Hicksford Raid Monument

On this site December 9, 1864 Union General Gouvereur K. Warren with 28,000 troops at his command clashed with troops of Confederate Generals Wade Hampton and Wm. H. F. Lee, in a failed attempt to destroy the railroad bridge and ...

Watering Fountains

During the late 1800’s, the City of Charlottesville installed four watering fountains in the downtown area. The fountains were designed to provide water to the citizens, their horses and other domesticated animals. Water was provided by the City water system ...

First Bridge over Pawcatuck River

Near this spot was the ford or Indian trail used until the building of the first bridge over Pawcatuck River about 1712.

Marker is on Broad Street (U.S. 1), on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Sussex County Confederate Monument

(front)

Our Confederate Soldiers

“The principles for which they fought live eternally.”

(rear)

List of companies organized in

and sent out from Sussex County:

Co.A, 41st Va. Reg’t, Infantry,

“Sussex Sharp Shooters”;

Co.D, 13th Va. Reg’t, Cavalry;

Co.E, 16th Va. Reg’t, Infantry;

Co.F, 41st Va. Reg’t, Artillery,

Wise’s Legion;

Co.H, 13th Va. ...

The Mackenzie Papineau Battalion of the International Brigades

Spanish Civil War 1936-1939

This monument commemorates the gallant men and women of British Columbia and Canada who offered their lives to defend the principles of democracy and served as the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion of the International Brigades in defence of the ...

Navigation of the Colorado River

Because overland travel in early Texas was an enterprise often fraught with hardship, frustration, and danger, many individuals looked to rivers for a solution to the problem. From 1829 to the Civil War, optimistic Texans attempted to ply the area's ...

Site Selection / Architectural Features

Site Selection

In 1791, President George Washington (who was raised in Stafford County 10 miles south of this site at Ferry Farm) appointed three Commissioners to oversee construction of the new federal capital city (later named Washington, D.C.). The Commissioners sent ...

Creation of the Province of British Columbia

Création de la Province de Columbie-Britannique

[English]

The province of British Columbia was created on July 20, 1871. Formerly a crown colony established by the union in 1866 of Vancouver Island with the mainland colony of British Columbia, the addition of the ...

Town of Oxford, Georgia Historic Shrine of the United Methodist

(Front):

In 1836 the Georgia Methodist Conference founded Emory College, named in honor of Bishop John Emory who had died the year before. Early in 1837. 1452 acres of land were purchased with 330 acres being set aside for the college ...

Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra

1743 – 1794

Captain in the Spanish Royal Navy. Explorer of the West Coast of North America and Governor of the Spanish settlement at Nootka, Vancouver Island.

In honor of their meeting and the ensuing friendly association, Captain George Vancouver named this ...