Archaeology Institute, University of West Florida

The Archaeology Institute at the University of West Florida is an educational, research and service facility concerned with the prehistoric and historic archaeological resources of the northwest Florida region.

An exhibit hall features exhibits on West Florida archaeological sites from ...

Home of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

Major General of United States Volunteers

Recipient of Congressional Medal of Honor for gallant conduct at Battle of Gettysburg

Governor of Maine, 1867 - 1871

President of Bowdoin College, 1871 - 1888

Marked by State of Maine Society

Daughters of the American Revolution

Home of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

Home of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

Major General of United States Volunteers

Recipient of Congressional Medal of Honor for gallant conduct at Battle of Gettysburg

Governor of Maine, 1867 - 1871

President of Bowdoin College, 1871 - 1888

Marked by State of Maine Society

Daughters of the ...

Civil Rights Freedom Riders

On Mother's Day, May 14, 1961, a group of black and white CORE youth on a "Freedom Ride" from Washington, D.C. to New Orleans arrived by bus at the Birmingham Greyhound terminal.

They were riding through the deep south to ...

Birthplace of Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley was born Jan. 8, 1935, in this house built by his father. Presley's career as a singer and entertainer redefined American popular music. He died on Aug. 16, 1977, in Memphis, Tennessee.

Cradle of the Confederacy

Jefferson Davis of Mississippi was inaugurated as president of the CSA provisional government on the State Capitol portico on Feb. 18, 1861.

On Mar. 4, the first national flag of the Confederacy was hoisted over the Capitol itself. While government ...

Fort Buhlow and Fort Randolph

Fort Buhlow and Fort Randolph were earthwork/moat fortifications constructed beginning October 1864 by Confederate forces anticipating a repetition of Union Gen. Nathaniel Banks' Summer 1864 Red River Expedition.

Construction, completed March 1865, was under the command of Capt. C.M. Randolph ...

Battle of Milliken's Bend

At daybreak on June 7, 1863, Gen. H. E. McCulloch led his Texas Brigade against the Union force which guarded the Union supply depot at Milliken's Bend.

In the savage fighting which ensued, the Confederates drove the Federals from their ...

Birthplace of Mary McLeod Bethune

This noted humanitarian and educator was born five miles north of Mayesville, S.C., on July 10, 1875. She was one of the first pupils of the Mayesville Mission School, located fifty yards west of this marker, where she later served ...

Finley-Cartwright Home

Finley Cartwright bought this 1918 Tudor Revival Style house from the Cowan Family in 1920. His father formed one of Oceola's earliest stores in 1879, offering sporting goods, household items, and plantation supplies.

By World War II, N.G. Cartwright and Sons ...