Gen. Andrew Jackson

This boulder marks

the trail of

Gen. Andrew Jackson

and his troops

who rested here

for the night

in 1818

Erected by the

Col. Wm. Candler

Chapter

D.A.R.

Gainesville, Hall Co.

Georgia

1928

Marker is at the intersection of Falcon Parkway (Georgia Route 13) and Hog Mountain Road, on the right when traveling north ...

Enjoy the Pencader Area Today

If you are just "passing through" or are a new resident or even a life-long Delawarean, we hope to spark your interest in the varied activities available in the Pencader Hundred Area. Whether your are experiencing these for the first ...

J. R. Clifford

Born 1848 in Hardy Co. A Civil War vet., Storer College graduate, teacher and principal at local Sumner School. Published Pioneer Press (1882), first African American paper in state. First of race to pass state bar exam (1887); argued two ...

Major General Clarence L. Sturdevant

1885 – 1958

General Sturdevant, chief architect and father of the Alcan Highway, was born in Neillsville and married Beth Youmans of this city. During forty years of devoted service General Sturdevant was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the Bronze Star, ...

Robert Johnson Birthplace

Robert Johnson born Hazelhurst, Mississippi May 8, 1911 Copiah County

Robert Johnson recording career left an enormous legacy to American music. The body of his work is considered to be the most powerful of its kind.

His music struck a chord ...

James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok

Pioneer of the Great Plains, born here May 27, 1837. Assassinated at Deadwood, August 2, 1876. Served his country as a scout and a spy in the western States, to preserve the Union in the Civil War. Equally great were ...

Jennison’s Jayhawks raid Harrisonville Square

July 1861

(No inscription except for the title. This historical marker tells its story pictorially.)

Marker is at the intersection of Independence Street and Wall Street, on the right when traveling south on Independence Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Joseph G. Cannon

Member of Congress for 46 years from Illinois, Speaker of the House, 1903-11. His birthplace stood 1 1/2 miles southwest.

Marker is at the intersection of Battleground Avenue (U.S. 220) and New Garden Road on Battleground Avenue.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Major General Ben H. Fuller

Maj. Gen. Ben H. Fuller was born in Michigan on 27 Feb. 1870. He was graduated from the U.S. Navy Academy in 1889 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps in 1891. Fuller married Katherine H. Offley ...

“Jingle Bells” Composed Here

On this site stood the Simpson Tavern, where in 1850 James Pierpont (1822–1893) wrote the song “Jingle Bells” in the presence of Mrs. Otis

Waterman, who later verified that the song was written here. Pierpont had the song copyrighted in ...