First People in the Gallatin Valley

To the Headwaters

For centuries distant and diverse tribes visited the Gallatin Valley to hunt. They stampeded buffalo over cliffs during the "dog days" before the acquisition of horses and guns. They hunted animals for food, clothing and shelter. They also ...

Elizabeth Lyles Blackwell Fountain

This fountain is dedicated to

Elizabeth Lyles Blackwell

First Lady of Furman University

1965 to 1976

Courtesy hmdb.org

45th Illinois Infantry

Burial Place

Burial Place

45th Illinois Infantry

Bodies Removed

to

Nat'l Cemetery.

Marker is on Loop road to Confederate Burial Trench 0.1 miles west of Sherman Road, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Confederate Burial Trench

(Stone monument)

To the Confederate Dead

in the Trenches

Erected by the U.D.C.

A.D. 1917

(Metal Tablet)

Burial Place

Confederate Soldiers

Shiloh

1862

(Bronze marker)

Unknown Soldier

Confederate States Army

Marker is on Loop road to Confederate Burial Trench 0.1 miles west of Sherman Road, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Forrest Lodge No. 19, A.F. & A.M.

One of 25 lodges started during the Republic of Texas, Forrest Lodge No. 19, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, was chartered on Jan. 11, 1844. It is the eighth oldest lodge in Texas. Among its early members were Sam Houston ...

Site of the Mason Shoe Factory

Chippewa Falls was born with the logging era and with it came support industries such as shoe factories. One of the most important tools for the loggers was strong boots. In 1869, Colliche Vinette was the first shoemaker to come ...

Alabama Central Female College

After the seat of government was moved to Montgomery in 1847, the Tuscaloosa Capitol and its furnishings were deeded to the University of Alabama to be used for educational purposes.

In 1857, the University Board of Trustees leased the building for ...

Menhaden Fisheries

Lewes Maritime History Trail

Menhaden, a small bony, oily fish was pursued

not to be eaten but to be pressed for its oil and

ground into fertilizer. Lewes' fisheries began in

1883 and reached their zenith in 1953 when the

docks ...

Village of McGuffey / Great 1934 Onion Strike

Side A: Village of McGuffey

The Village of McGuffey was named for John McGuffey, who in the 1860s first attempted to drain the Scioto Marsh. A larger and more effective drainage effort, made by others who entered Hardin County in the ...

London South African War Memorial

1899 - 1902

“In Honour of the Men from the London District who Fought for the Empire in South Africa, and in Memory of Those Who Fell.”

1899 - 1902

[First Panel]

Pte. D. L. Moore, R.C.R.- Feb 14th, 1900

Pte. J. A. Donegan, 26th ...