bell

1875 - 1946

Three miles north of

Seneca, Ks.

Given by

Harry C. M. Burger

Marker is on Main Street, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Convention Army The Barracks

In Jan. 1779, during the American Revolution, 4,000 British troops and German mercenaries (commonly known as “Hessians”) captured following the Battle of Saratoga in New York arrived here after marching from Massachusetts. It was called the Convention Army after the ...

Henry Box Brown

Born into slavery about 1815 at The Hermitage Plantation near here, Henry Brown was working in Richmond by 1830. Brown mailed himself to Philadelphia, and freedom, on 23 Mar. 1849 inside a three-foot-long box. Brown became a spokesperson for the ...

Buchanan Bridge

An Artillery Duel Ensued

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On May 26, 1864, Union Gen. David Hunter marched south from Cedar Creek near Winchester to drive out Confederate forces, lay waste to the Shenandoah Valley, and destroy transportation facilities at Lynchburg. His raid was part of ...

Sabetha, Kansas

Incorporated July 27, 1874

The name Sabetha is unique. No other city in the world carries this title. However, there is a word "Sabbaton" in the Hebrew language meaning, as Sabetha does, "Sabbath."

Settlers first came to this area in the mid ...

Pont de Rennes Pedestrian Bridge

Historic Marker

Historic Marker

Pont de Rennes

Pedestrian Bridge

(Formerly Platt Street Bridge)

Originally Built - 1891

Rochester Bridge and Iron Works

Converted to Pedestrian Mall - 1980

Marker can be reached from Platt St.

Courtesy hmdb.org

First Church Bell

Bought in 1890 and placed in old Presbyterian Church, used by several faiths. Was first church bell in Canadian, Hemphill County.

Congregation held suppers and other projects to repay bank loan on bell.

Later bell was moved to new Presbyterian Church and ...

Mary B. Isaacs

(1854-1950)

Born in Massachusetts. Came to Texas, 1888, as Hemphill County's first public school teacher. Often saw Indians darken the schoolroom windows trying to watch her classes recite.

Married Will C. Isaacs in 1892.

Founder and guiding spirit of The Canadian Women's Christian ...

Sam Black Church

Built in 1901, church building was dedicated in memory of the Rev. Sam Black (1813-99). Born in Rupert & licensed in 1840. Black was a Methodist circuit rider for almost fifty years. Sam Black Church, a spiritual landmark, became a ...