"The Great Peace Jubilee"

On July 1-4, 1913, the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg was celebrated with the first joint reunion for all Union and Confederate veterans, many of whom fought here in 1863.

53,407 veterans attended. 44,713 Union and 8,694 Confederate. A ...

The Depot Explosion and Mystery

On the evening of March 2, 1913, an explosion destroyed the Houston, East & West Texas Railroad depot at this site, disrupting the town's vital source of transportation and trade. Although a body was not discovered, it was presumed a ...

Spanish Flagship Gun

This gun was taken from the wreck of

Admiral Cervera's flagship

Maria Theresa

which fired the first shot

July 3, 1898

as she steamed from Santiago Harbor.

Marker is on Monument Street, on the left when traveling south.

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Elam Primitive Baptist Church

Constituted March 7, 1830 (about two miles NE of this site) with eight charter members including Elijah Wyatt the first pastor. In 1850’s church moved to this location on land given by Deacon James Folmar. Present building erected 1906.

This marker ...

The Historic Troy Post Office

(Circa 1910)

Side A

Chiseled in the cornerstone are the words, Franklin MacVeagh, Secretary of the Treasury, James Knox Taylor, Supervising Architect, MCMX.

This Classical Revival-style Post Office remained in service until 1980. The building draws heavily on both Roman and Greek models ...

USS Potomac

Completed in 1934, the Coast Guard Cutter Electra was converted to the presidential yacht and commissioned as a U.S. Navy Vessel, USS Potomac, in 1936. The 165-foot ship, which weighs 376 gross tons and has a cruising speed of 10-13 ...

The "Swamp Rabbit" Railroad

For 100 years the "Swamp Rabbit" railroad crossed the Reedy River at this site. The train trestle was demolished in 1990, leaving the old concrete piers which now form an integral part of this dam.

Primarily a carrier of freight, the ...

Powder Magazine

Built in 1843 for the

storage of gun Powder

Marker can be reached from Monument Street, on the left when traveling west.

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Baskerville Apartments

1913-1914

The Baskerville Apartments is one of Madison's finest remaining early apartment houses, built in an era of population explosion caused by enlargement of the University of Wisconsin, state government and private industry. Downtown densities increased dramatically during this period before ...

Camp of McAllister's Battery

Battery D, 1st Illinois Light Artillery - McClernand's Division

U.S

Camp of

McAllister's Battery

"D", 1st Ill. Lt. Arty., McClernand's (1st) Div.,

Army of the Tennessee.

First position in line of battle April 6, 1862, was 1/2 mile S.E., at N.W. corner of Review Field.

Marker can ...