The Union Attacks Begin

In 1862 the ground in front of you was an open plain stretching from here to the outskirts of Fredericksburg, one-half mile away. As Union troops left the town to attack Marye's Heights, they had to break ranks to cross ...

7th Combat Cargo Squadron

2nd Combat Cargo Group, 54th Troop Carrier Wing

In honor of the men of the

7th Combat Cargo Squadron

Curtiss C-46 Commando

Activated: 1 May, 1944

Deactivated: 15 Jan, 1946

Syracuse, N.Y.

Nadzab, New Guinea

Biak, Dutch E. Indies

Dulag, Leyte, P.I.

Bolo Pt., Okinawa

Yokota, Japan

They Did All That Was ...

The River Patrol & Cochran’s Ford

Pending Federal crossings of the Chattahoochee, Gen. E. M. McCook's cav. div. [US] screened 4th and 23d Corps movements to fords and ferries in this vicinity, July 6, 15, 1864.

July 7, Brownlow's 1st Tennessee reg't., Dorr’s brigade (McCook's cav.) ...

The Natural Tunnel Route

Railroads, like water, tend to follow the path of least resistance. Early railroad engineers saw Natural Tunnel as a logical path through the mountains to the growing rail systems of the Midwest.

The South Atlantic and Ohio Railroad began laying ...

Inglis Grain Elevators

This impressive grouping of five standard-plan wooden grain elevators is a rare survivor of the long rows that once dominated Prairie towns. The row was built between 1922 and 1941, Manitoba's golden age of elevators, by a cross-section of grain-handling ...

Nation's Oldest Bank

[Upper Marker:]

22/26 Market Square

Built 1803

The Oldest Bank Building

New Hampshire Bank 1803-1842

Portsmouth Savings Bank 1823-C.1950

Piscataqua Bank 1842-1863

Piscataqua Exchange Bank 1844-1863

First National Bank of Portsmouth 1863-C.1950

Portsmouth Trust Company C.1950-1977

Restored by James A. Shanley 1977 - 1078

Listed in the

National Register of Historic Places

September ...

Battle of Kings Mountain

South Carolina – 7 Oct 1780

Major William Edmiston. William Edmiston was named by General William Campbell as the commanding officer of the Virginia Militia at the Battle of King’s Mountain SC. Known for bravery under fire Major Edmiston ordered his ...

Confederate Breastworks Interpretive Trail

You are standing in the middle of what was once Fort Edward Johnson. Confederate soldiers built this fort in 1862 under the command of Brigadier general Edward Johnson, a career officer from Virginia.

Look to your right, and then left across ...

Jesse Nathaniel Smith

1834 -1906

Born December 2, 1834 in Stockholm, New York, son of Silas and Mary Aikens Smith, and first cousin to the Prophet Joseph Smith, he crossed the great plains to the Salt Lake Valley in 1847 with the Mormon pioneers. ...

Interstate and Defense Highways

The first US Army Transcontinental Motor Convoy departed Washington DC for San Francisco on July 7, 1919, to survey roads and test vehicles for military purposes. On the second day, the convoy was forced to detour around a wooden covered ...