Troup-Clark Political Feud

In the street near this site in June 1807, occurred the horse-whipping of Superior Court Judge Charles Tait by his political enemy John Clark, later Governor of Georgia. Clark was fined $2,000 for the assault. The incident illustrates Georgia politics ...

Camperdown Mill

Greenville's first post-bellum textile mill was founded by Massachusetts mill owners George Hall, George Putnam, and O.H. Sampson, who came south to start a textile business after a disasterous fire in Boston. In cooperation with Vardry McBee's heirs, Alexander and ...

Chambers Hotel

Chambers Hotel. Original adobe building constructed in 1891. First owner, Mrs. Mary Collins. Purchased in 1905 by (Gran) Chambers. Enlarged and a wooden frame built over the thick walls. Operated as Chambers Hotel until 1930.

Marker is on SE 1st St.. ...

82nd New York Infantry

2nd New York State Militia

(Front):82nd New York Infantry

(2nd N.Y.S.M.)

1st Brigade 2nd Division 2nd Corps

July 2nd and 3rd 1863.

Casualties

Killed 45 Wounded 132 missing 15

(Left):

On the evening of July 2nd, moved to the Emmitsburg Road to protect flank of Third Corps. Fought ...

Santa Rosa

Population 2,469 - Elevation 4,620

The Spanish explorer Antonio de Espejo passed through this area in 1583, as did Gaspar Castano de Sosa in 1590. Santa Rosa, the Guadalupe County seat, was laid out on the ranch of Celso Baca y ...

Ancient Rocks Boundary

The mountains toward the east are limestone reef beds deposited in the Cretaceous and Permian seas about 135 million years ago and 250 million years ago; respectively. The limestone reefs overlie deformed rocks in the Ouachita Fold Belt, which is ...

1st Regiment Minnesota Volunteers

1st Brigade, 2nd Division

1st Reg. Minnesota

Vols.

1st Brigade, 2d Div.

2d Corps.

Erected by State of Minnesota

On July 3rd 1863 the survivors of this Regiment

(See large monument 1/3 mile south of this)

aided here in repelling Pickett's Charge and ran hence to

the aid of ...

Mulberry Grove Plantation

Mulberry Grove which is located approximately 2 miles northeast from this marker is one of the most historic of the old Savannah River plantations.

In early Colonial days mulberry trees were cultivated at Mulberry Grove for use in Georgia`s silk industry. ...

Mela Leger-Bilingual Education Pioneer

(1928-2006)

Side A:

At four, Manuelita de Atocha (Mela) Lucero Leger read Spanish language newspapers to her blind grandfather in Colonias. Although New Mexico's constitution protects Spanish-speaking students, school children were often punished for speaking Spanish. As a pioneer in bilingual education, ...

Osborne Landing

Captain John Smith’s Adventures on the James

The Arrohateck Indians lived along the James River north of the Appomattox. They met Smith and his comrades on their initial journey up the James, paddling out to meet the English on a small ...