A Most Fortunate Thing...

Before the Army arrived in Yellowstone, the park's future was in doubt. Vandals destroyed thermal features, squatters sawed down trees and poachers decimated herds of wildlife. Perhaps the Army's greatest contribution to Yellowstone's history was bringing law and order to ...

Brenton Point State Park

Governor Philip W. Noel

Lt. Governor J. Joseph Garrahy

Director Dennis J. Murphy, Jr.

Sen. Erich A. O’D. Taylor, President

Sen. Robert J. McKenna

Mayor Humphrey J. Donnelly, III

Committee

Chairman James Thomson Douglas

Agnes R. Curtis

Councilman Robert O. Beattie

Councilman Richard S. Phelps

Robert R. Coulombe

Donato F. D’Andrea

Rep. James ...

Shoulder-bone Creek Treaty

Near the mouth of Shoulder-bone Creek on the banks of the Oconee River a treaty of "amity, peace and commerce" was signed by eight commissioners representing the State of Georgia and 59 head men of the Creek Confederation, November 3, ...

State Dispensary Warehouse

(Front text)

This building, built in 1863-64 and burned by Federal troops in 1865, was rebuilt in 1872 as a cotton batting factory and warehouse. It burned again in 1897, leaving only the outer walls. In 1898 the S.C. State ...

Fort Adams Foundation

To honor the members of

the Fort Adams Foundation

May 4, 1976

Governor Philip W. Noel

Lt. Governor J. Joseph Garrahy

Director Dennis J. Murphy, Jr.

George E. Howarth, 1st Commandant

Sen. Erich A. O’D. Taylor, President

Sen. Robert J. McKenna

Rep. James F. Mahoney

Councilman Robert O. Beattie

Antoinette F. ...

Battle of Moorefield

Where the Fighting Started

The Confederate cavalry brigade of Gen. Bradley

T. Johnson bivouacked in the fields to your left

on August 7, 1864. Willow Wall (built ca. 1830), visible to your left down the road, was Johnson’s headquarters. Johnson’s brigade and that ...

Confederate Savannah

The election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 brought years of festering political differences between Southern and Northern states to a head. In mid-January 1861 Georgia delegates voted to secede from the Union. The April 1861 bombardment and surrender of the ...

Patrick Gass

Born 12 June 1771, Gass served as carpenter for Lewis and Clark. The expedition explored and studied the land, waterways, animal life, natural features and resources of the West. Gass's journal of trip was published in 1807. Soldier in the ...

At Guard

Protecting Yellowstone's wildlife and natural wonders was the primary function of the Army. An important part of this duty was managing the growing visitation to the park and watching for "shady characters."

Park roads were once aligned so that the guardhouse ...

Watertown Killed in Action Memorial

Killed in Action

1950 Korea 1955

All Returned

1964 Vietnam 1973

Argenta, Allen C. • Childs, Christopher J. • Greenwell, Joseph E. • Palmer, Douglas T.

Marker is at the intersection of DeForest Street (U.S. 6) and Veterans Hill on DeForest Street.

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