Steubenville's Dean Martin

One of the most famous entertainers of the 20th century, Dean Martin was born Dino Crocetti in Steubenville in 1917, the son of Italian immigrants. At age 16 he entered the steel mills and later boxed under the name of ...

Jackson's Brigade.

Cheatham's Division - Hardee's Corps.

Jackson's Brigade.

Cheatham's Division - Hardee's Corps.

Brig. Gen. John K. Jackson.

Nov. 25, 1863, 5 p.m.

1st Georgia (Confederate) - Maj. J. C. Gordon.

5th Georgia - Col. Charles P. Daniel.

47th Georgia - Capt. J. J. Harper.

65th Georgia - Lieut. ...

Dedicated To Learning

Ruthville High School

Schools were precious to a community denied education for centuries. Following the Civil War one and two-room schools for "colored" children were established around the county. It was here in Ruthville, however, that a commitment to learning first ...

1854 – Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church – 1954

In Honor of the One Hundredth Anniversary

Founded September 24, 1854, with the first service conducted by lay reader Major F. D. Townsend, U.S. Army, in the “Old Capital Building”, constructed from plans presented by Colonel Julian McAlister, of the Benicia ...

Peabody Library Building

The first campus structure to be used exclusively for library purposes, this building was erected in 1902. Built with assistance from the Peabody Education Fund (a philanthropic program created by northern banker George Peabody soon after the Civil War), the ...

Point Peter

East of here, at the junction of Peter Creek and the St. Marys river, the British built Fort Tonyn in 1776; controlling the southern part of the colony of Georgia for two years.

In 1778, American Revolutionary forces, both land and ...

Ruthville

Charles City County, Virginia

This area was one of the centers of Charles City's free black community before the Civil War and was named for Ruth Brown with the establishment of the post office in 1880. Abraham Brown, a major landowner ...

Harold D. Colley

1897 ~ 1974

U.S. House, 1934-1967. As chairman, Agriculture Committee, for 14 years, shaped postwar federal farm policy. Lived here.

Marker is at the intersection of South First Street (North Carolina Route 58) and East Center Street, on the right when traveling ...

Thirty-second Division Memorial Highway

The 32nd Division was organized in 1917. Originally it was made up of National Guardsmen from Wisconsin and Michigan.

World War I: Fought in Alsace, Aisne-Marne, Olse-Aisne and Meuse-Argonne Offensives. Vanquished 23 German Divisions. Served in the Army of Occupation in ...

Point Peter Battery and the War of 1812

In 1795 a cannon battery constructed on the Point Peter peninsula became the southernmost fortification in the First System of U.S. coastal defenses. Vacated in 1802, it was reoccupied and strengthened in 1808 to provide support for the enforcement of ...