Camp of 43rd Illinois Infantry

Raith's Brigade - McClernand's Division

U.S.

Camp of

43d Illinois Infantry.

Raith's (3d) Brig., McClernand's (1st) Div.,

Army of the Tennessee.

First position in line of battle April 6, 1862, was 100 yards forward, in the ravine.

Marker can be reached from Hamburg-Purdy Road 0.4 miles east ...

Old Anderson Place

Built 1860 at edge of an old Indian campground, by James B. Anderson, one of town’s founders and a school trustee in Salado. Community leaders, lawyers and doctors have lived here.

Boarding here in 1883 while a student at Old Salado ...

Camp Lowell 1866-1873

Camp Lowell was established at this location in 1866 by the U.S. Army in recognition of the strategic military importance of Tucson. The local populace was fearful of Apaches, and the camp provided military protection as well as bringing financial ...

Politics in the Neighborhood

Just Imagine!

On August 8, 1860, an exuberant political rally parade passed by the Lincoln home, including:

180 train cars of Lincoln supporters

28 oxen pulling a mammoth wagon

21 Wide Awake Clubs (groups of young pro-Lincoln men)

10 decorated caravans of ladies

1 full ...

Julia Sprigg House

Mrs. Sprigg, a widow, purchased this house in 1853 and used it as a residence for herself and her children until 1869.She became close friends with her neighbor, Mrs. Lincoln; Mrs. Sprigg's daughter often babysat for the younger Lincoln boys.

Marker ...

The Old Spanish Trail – Armijo's Route

On January 8, 1830, the first pack train to pass from Santa Fe, New Mexico to Los Angles crossed Las Vegas Valley. Antonio Armijo, a merchant in Santa Fe, commanded the train and roughly sixty men. The successful completion of ...

77th Pennsylvania Infantry

Kirk's Brigade - McCook's Division

U.S.

Army of the Ohio.

77th Pennsylvania Infantry,

Kirk's (5th) Brigade,

McCook's (2d) Division.

This regiment was detached from its brigade, sent to the left, and became engaged in Review Field about noon April 7th, 1862. It advanced to this place ...

Hempstead Historic District

Free African Americans have lived and worked in this neighborhood since colonial times. In the 1840s both blacks and whites bought home (some still standing) through the efforts of abolitionist and developer, Savillion Haley. Travelers on the Underground Railroad were ...

Sergeant Jasper

A Memorial to the Valor of

Sergeant Jasper

who at Fort Moultrie on June 28, 1776 gallantly rescued his regimental flag during heavy cannonading by the British Fleet under Sir Peter Parker

Erected by the North Carolina Pine Association

G.J. ...

Henry Opera House

(In service 1883-1913)

Built in 1880 as lodge hall. First floor soon became a dry goods and grocery store, and second was made into a fine theater by owner, John Henry (1828-97). Here traveling troupes played Shakespeare and dramas of the ...