Potter's Field

From 1843 to 1871, this area was the City Cemetery potter's field, a graveyard for the poor and disenfranchised.

More that 15,000 people, including 4,000 Civil War Rebels, were buried here on marshy land near the water's edge. Within six ...

Lincoln Park Transitions

Lincoln Park, named in 1865 for the assassinated President, gradually replaced the 22 year old City Cemetery.

This urban cemetery land, already desired for park grounds, was first deemed a health hazard in 1859. That same year officials began transferring ...

Lion House, Lincoln Park Zoo

Located in one of the country's oldest municipal zoological parks, the Lion House blends both the grandly-scaled public architecture of the Classical style with the innovative Prarie style developed by Chicago architects in the early 20th century.

The building was ...

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.

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 ...

Paul Bunyan Statue

This statue, reputed to be the largest of Paul Bunyon in the world, stands facing the Penobscot River. The legendary giant woodsman is a symbol of the great era in the late 1800's when Bangor, Maine was acclaimed to be ...

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 ...

Boone Hill Plantation

Boone Hall Plantation, established in 1681 by a grant to Major John Boone, remained in the family for 130 years.

The plantation, purchased by the Horlbeck family in 1817, produced primarily Sea Island cotton. A cotton gin, smokehouse, and nine ...

Americus Colored Hospital

One of the earliest hospitals in southwest Georgia devoted to the care of African Americans, the Americus Colored Hospital opened in 1923.

The majority of the funds needed to build the hospital were provided by Dr. W.S. Prather. Practice in ...

Allatoona Pass

Allatoona was in pioneer days a travel hub, because ridges from east and south met here where it was fairly easy to cross the Allatoona Mountain range by winding over a low ridge, or pass.

The Sandtown or Tennessee Road from ...