Ratcliff CCC Camp

J.H. Ratcliff's 1880s sawmill and village here gave way to major timber industry operations that by the early 1930s had decimated Houston County's densest virgin forest. As part of federal efforts to restore the nation's natural resources, Civilian Conservation Corps ...

Latrobe

Est. 1864

The youngest town acquisition of El Dorado County owes its origin to the Placerville and Sacramento Valley Railroad. They established a station for neighboring Amador County at this crossing of the roads. The town started on the completion of ...

Campbell & Hatch Saloon and Billiard Parlor

1881

Bob Hatch and John Campbell opened a billiard parlor in 1880. Bob Hatch was a colorful character and an amateur thespian. It was said he kept a jar of frogs on the counter as their croaking helped him predict ...

Close of the Battle

Sept. 20, 1863, 7.30 P.M.

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Close of the Battle

Sept. 20, 1863, 7.30 P.M.

At dusk the right of Brannan's line rested to the left of this position near the monument of the 35th Ohio facing southeast. The right of Kelly's Brigade of ...

Confederate Earthworks

The Battle of Fredericksburg

Twisting through the woods one hundred yards ahead of you are two well-preserved lines of earthworks constructed by Confederate forces in the winter of 1862-1863. General Robert E. Lee had ordered his troops to build the ...

New Paltz Patentees

To the Memory and in honor of-

Louis DuBois

Christian Deyo

Abraham Hasbrouck

Andre LeFevre

Jean Hasbrouck

Piere Deyo

Louis Bevier

Anthoine Crespel

Hugo Frere

Issac DuBois

Simon LeFevre

The New Paltz Patentees, who, driven by religious persecution from their ...

Eastern Terminus Ice Age National Scenic Trail

Potawatomi State Park

This site marks the Eastern Terminus of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail. The Trail was designated a National Scenic Trail by Congress in 1980 and Wisconsin's first State Scenic Trail in 1987. The Western Terminus is in ...

Battle of Moscow

Union Troops of African Descent

(Front):Battle of Moscow

December 4, 1863

Three thousand Confederate cavalry with artillery, led by Gen. James Chalmers, attacked the Memphis & Charleston Railroad bridge over Wolf River and ambushed Col. Edward Hatch's brigade of Union cavalry crossing the ...

Army Camp at Goffs

Desert Training Center

The U. S. Army maintained a camp at Goffs 1942-1944. Goffs was an important railhead, supply point, hospital, and for three months in 1942 Headquarters of the 7th Infantry Division. That unit went on to distinguish itself in ...

The Confederate High Water Mark

You have reached the farthest point to which any organized Confederate infantry advanced on July 1. Two simple wooden structures stood within this cleared area. They are thought to have housed the slaves working the Crew farm.

During the twilight fighting, ...