First Baptist Church of Salado

A Baptist revival was held on the banks of Salado Creek as early as 1854. By about 1860, members of area Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian and Church of Christ denominations were meeting in an ecumenical house of worship. Each group held ...

Fort Trumbull

This five-sided fort was built between 1839 and 1852 to protect New London Harbor as part of a broad system of coastal fortification undertaken by the federal government. This is the third Fort Trumbull built on this promontory, which was ...

64th Ohio Infantry.

Harker's Brig., Sheridan's Div., 4th Corps.

The regiment took part with its Brigade in the operations of Nov. 23 and in the assault on Missionary Ridge on the 25th, reaching the summit at this point.

It immediately joined in the pursuit, advancing ...

4th Tennessee Infantry

Stewart's Brigade - Clark's Division - Polk's Corps

C.S.

4th Tennessee Infantry,

Stewart's (2d) Brig., Clark's (1st) Div., Polk's Corps,

Army of the Mississippi.

This regiment was engaged here about 1.30 P.M. April 6, 1862 assisting Blythe's Miss. regiment in ...

Fort Ellis

To the Headwaters

Conflicts along the Bozeman Trail between Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho Indians and settlers escalated with the establishment of forts along the route in 1866. After Indians killed John Bozeman, in the Yellowstone Valley in 1867, the federal ...

Valley of Opportunity

To the Headwaters

Settlers came to the Gallatin Valley on the heels of the first Montana gold strike at Grasshopper Creek near Bannack, Montana, in 1862. As Meriwether Lewis had predicted, farmers found the valley well suited for agriculture. They planted ...

Camp of 45th Illinois Infantry

Marsh's Brigade - McClernand's Division

U.S.

Camp of

45th Illinois Infantry

Marsh's (2d) Brig., McClernand's (1st) Div.,

Army of the Tennessee.

First position in line of battle April 6, 1862, was 300 yards S.E., on west side of Review Field.

Marker is on Sherman Road ¼ mile ...

Freemason Street Baptist Church

In May 1848 former members of the Cumberland Street Baptist Church organized to become the Freemason Street Baptist Church. A new church building was begun that year and completed and dedicated in May 1850.

The Reverend Tiberius Gracchus Jones, a ...

Fur Trade

To the Headwaters

An abundance of beaver encouraged Corps of Discovery members John Colter and John Potts to return to the headwaters. In 1808, Blackfeet Indians killed Potts in a confrontation and stripped Colter bare, giving him a chance to run ...

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 ...