Electricity for the City of Attalla

In the fall of 1902, Captain William Patrick Lay, of Gadsden, began construction of a small hydro electric generating plant at the site of Wesson Mill on Big Wills Creek, just southwest of Attalla. The plant was constructed, in Lay’s ...

Battle of Chickamauga

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Nine miles west of here on Saturday and Sunday, September 19th and 20th, 1863, the bloody battle of Chickamauga was fought. Here, Federal forces of about 60,000 under Major-General William S. Rosecrans, U.S.A., fought the two day ...

Temples of Mercy

The churches of Gettysburg were the first to offer their facilities to serve the needs of wounded soldiers borne from the battlefield on July 1st. Public buildings and many private homes followed the lead in showing care and mercy.

As soon ...

City of Boaz

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Informally called Sparkstown for a period of time, the city of Boaz was officially named after the husband of Ruth, a Biblical character in the Old Testament. Incorporated in March 1897, Boaz quickly began to "set a pace for ...

Battlefield Burials

The depressions to the right of the trail probably represent former graves of Confederate soldiers. The dead of both armies received hasty battlefield burials. Most were disinterred after the war, with the Union dead going to Glendale National Cemetery and ...

First Bird Dog Field Trials

Tennessee State Sportsmen's Association hosted America's first public bird dog field trial near Memphis in 1874. Field trials began at Grand Junction in 1881. Various clubs hosted annual trials here. Grand Junction hosted its first National Field Trial Championship in ...

"The Jefferson Airplane"

Helicopter 17338 "The Jefferson Airplane" served in

Vietnam from 1968-1972 with the 92nd Assault Helicopter

Company (AHC) "Stallions"' with the 190th AHC, and the

17th Calvary, A Troop, 1st Aviation Brigade

The US Army infantry units transported were the 173rd

Airborne Brigade, 101 st Airborne ...

First Town Meeting

Under a giant oak near this spot on July 9, 1728, Middleton held its first town meeting & received its charter from the province of Massachusetts Bay

Marker is on Maple Street (Massachusetts Route 62), on the right when traveling west. ...

Nacogdoches Federal Building / Post Office

Designed by U.S. Treasury Department architect James A. Wetmore, this building was erected in 1917-1918 and housed the main city post office until 1964. Sold to the city in 1973, it was the public library until 1997, when it became ...

First Armed Resistance

Leslie's Retreat

In the revolution the first armed resistance to the Royal authority was made at this bridge 26 Feb. 1775 by the people of Salem. The advance of 300 British troops, led by Lt. Col. Leslie and sent by Gen. ...