Hemphill County

Formed from Young and Bexar

Territories

Created August 21, 1876

Organized July 5, 1886

Named in honor of

John Hemphill, 1809-1862

First Chief Justice of the Supreme

Court of the State of Texas

Adjutant General of the

Somervell Expedition

Member of the first

State Constitutional Convention

Member of the United States Congress

Canadian, ...

Canadian River Trails

Trade, exploration and hunting trails along the Canadian are older than recorded history—old when used 1541 by Spaniard Coronado hunting golden cities of Cibola. Route in 1840 for Josiah Gregg and 34 Missouri men with goods worth $25,000 headed for ...

Lipscomb County

Formed from Young and

Bexar Territories

Created, August 21, 1876

Organized June 6, 1887

Named in honor of

Abner S. Lipscomb, 1789-1856

Secretary of State

in President Lamar's cabinet

Member of the Constitutional

Convention, 1845

Associate justice of the first

Supreme Court of Texas

Lipscomb, the county seat

Marker is at the intersection ...

Margaret Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell

(1902-2004)

Margaret Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell was born to a Moravian family in North Carolina, where her upbringing and education led her to devote her life to seeking educational opportunities for others. She served as dean of Staunton's Mary Baldwin College and ...

Claude A. Swanson

A native of Pittsylvania County, Claude Augustus Swanson (1862-1939), practiced law in Chatham until he won election to Congress in 1892. He served seven terms in the House of Representatives (1893-1906); was governor of Virginia (1906-1910) and United States senator ...

Stratford Junior High School

On February 2, 1959, Stratford Jr. High became the first racially integrated school in Virginia. The long battle to integrate Virginia's public schools followed the U.S. Supreme Court's 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education, which held that racially ...

The Forsyth County Men

Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice In The World War

1917-1918

In Grateful Remembrance of

The Forsyth County Men

Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice

In The World War

Clinton A. Anderson

William M. Bazemore

Jim Bennett

Clyde Bolling

Frank J. Brewer

Isaac L. Brown

Sam Chambers

James R. Cook

Horace B. Connelly

James Cottingham

Herbert Crighton

Samuel Crews

Germie ...

Great Buffalo Trace

On July 16th, 1773, James McAfee, George McAfee, Robert McAfee, James McCoun, Jr., Samuel Adams, and Hancock Taylor, following the Buffalo Trace from Big Bone Lick, crossed the Kentucky River at this point and made the first survey upon it. ...

Site of Green Academy

Chartered in 1812. Leading educational Institution. Long prominent in training leaders of North Alabama. Occupied by Federal troops, 1862. Building burned, 1864. Site of city schools since 1882. Location used only for school purposes. Alabama Historical Association 1955

Marker is on ...

Wilbur G. Grant Reservoir of Chester Metropolitan District

Dedicated by resolution of the Commission in recognition of the work and service of Senator Wilbur G. Grant in making possible this Reservoir and water system, for the people of Chester County.

E.J. Fowler, Chairman; Robert H. King, Secretary; W.E. ...