Battle of Hitchity

In February, 1836, after rumors of unrest among the Creek Indians and a report of 500 having crossed the Chattahoochee River at Bryants Ferry, 22 members of the Georgia Militia under Col. John H. Watson were sent out from Columbus ...

Replica of the Statue of Liberty

With the faith and courage of

their forefathers who made

possible the freedom of these

United States

The Boy Scouts of America

dedicate this replica of the

Statue of Liberty as a pledge

of everlasting fidelity

and loyalty

40th Anniversary Crusade to

Strengthen the Arm of Liberty

1950

Rededicated on the 4th ...

The Women of Shakespeare

(Front):

Emma Marble Muir (1873–1959)

Rita Wells Hill (1901–1985)

Janaloo Hill Hough (1939–2005)

Emma Marble Muir arrived at the mining town of Shakespeare in 1882. She and her daughter, Rita Wells Muir, learned to appreciate and preserve the town's history. Rita and her husband ...

Fulton County

Formed April 19, 1850 out of Bedford County. Named for steamboat inventor Robert Fulton. Scene of Confederacy's first casualties in the Gettysburg Campaign, and its last campsite (1864) in Pennsylvania. McConnellsburg, county seat, incorporated 1814

Marker is at the intersection of ...

First Shipboard Landing

On 18 January 1911, EUGENE ELY flew a Curtis Pusher biplane from this location, Tanforan Park, and landed on a wooden platform constructed aboard the Navy Cruiser USS Pennsylvania anchored in the San Francisco Bay. The first shipboard landing, an ...

Fillmore Street Chapel

Corinth's oldest church bldg.; erected 1871 by Cumberland Presbyterian Church, the First church est. in Corinth. 1906~1976 served as Fillmore St. Pres. Ch. Now used as chapel by First United Methodist Church.

Marker is on North Filmore St..

Courtesy hmdb.org

Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument

Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument was established in 1907 by Theodore Roosevelt to protect the prehistoric material culture of the Mogollon people and others who inhabited this area. The first scientific description of a pueblo ruin on the upper Gila ...

Nashville's First Public School

Nashville's first public school, Hume School, opened here Feb. 26, 1855. A three story brick building, the school employed 12 teachers and served all grades. In 1874 high school classes were moved to Fogg School built on adjoining corner lot. ...

Tanforan Racetrack Japanese Assembly Center

Racetrack opened in 1899 and had racing seasons until it burned down in 1964. Many famous horses raced and won here.

In 1942, Tanforan became a temporary assembly center for over 4000 persons of Japanese ancestry who were to be interned ...

Capture of John A.Murrell

Natchez Trace Outlaw

John A. Murrell, known as the "Great Western Land Pirate," was captured near this site in the winter of 1834. He was said to have killed over 400 people, including many kidnapped slaves. His arrest was brought about ...