12th New Jersey Volunteers

(Front):Erected by the State of

New Jersey A.D. 1888

in honor of the 12th

Regiment of Volunteers

a detachment of which in

the afternoon of July 2, 1863.

charged the Bliss house and

barn here capturing the

enemy's skirmish reserve

of 7 officers and 85 men

stationed therein.

(Back):On the

morning of ...

The Backyard Garden Was Essential

The quiet landscape you see today was once teeming with activity.

There was a garden behind the store that provided vegetables for home use and possibly for sale or trade. There was a larger garden area as well, which was probably ...

A County Older Than the State

Limestone County

created Feb. 6, 1818 by Alabama Territorial Legislature from lands ceded by Cherokee Nation 1806 and by Chickasaw Nation in 1816. Named for creek (and its limestone bed), which runs through county.

Few settlers here until Indian treaties.

Athens ...

1323 Duke Street – From Slavery to Freedom and Service

Text, upper half of marker panel:

This house, built by Emmanuel Jones by 1888, stands at the corner of a block that witnessed the extremes of 19th century African American experience. From a slave trading company to significant expressions ...

Worth County Courthouse Cannon

Cast during the Civil

War years by the

Northwood Foundry,

once located on the

north bank of the

Shell Rock River.

Iowa

150

Celebrate

Our State

1846 • 1996

Marker is at the intersection of Central Avenue (County Road 105) and 10th Street (U.S. 65) on Central Avenue.

Courtesy ...

Montgomery County Korean War Veterans

In grateful memory of the men and women of Montgomery County who fought for God and country on the field of honor in the Korean War

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: age shall not ...

Mary Phagan

Celebrated in song as "Little Mary Phagan" after her murder at age 13 on April 26, 1913 in Atlanta. The trial and conviction of Leo Frank were controversial, as was the commutation of his death sentence four days before Confederate ...

Culpeper Minute Men

On the hill to the south the famous Culpeper Minute Men were organized in 1775. John Marshall, later chief Justice of the Supreme Court, was a Lieutenant.

Marker is on Sperryville Pike (U.S. 522) west of Virginia Avenue, on the left ...

Old Tobacco Warehouse

Traditionally known as the Old Tobacco Warehouse. Built 1766 by James Mills, Scottish merchant. First used as a store and/or warehouse.Owned and authentically restored by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.

Marker can be reached from Old Virginia Street ...

One Days Ride to Zuni

In November of 1776 a party of Spanish explorers and Indian guides passed through this area on their way to the Zuni Mission in what is now New Mexico. Franciscan Fathers, Francisco Atanasio Dominquez and Silvestre Velez De Escalante, had ...