Founding of Beatrice, Nebraska Territory

Dedicated to the Citizens of Beatrice

for all their efforts put forth in the

Beatrice Centennial Celebrations of 2007

Beatrice, Nebraska Territory

Founded on this site July 4, 1857

Time Capsule to be opened on July 4, 2057

200 years to the date

the founders celebrated on ...

Fork Union Baptist Church

Fork Union Baptist Church was constituted in

1798. Presbyterian, Episcopal, Methodist,

and Baptist congregations shared as a place

of worship the current church, built in 1824

and first known as the Brick Meetinghouse.

Gen. John Hartwell Cocke, a local plantation

owner who assisted Thomas Jefferson in

establishing ...

The Delaware County Fair / Little Brown Jug

Side A

The Delaware County Fairground

June 28, 1833 a meeting of the citizens of Delaware County convened under an act of the Ohio Legislature to establish The Delaware County Agricultural Society. Officers were elected with Milo Pettibone being president, ...

Buckner's Defense

To stop the Confederate break-out attempt on February 15, Grant sent his reorganized troops against the Confederate left. At the same time, to take advantage of the weakened enemy line, he sent C.F. Smith's Division against the Confederate right. Smith's ...

First Brigade

(The Stonewall Brigade)

August 30, 1862

3:15 p.m.

Jackson's Division (Starke)

Left Wing (Jackson)

Army of Northern Virginia, CSA

First Brigade

(The Stonewall Brigade)

Col. William S. Baylor

2nd Virginia 5th Virginia

4th Virginia 27th Virginia

33rd Virginia

"The Federals ...

21st Georgia Infantry

Second Battle of Manassas

August 28, 1862

7:15 p.m.

Trimble's Brigade, Ewell's Division

Left Wing (Jackson)

Army of Northern Virginia, CSA

21st Georgia INfantry

Capt. Thomas C. Glover

"The fence being reached, the work of death commenced at short range. From this fence we poured volleys into the ...

Furman University World War II Memorial

In Memory of

Those Who Paid the Supreme Sacrifice

in World War II

Marker is on Cherrydale Avenue, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Brailsford & Susan Jenkins House

42 Church Street

This substantial house was built by J. Brailsford Jenkins, soon after they purchased the site in 1905. The lot previously had been part of the extensive grounds of present-day 38 Church Street, where Dr. Vincent LeSeigneur had ...

First Secession Meeting

[Front]:

First Secession Meeting, Chesterfield Courthouse.

Nov. 19, 1860.

Banner used on Secession Day.

[Rear]:

Dedicated by the U.D.C's of Chesterfield Co. to the brave men, devoted women and faithful slaves, '61-'65.

Marker is at the intersection of East Main Street and Park Drive, on the ...

Chesterfield Courthouse

Chesterfield County's first courthouse was built here soon after the county was established in 1785. The second courthouse on this site was built 1825-1829 from plans by architect Robert Mills, designer of the Washington Monument. According to local tradition it ...