Patee Park Baptist Church

Patee Park Baptist Church is the second oldest Baptist Church in St. Joseph. It began as a Sunday School in 1881 under the leadership of H.G. Walker, an active leader in the First Baptist Church of St. Joseph.

It was organized ...

Preservation Park

An Overview

Oakland in the late 19th century was a thriving waterfront city, the second largest in the state. A center of commerce and industry, it was also known for advanced notions of civic improvement. Public schools and academies, convenient transit, ...

Bate’s Battle Line

July 22, 1864. Gen. Bate's div., Hardee's A.C. (CS) was deployed on the rt. of Walker's div. when they advanced N. from Terry's Mill pond. Being on the extreme rt. of the corps, Bate's troops moved up the east side ...

Florence State Teachers College

Oldest state~supported teacher college south of Ohio R.

1830 ~opened as LaGrange College (Methodist) at nearby Leighton.

First charted college in state.

1855 ~ moved here and re~named

Florence Wesleyan University.

Flourished untiled closed by war 1865.

1872~deeded to State by church;

became ...

Wausau Water Works

Serving Wausau since 1885

Clean drinking water has always been important, but in 1885, Wausau Water Works was built for a different reason — to supply water for fighting fires. 1885 was an especially bad fire year in Wausau. There were ...

Civilian Conservation Corps - Company 2386

Located north of this marker is the site of the camp of CCC Company 2386, Beach, Virginia. The camp was organized in 1935 and disbanded in 1942. The company consisted of 2 to 3 military officers, a civilian technical service ...

Alteration of the Site

Many changes have been made to the landscape on which Fort Cumberland stood. The street behind you was cut from the hillside and the earth removed used by the canal company. the bluff to your left in front of the ...

Pocahontas State Park

This park of 7604 acres was originally known as the Swift Creek Recreational Area. Its purchase in 1934 and subsequent development by the federal government were with the understanding that eventually the State would accept and maintain the property, incorporating ...

Valentin Blatz Brewing Company Office Building

This property

has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is on Broadway near Juneau Avenue, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Girardey's Georgia Battery

Jackson's Brigade -- Withers' Division -- Bragg's Corps

C.S.

Army of the Mississippi

Girardey's Georgia Battery,

Jackson's (3d) Brigade, Withers' (2d) Division,

Bragg's Corps.

This battery was engaged here April 7, 1862 at about 10 A.M., in an artillery duel ...