The Five Courthouses of Walker County

The first Walker County Courthouse was available for county commissioners court meetings in July 1848; the building was finally completed in the center of the Huntsville public square in 1850. Because of a defective foundation, a second courthouse had replaced ...

Freedmen's Camp

After the Union victory at Fort Donelson, slaves escaping from nearby farms and iron foundries flocked to the area seeking freedom and protection. By March 1863 some 300 refugees lived here at the freedmen's camp that came to be known ...

Amelia County / Chesterfield County

(Obverse)

Amelia County

Area 371 Square Miles

Formed in 1734 from Prince George and Brunswick, and named for Princess Amelia, daughter of King George II. William B. Giles, Governor of Virginia 1827-30, lived in this county.

(Reverse)

Chesterfield County

Area ...

Site of Mission San Pedro

Y San Pablo De Bicuner

To protect the Anza Trail where it forded the Colorado River, the Spanish founded a pueblo and mission nearby on January 7, 1781. Threatened with the loss of their land, the Quechans (Yumas) attacked this strategic ...

Early Roads / One of the South's First Railroads 1832

Side A

Tennessee Street along the north side of the square was originally part of Gaines’ Trace, a horse path laid out in 1807 under the direction of Capt. Edmund Pendleton Gaines of the U. S. Army. From Melton’s Bluff on ...

50th Anniversary of the Allied Invasion of Normandy

1944 - 1994

This plaque is placed here to commemorate

the 50th anniversary of the Allied Invasion

of Normandy on D Day, 6th June 1944.

It is dedicated to the soldiers of the

First Hussars, to those who took part in the

assault, to those who ...

125th Ohio Infantry.

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

Col. Emerson Opdycke colonel of this regiment, being assigned to the command of half the brigade, Capt. Bates was given command of his regiment. It took part with its brigade in the preliminary movements of ...

126 Tradd Street The Dr. Peter Fayssoux House

circa 1732

Residence of

the Surgeon General of

the Continnetal Army

and boyhood home of

Confederate Generals

Hamilton Prioleau Bee

& Bernard Bee.

One of only three

South Carolina homes with

early exposed interior

corner post construction,

a medieval English

building ...

Frederica - Oglethorpe

This remnant is all

that time has spared of the

citadel of the town of Frederica

built by

General Oglethorpe

A.D. 1736

As an outpost against

The Spanish in Florida

Marker can be reached from Frederica Drive.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Spirit of ’76

In Memoriam

Center marker, front:

Revolutionary War 1775-1783

War of 1812

Civil War 1861-1865

Spanish American 1898-1901

World War 1917-1918

World War II 1941-1945

Korean War 1950-1953

Vietnam War 1961-1975

Center marker, back:

This monument was made possible by contributions by Walter H. Sage in memory of his father Calvin Sage, ...