Citizens Memorial Monument

(Front Inscription):

Dedicated to the memory of

the one hundred and fifty citizens

who defenseless fell

victims to the inhuman ferocity of border

guerrillas led by the infamous Quantrell

in his raid upon Lawrence.

August 21st, 1863.

Erected May 30, ...

Wilcox County

This County was created by Act of the Legislature Dec. 22, 1857. Georgia Archives show that it was named for Capt. John Wilcox though some authorities believe it was named for his son Gen. Mark Wilcox, state legislator and one ...

Beef Slough

The Beef Slough was a sluggish branch of the Chippewa River that provided an excellent storage pond for the logs floated downstream by numerous logging companies. Here loggers were employed to arrange the mixed-up logs into orderly rafts to be ...

Home on the Range

Bison, Prairie Dogs, and More

"The area from Great Bend westward for a hundred miles or so was a famous hunting ground for all the plains tribes, as its excellent pasturage made it the home of vast herds of buffaloes, ...

Orr Mill Cemetery

Preserving Our Cemeteries

Deeded to the City in 1992, these humble grounds are the final resting place for some Orr Mill employees and family members dating to the 1800s. Numerous graves are here, marked and unmarked, including infants.

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To the Valiant Citizen-Soldiers of Pickens County

To the Valiant Citizen-Soldiers of Pickens County who Answered their Call to Duty and Made the Supreme Sacrifice

For our future generations, their youth, they gave away, never again to see the land between the Oolenoy River Valley and the Keowee ...

Mosby’s Herndon Station Raid

“My loss was nothing.”

On St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 1863, Confederate Capt. John S. Mosby and 40 Partisan Rangers attacked the picket post of the 1st Vermont Cavalry guarding this station on the Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad. The ...

International Business Machines : RAMAC

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International Business Machines : RAMAC

In 1952, IBM sent Reynold Johnson to San José to open its first West Coast development laboratory to research new data storage methods. At this site in 1955, IBM unveiled ...

Baker's Brigade

July 22, 1864. Baker`s Alabama brigade (Col. J.H. Higley comdg.), Clayton`s div., Cheatham`s A.C., [CSA} was diverted N.E. in Clayton`s attack on the 15th A.C. eastward, thus forming the extreme left of the line extending S. to Glenwood Ave. Higley`s ...

Tracks into History

The Washington & Old Dominion Railroad

The railroad that became the Washington & Old Dominion was born in Alexandria in response to the competition in shipping posed by the port in Baltimore, which was served by the Baltimore & Ohio ...