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 ...

Oxford Cemetery

(1/4 Mile East)

The Oxford community was founded in 1880 when confederate veteran A.J. Johnson came to Llano County and laid out the townsite. In 1881, a burial ground was established near this site for the use of the families of ...

The Old Indian Fort

This marks the site of

The Old Fort

Built A.D. 1756

The western outpost

of the United States

and

of North Carolina

until 1776

from which this town was

named

Marker is at the intersection of Catawba Avenue and North Railroad Street on Catawba Avenue.

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Newfield Covered Bridge

Built in 1853 and dedicated to Elijah Moore, son of an early settler, this bridge is the oldest Covered Bridge in daily use in New York state. Constructed at the cost of $800.00, the distinctive diamond pattern of the "Town ...

Frontier Fort

Early outpost against Indians. Used by Gen. Rutherford

in expedition against Cherokee, Sept.,1776. Stood nearby and gave name to this town.

Marker is at the intersection of Catawba Avenue and North Railroad Street on Catawba Avenue.

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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 ...

Bellefonte

Laid out by James Dunlop and James Harris, 1795. Named by Talleyrand for "beautiful fountain". Early center of the iron industry. One-time home of five of Pennsylvania's governors.

Marker is on Willowbank Street (State Highway 550), on the right when traveling ...

Farmers and Exchange Bank

has been designated a

National Historic Landmark

This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America

1980

Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service

United States Department of the Interior

Marker is on East Bay Street.

Bedford Courthouse Square Historic District

Courthouse square, part of original 1825 plat, surrounded by nineteenth and early twentieth century commercial buildings in various architectural styles. Limestone facing quarried and milled by local industry. Listed in National Register of Historic Places 1995.

Marker is on I Street ...

Gist Rifles Monument

Sacred to the memory of

the Confederate Dead

Gist Rifles

Company D

Hampton Legion

Gary's Brigade

Infantry

South Carolina Volunteers

A.N.V. C.S.A.

1861-1865

Organized in

Williamston Spring Park

Marker can be reached from East Main Street (State Highway 20).

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