Cincinnatus Citizen-Soldier

VMI and the Citizen – Soldier The Virginia Military Institute program is based on the concept of the citizen - soldier, a man prepared to take his place in civilian life but trained and ready for military leadership in ...

Colonel Claudius Crozet

Born in France Dec. 31, 1789

Died in Virginia Jan. 29, 1864

Soldier Scholar Educator Engineer

Chairman of the first

Board of Visitors V. M. I.

1837 1845

Marker can be reached from N Main Street (U.S. 11), on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Johnson Hall State Historic Site

Revolution in the Mohawk Valley

Sir William Johnson built Johnson Hall in 1763 as the center of a grand estate. He was made a British baronet for his role in the French & Indian Wars, a title his son, John, ...

Landscaping Johnson Hall

New York State purchased Johnson Hall in 1906. At that time, after almost 150 years of changing ownership, only 20 acres remained intact of the original 700+ acre property.

The Johnstown Historical Society, trustee of Johnson Hall in the early ...

William Bennett Scott, Sr.

ca. 1821 - 1885

William B. Scott, Sr., a free Black, migrated to East Tennessee in 1847 after increased racial tension in North Carolina. He made harnesses and saddles in Blount County’s Quaker community of Friendsville until the Civil War. In ...

John Craig's Fort

Site of the original settlement of Maryville. Here Captain John Craig in 1785 erected a fort on Pistol Creek to protect settlers from Indian raids. In 1793 as many as 280 men, women, and children lived within its walls for ...

William Henry Hatch

Hannibal was the home of William H. Hatch, lawyer, Congressman, and father of agricultural experiment stations. Hatch sponsored the law creating the office of Secretary of Agriculture. Adjoining Hannibal is the Hatch Farm, bequeathed to the State by his daughter ...

Tugalo Baptist Church and Cemetery

Tugalo Baptist Church, established before 1789, was first known as the Tugalo River Church. Founded by the Rev. John Cleveland, a Revolutionary Soldier, Tugalo is the oldest church in what was then Franklin County. The county covered an area in ...

Henry Collins Building

One of the first stores in Hannibal was opened by Henry Collins in a log cabin on this site. In 1839 he advertised "Country produce taken in exchange for goods." In 1851 Leer & Arrogast had a wholesale and retail ...

New Cash Store

Feb. 27, 1839

W. C. Chenowith begs leave to announce to the citizens of Hannibal that he is now opening in this house a new & splendid assortment of goods. By 1852, this was the "Baltimore Cheap Cash Store." In the ...