Three Tiers of Firepower

The Fast Passage provides easy entry to Narragansett Bay. So in wartime, an enemy fleet could have sailed right into Newport, with cannons blazing! To answer this potential threat, Fort Adams focused its firepower here on the west wall.

Top tier ...

Cape Fear Club

Founded in 1866; oldest men’s social club in N.C. Guilford F. Dudley, first president, Building here in use since 1913.

Marker is at the intersection of North 2nd Street and Chestnut Street, on the right when traveling north on North 2nd ...

Period Garden Park

City of Madison

Designed to preserve part of the original gracious character of the Mansion Hill area, the Period Garden Park incorporated historical elements that complement its two landmark neighbors, the Elisha Keyes House and the Timothy Brown House. The combination ...

Bate's Div. at Terry's Mill Pond

July 22, 1864. Bate’s, together with Walker’s div., Hardee’s A.C., (CS) having moved up Sugar Cr. valley W. of Terry’s mill pond, were deployed in this area for a surprise attack on Federal troops posted N.W. of here on Flat ...

Kings St. Coal Wharf - Skinner & Eddy Shipyards - Site of Hoover

A coal wharf was located at the waterfront during the late 19th century. Coal was transported here by railroad from Newcastle and Renton. Abandoned in the early 1900’s, the wharf soon became the Skinner & Eddy Shipyard.

During World War ...

Cartmill's Gap

This gap, just west, is named for Henry Cartmill who acquired land nearby on Purgatory Creek. During the French and Indian War (1754-1763), conflicts between Indians and settlers increased in this area. In 1757, Indians laid waste to several nearby ...

Heritage Place

1981

Historic Jonesboro, named in honor of Samuel Goode Jones in 1845, was founded in 1823 as Leaksville. Later Clayton County was created by the Act of November 30, 1858 from Fayette and Henry Counties, and Jonesboro became the County Seat.

The ...

St. Paul's Episcopal Church

Oldest church building in Cheltenham Township, consecrated 1861. Founder was Jay Cooke (1821-1905), "financier of the Civil War." Cemetery, laid out 1879 and enlarged 1905, contains his mausoleum and graves of prominent area residents. Church originally designed by the ...

Home of Alvin P. Hovey

Governor of Indiana

He served his fellow man with distinction as lawyer, Judge, Civil War General, Diplomat and Congressman.

Erected by the Posey County

Historical Society Inc. 1975

Marker is at the intersection of Walnut Street and East 4th Street (Indiana Route 62), ...

Seattle’s First Pier

Historical Point of Interest

Seattle’s first pier lies buried beneath your feet. The famous Yesler sawmill and wharf, constructed in 1853m marked the birth of Seattle’s great lumber and shipping industries. For many years it was the center of Seattle’s ...