Nearly a Century of Planning

Early in the 20th century, architect Alfred C. Clas imagined the riverfront as a European-style destination for recreation and a source of beauty at the heart of downtown.

In 1914, Clas, a proponent of the "City Beautiful" movement to ...

Fort Brown

Fort Brown was built in 1812 by a "Col. Brown." Together with Fort Jennings and Fort Amanda to the south, and Fort Winchester to the north, it guarded the army supply route into the Maumee Valley. In 1813, Gen. Greene ...

James C. Furman Classroom Building

Erected 1955

In Memory of

James Clement Furman, D.D.

1809-1891

President 1859-1879

Professor 1844-1881

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At a crisis in 1868

Furman was admonished to abandon the institution.

His reply was:

"I will nail my colors to the

mast of the old ship, and if she

goes down I will go with her."

Courtesy ...

Shenandoah Pulp Factory

In 1877-1888, on the former site of the Shenandoah Canal's lower locks, Thomas Savery erected this large mill to provide wood pulp for the paper industry.

Ten turbines, arranged in pairs in the mill's five massive sluiceways, powered wood grinders, rolling ...

Remembering Valley Forge

The People’s Park

The perseverance of the soldiers at Valley Forge is a beloved American story. Long-discussed ideas for commemoration of their sacrifices were implemented after the disruption of the Civil War, when the centennials of both the Declaration of Independence ...

Life and Death in Colonial Boston

Along the second row parallel to the front path are the stones of the three “Rebeccas”: Rebecca (Baker) Gerrish (d. 1743), Rebecca Smith Sanders (d. 1745/6), and Rebecca (Smith) Alexander Deal Sprague (ca. 1704-1746), who were related to each other ...

Athens First Presbyterian Church

This church was organized in 1829 as a Cumberland Presbyterian church by the Revs. Robert Donnell, John Morgan and Allen Gipson.

After first using an interdenominational building, a church was built on West Washington street in 1852.

This was badly damaged ...

Gen. N.B. Forrest, C.S.A.

North Alabama Raid

Hemmed in by superior forces Forrest's fast~moving cavalry raided and destroyed Union supply lines and strong points, captured 2,360 men, valuable Stores.

By swift action, surprise and bluff Forrest disrupted Union military plans from Decatur to Columbia.

Marker is on ...

Fort Adams

History you can Touch

Explore the casemates where the big guns once roared.

Discover how 8 soldiers worked together to load and fire each cannon.

Step into the quarters where the soldiers and their families lived.

Ascend to the scenic overlook for a breathtaking ...

13th Iowa Infantry

Hare's Brigade - McClernand's Division

U.S.

13th Iowa Infantry,

Hare's (1st) Brig., McClernand's (1st) Div.,

Army of the Tennessee.

This regiment was engaged here, and at point 250 yards north-east, from 11 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. April 6, 1862.

Marker can be reached from Corinth-Pittsburg Landing ...