The Wee White Kirk

The congregation of the United Presbyterian Church of North America was organized in 1851 in the town of Buffalo by a group of early Scotch settlers. At first meetings were held in homes and later, in the section schoolhouse.

In the ...

Site of Ditto's Landing and Town of Whitesburg

In 1807 pioneer James Ditto began operating a ferry with landings on both sides of the Tennessee River. Early settlers landed here in order to reach their lands in Madison County. James White, Salt King of Abingdon, Va., established a ...

White Hills

Formerly known as Indian Secret Mining District or Silverado, the White Hills Mining Camp started in the 1890's. The mines were rich producers of silver, especially horn silver, also called chloride silver. This large community was devastated by a flash ...

This White Oak Tree

A direct descendent of the Wye Oak is planted in honor and recognition of his dedicated public service. Ernest A. Loveless Jr. Chief Judge, 7th Judicial Circuit.

Marker can be reached from Main Street.

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White's Mill

In 1780 John White ran a grist mill on Raccoon Creek. Water power ran the mill until a 1912 flood destroyed the dam then steam power until 1920. White's Mill decided the boundary of Beaver County in 1800 to become ...

White Homestead

Erected 1830 by Hugh White

who helped develop Cohoes

Power and Industry; R. R.

Builder; Congressman; Brother

of Canvass White, C. E.,

Builder of Erie Canal

Marker is on Museum Lane, on the right when traveling south.

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“Whitemarsh”

Rochambeau’s Troops camped here September 11, 1781 where the baggage train and heavy artillery rejoined them. After the victory at Yorktown the French Troops, in five divisions, camped here again on their way northward, at the end of August 1782.

Marker ...

Chippewa Valley White Pine

Here and northeast of here lies the vast Chippewa Valley. At the start of lumbering in Wisconsin it held one-sixth of the nation’s white pine. Surveyors estimated the total pine stand in the state at 136 billion board feet of ...

White County

White County, created by Act of Dec. 22, 1857, was cut off from Habersham and Lumpkin Counties. Wm. H. Shelton, Repr. from Habersham at the session tried twice to have the county formed but failed. Repr. David T. White of ...

White Post

The crossroads village of White Post grew up around the white-painted marker that Lord Fairfax had erected in the 1760s to point the way to Greenway Court (south), the nearby estate from which he managed his vast proprietary holdings including ...