Brandon Family Cemetery

The earliest marked grave, dated 1857, was that of Susan Carson, mother of Martha Carson Brandon. Traveling by wagon train, John Brandon, his wife Martha (cousin of Kit Carson) and six sons left Mississippi and arrived at Fort Brooke (Tampa) ...

Pamplin Historical Park

Pamplin Historical Park & The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier

“Walk along these fortifications, take the time to learn something about the story of what happened here, use the museum to understand who these men were, and the past ...

Chase's Mills

Also known as Fox Hollow.

Site of c.1808 Grist-Mill.

Mills here provided lumber,

textiles & food, creating a

center for commerce and trade

Marker is at the intersection of Mill Street and Maple Street, on the right when traveling ...

Our Fallen Illinois Service Members

In memory of

Our fallen Illinois service members in

Operation Enduring Freedom

and

Operation Iraqi freedom"The torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ...

Lincoln the Leader

During four years as President, Abraham Lincoln spent much of his time among the troops. They were important because they were the people who would get the job done. He frequented the War Department's telegraph office to stay abreast of ...

Architectural Heritage

Petersburg’s architectural heritage has a long and rich history, reflecting centuries of occupation by Native Americans and over 300 years of European settlement. Beginning as a frontier trading post with the Virginia Indians, Fort Henry was established here in 1646. ...

Youth Baseball Donor Recognition Monument

This Youth Baseball Donor Recognition monument was commissioned in 2008 by MARSH-21. Its location marks the former intersection of Oak Avenue and 2nd Street, which was converted into park area as part of the Hwy 13 Veterans Parkway project completed ...

The Eastman-Bishop-Bullock House

This house, constructed in 1872, is the oldest house in Eastman. In 1868, William Pitt Eastman founded the 400,000 acre Georgia Land and Lumber Company. Upon learning in 1870 that Station No. 13 along the Macon and Brunswick Railroad had ...

Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge

This bridge was built in the 1840s by freed slave and noted bridge builder Horace King (1807-1885). Constructed on the Town lattice design, the bridge’s web of planks crisscrossing at 45- to 60-degree angles are fastened at each intersection with ...

City Sights

Petersburg.

Appamattuck Indian Fish Traps, Appomattox River near Old Town. Considered to be the largest and most intact fish dams in Virginia, these sturgeon dams are made of loose stones forming a series of v-shaped tunnels by which Indians caught fish ...