F-8K Crusader

"The Last Gunfighter"

Distinctive in appearence, the F-8 Crusader

was one of the US Navy's first supersonic

carrier-based fighters. During testing (1956),

the Crusader set a national speed record of

1000mph (1609 km/m). Entering service in

1957, the Crusader was ...

Old West Florida

Area to south, originally part of French Louisiana, became West Florida under England and Spain. After West Florida Revolution annexed by U. S. and in 1812 was added to the Mississippi Territory.

Marker is on U.S. 49 ¾ mile north ...

Trail of Tears

Form the late 1700's to 1807 a Cherokee Chief named Doublehead guarded this area, that was claimed by both the Cherokee and Chickasaw Nations as sacred hunting grounds against encroachment of white settlers.

Chief Doublehead had the reputation of eating ...

F-4J Phantom II

BuNo. 153077

The F-4 Phantom II was a two seat supersonic

long range all weather fighter-bomber

originally built for the US Navy. The Phantom II

began service aboard aircraft carriers in the

early 1960s, and would set many speed and

Yellow Fever Epidemic 1878 / The 31 Victims of Yellow Fever Who

Side AYellow Fever Epidemic

1878

Taking 31 Lives in Tuscumbia

Citizen's Relief Committee:

F.H. Aydlett, H.M. Finley, J.J. Davis, James Jackson, Chm.

J.W. Rand Jr., F.A. Ross, J.N. Sampson, Sec. and C. A. Womble.

This committee, together with volunteers of both white and black~~ assisted ...

Frederick Crounse

Farm of

Frederick Crounse

Officer 3D Albany Co. Militia

in Revolution. Carried food

to Army Battle of Saratoga.

Buried Here

Marker is on Altamont-Voorheesville Road (New York Route 156) near Brandle Road, on the right when traveling south.

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Beatrice's Own - Company C 134th Infantry Regiment Nebraska Nati

We Answered the Call

Organized as a local militia, the Paddock Guards were named in honor of Nebraska Senator Algernon S. Paddock. Established June 9, 1875 to protect Beatrice from outlaws and bandits, the Guard furnished their own equipment; city residents ...

49th Illinois Infantry

Burial Place

Burial Place

49th Illinois Infantry

Bodies Removed

to

Nat'l Cemetery

Marker can be reached from Hamburg-Purdy Road 0.4 miles east of Sherman Road, on the right when traveling east.

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Salado Church of Christ

Founded in March 1859, this congregation first met in a brush arbor on the north bank of Salado Creek. The first two elders were James Anderson and J.W. Vickrey, both of whom were instrumental in the organization of Salado College. ...

24th Kentucky Infantry

Wagner's Brigade - Wood's Division

U.S.

Army of the Ohio.

24th Kentucky Infantry,

Wagner's (21st) Brigade,

Wood's (6th) Division.

This regiment arrived on the field "Monday April 7, 1862 in time to participate in the winding up ofthe battle". It was slightly engaged here at about ...