108th Ohio Infantry

John Beatty's Brigade - Davis' Division

108th Ohio Infantry

John Beatty's Brig., Davis' Div., 14th Corps.

Lieut. Col. Carlo Piepho.

Nov. 25, 1863Davis' Division, in which this regiment served, was concentrated at Caldwell's crossing opposite the mouth of the west Chickamauga, previous ...

Poole's Ferry

Smith's Ferry

Side A - North

Poole's Ferry

Most important of Kings River's earliest crossings, it was operated from 1851 - 1857 by William Campbell and John Poole 3 miles above this point. The ferry and its trading post served travelers and ...

Fort Defiance

Fort Defiance was erected upon this site by General Wayne August 9-17, 1794 and thus "The Grand Emporium of the hostile Indians of the west was gained without loss of blood."

From this point General Wayne advanced against the Indians ...

Freedom Shrine

Freedom Shrine

Created by the National Exchange Club

to strengthen citizen appreciation

of our American heritage

Presented by the Exchange Club of Stamford

Dedicated June 14, 1979

[ Reproductions of historic American documents are displayed in a granite case behind glass panels. The documents and ...

Former Site of Columbia Theological Seminary

Founded 1828 by Presbyterian Synod of South Carolina and Georgia. Located here 1831. Moved to Decatur, Georgia 1925. Woodrow Wilson's father and uncle were among faculty members. Central building, erected 1823, was designed by Robert Mills as home for Ainsley ...

The Settlement of Stamford in 1641

This tablet has been placed by Stamford Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution to commemorate

The Settlement of Stamford in 1641

During that year, twenty nine men and their families came from Wethersfield to this place. Imbued with the ...

Samuel Jordan of Jordan's Journey

Prior to 1619, Native Americans occupied this prominent peninsula along the upper James River, now called Jordan's Point. Arriving in Jamestown by 1610, Samuel Jordan served in July 1619 in Jamestown as a burgess for Charles City in the New ...

Little Indian Fields

Named for the Native Americans who first dwelled here along both sides of the Kokosing River, the Little Indian Fields is adjacent to the site of the first white settlement of Knox County. Early white inhabitants of this land were ...

The Stamford Lincoln

The Stamford Lincoln

Dedicated

July 11, 1995 to Honor

Frank D. Rich, Sr.

(1894 – 1990)

Citizen

Patriot Veteran

City Builder

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Si monumentum requiris

circumspice

If you would see his monument

look around

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On Loan to the Citizens of Stamford

By the Rich Foundation

And His Sons

Frank D. Jr. and Robert N. Rich

Marker is ...

Site of Yesler's Pavillion

This was the site of Seattle’s first civic and entertainment center. Built by Henry Yesler in 1865, in a corner of his private orchard, the Pavilion hosted town meetings, musicals, and theatrical performances. Remodeled into offices in 1887, it was ...