Butler County Civil War Memorial

In memory of our

Soldiers and Sailors

by the People of Butler Co.

Statue the gift of

Hon. Paul J. Sorg

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Trolley Station at Bayshore Park

1906-1947

The #26 streetcar brought thousands of Baltimoreans to Bayshore Park. Trolleys provided a convenient way for people to travel and could be chartered for group outings. Many people spent their vacations trolleying, using trolley maps to see where they could ...

The Bloody Cedars

"Which was done with alacrity and spirit."

As the Battle of New Market unfolded on May 15, 1864, Confederate troops under Gen. John C. Breckinridge heavily assaulted the left flank of Union Gen. Franz Sigel's army. Sigel counterattacked with Gen. Julius ...

Turntable

The hub of the roadhouse complex was the turntable. From here, tracks radiated like spokes into each roundhouse stall.

Engines returning to the roundhouse for maintenance rolled through a narrow two-track passage onto the turntable. An operator inside the control cab ...

U.S. Navy Beach Jumpers - Amphibious Forces, U.S. Navy Monument

[western face:]

U.S. Navy Beach Jumpers

Loop Shack Hill

Advanced Amphibious Training Base, Ocracoke (AATB)

December 1943 to January 1946

In December 1943, the U.S. Navy Section Base became the Advanced Amphibious Training Base (AATB) for the Beach Jumpers. Experienced officers and men from earlier ...

Cabarrus Black Boys Fountain

In Memoriam

The Cabarrus Black Boys

who destroyed the British ammunition

May 17,1771

in defense of American Liberty

Marker is on Means Avenue Southeast just east of Union Street South.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Old Carnegie Library

(Side 1):

The first formal meeting to organize a library association was held at Andrew College in April 1878 with Dr. A. L. Hamilton presiding. The thirteen members of the Cuthbert Library Club offered their book collections, and Judge John ...

Plantation Barnyard

Pemberton Plantation Historic Trail

Like most Chesapeake plantations, Pemberton used a wide range of domestic animals for food, clothing, transportation, and commercial products. Most animals served multiple purposes. Cattle provided milk, meat, hides to tan, and cattle horns for products such ...

The "Peculiar Institution" at Pemberton Plantation

Pemberton Plantation Historic Trail

Like most 18th-century plantations in the Chesapeake region, Pemberton Hall Plantation depended on slave labor. Between 1700 and 1740, some 54,000 slaves were brought to the Chesapeake region. When Isaac Handy died in 1762, records show that ...

Alton W. Birdwell

(1870-1954)

This plaza is dedicated to the memory of the first president of Stephen F. Austin State Teachers College. In 1917 the state created an "East Texas Normal" and selected Nacogdoches as its location. The State Board of Regents selected East ...