Poplar Springs Baptist Church

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Established in 1805, Poplar Springs Baptist Church, "Mother Church" of the Tugalo Baptist Assn., began in May of that year. Some of the first members were Joseph Chandler, Thomas Wilkins, John Nail, John Mullins, and James Jackson. John ...

On the Skirmish Line

Second Battle of Manassas

Thirty minutes before the main assault, Colonel Hiram Berdan's 1st U.S. Sharpshooters clambered over the fence along the Groveton-Sudley Road and dashed into the open pasture. The skilled marksmen kept up a steady fire with their breech-loading ...

Crown Zellerbach Employee World War II Memorial

In honor of the employees from this division who gave their lives while serving in the armed forces during World War II.

Curtin P Barnett • James F Hagensen • Thelma A Rancore • Jimmie Clark Berg • Wayne A Harwood ...

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.

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Hildreth Party

In Memory of the Hildreth Party

of Prospecting Miners

Thadeus Hildreth

George Hildreth

John Walker

Alexander Carson

Billy Jones

John Walker found gold near here on March 27, 1850, which led to the founding of Columbia

Marker is at the intersection of Columbia Street and Main Street on ...

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 ...

Joseph T. Noland House

In 1910, while visiting his aunt "Ella" Noland, Harry Truman seized the opportunity to return a cake plate to the Wallaces, beginning his courtship with Bess.

Marker is on N. Delaware Street, on the right when traveling south.

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