The Old State House

“ . . . there the child Independence was born.”

Built in 1713, the Old State House was the seat of government of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. In this building the Royal Governors, the Colonial Courts, and the Provincial Assembly ...

Thompson's Battery

9th Indiana Light Artillery - L. Wallace's Division

U.S.

Army of the Tennessee.

Thompson's Battery,

9th Indiana Light Artillery,

L. Wallace's (3d) Division.

This battery, of six guns, was in action here from 10 A.M. to 1 P.M. April 7, ...

Willard's Battery

Battery A, 1st Illinois Light Artillery - W.H.L. Wallace's Division

U.S.

Army of the Tennessee.

Willard's Battery.

"A" 1st Illinois Light Artillery,

W.H.L. Wallace's (2d) Division.

This battery, with three guns, was in action here at 10 a.m. April 7, 1862.

Marker can be reached from Cavalry ...

Mann's Battery

Battery C, 1st Missouri Light Artillery - Hurlbut's Division

U.S

Army of the Tennessee.

Mann's Battery.

"C" 1st Missouri Light Artillery

Hurlbut's (4th) Division.

This battery, with three guns, was in action here at 10 A.M. April 7, 1862.

Marker is on Cavalry Road, on the ...

Confederate Cemetery

Here are buried 155 soldiers of the Army of Tennessee who died in hospitals during the mobilization for Bragg's Kentucky campaign of Sept. - Oct., 1862. Their graves, formerly distinguished by wooden markers giving name, rank and organization, are now ...

Cooperation and Conflict on the Trail

Many diaries of travelers on the Oregon-California Trail speak of good relations with Native Americans. Indians helped travelers by delivering their letters, pulling their wagons up steep banks, teaching them about edible plants, and keeping watch at night. Rather than ...

Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail

Hope on the Horizon

What would make a family leave their home for an unfamiliar land on a distant frontier? For the nearly 300 men, women, and children on the Anza Expedition, it was the chance for a fresh start. In ...

Wauhatchie

This Cherokee sub-chief lived in the area to the north of the road following the expulsion of his tribe from Georgia and until their forced removal to Indian Territory in 1838. An influential citizen here, he had served in Col. ...

Zephaniah Platt Home

Site of home

Zephaniah Platt

1735 - 1807

Founder of Plattsburgh

Built in 1799

Marker is on Hamilton Street just west of Jay Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Thomas Atkinson

1807 - 1881

Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of N.C., 1853-1881. Voice for church unity in postwar years. Interred in the church.

Marker is on Market Street (U.S. 17) 0.1 miles east of North 3rd Street (U.S. 74), on the right when ...