Lumpkin and Stewart County

Lumpkin, named for Wilson Lumpkin, Governor, Congressman and Senator, first the County Seat of Randolph County, became the Seat of Government of Stewart County when that county was constituted from Randolph December 23, 1830. On a hill between two Indian ...

Christian Frederick Martin

Founder in 1833 of C.F. Martin & Co. (The Martin Guitar Company), one of the world's oldest musical instrument manufacturers. Its innovations in acoustic guitar design-- including the x-braced flat-top guitar and Dreadnought guitar-- were to exert a formative influence ...

Martha Jane Ogle Cabin

This cabin is the first house built in what is now Gatlinburg. About 1802, William Ogle selected a building site near here, in what he called "The Land of Paradise." Ogle cut and hewed the logs for the house then ...

Harth-Middleton House

c. 1797

John Harth, planter and lumber merchant, built this handsome house at his lumber yards, then at the end of the south bay, in 1797. In 1816, he sold the house to Henry Augustus Middleton, who enlarged it, and ...

Northampton Plantation Slave Quarters

From the late 1600s to the mid-1800s, large tobacco plantations dominated the economic and social life of Prince George’s County. One of the most prominent plantations in the county was Northampton. Today, all that remains of Northampton are the ruins ...

Bartlett Yancey

Congressman. A State legislator and political leader. Died in 1828 at the age of 42. His home and grave are here.

Marker is on US Highway 158 0.3 miles east of Hatchett Road, on the left when traveling west.

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Buckhorn Quarters

One mile north was

the estate of Major Thomas Ridley. In the

servile insurrection of August, 1831, the

houses were fortified by faithful slaves

and made a place of refuge for fugitive whites.

In this vicinity Nat Turner, the leader ...

Confederate Earthworks

The Battle of Fredericksburg

Twisting through the woods one hundred yards ahead of you are two well-preserved lines of earthworks constructed by Confederate forces in the winter of 1862-1863. General Robert E. Lee had ordered his troops to build the ...

Bryan Bartlett Starr

"Bart" No. 15

Quarterback 1956 to 1971

Head Coach 1975 to 1983

6 Conference Championships

5 Nfl Championships

Pro Bowl Team 1961,62,63,67

All Pro Selection 1961,62,64,66

MVP Super Bowl 1

MVP Super Bowl 2

NFL MVP 1966

Elected to Pro Football

Hall of Fame 1977

One of the most reknowned champions

& ...

Marine Major Eugene McCarthy

May 10 1955 - Feb 2 1991

Marine Major

Eugene McCarthy

May 10 1955 - Feb 2 1991

Native son of Brooklyn

Desert Storm hero

made ultimate sacrifice

along with 278

fellow Americans

during the Gulf War

Marker is at ...