Largest and Most Valuable Estate in the County

In 1844, Richard D. Lee inherited 481.5 acres from his father’s estate. For the next 16 years, Lee improved and expanded his land holdings until he owned 2,100 acres. In 1860, his farm yielded 2,900 bushels of wheat, 3,500 bushels ...

Transportation Through the Ages

1900–1930’s

Roads were only paths made by walking and from the passage of wagons and buggies. When the first cars came into the area, the roads were “pot-hole after pot-hole.” Sam Bonham told of riding his motorcycle around 1918 to Knoxville, ...

The Tallasahatchie Battle Field

This Stone Marks The Site

Of The

Tallasahatchie Battle Field.

On this spot

Lieut. Gen. John Coffee with

Gen. Andrew Jackson’s men

won a victory over the

Creek Indians, Nov. 3, 1813.

Erected by the

Frederick Wm. Gray Chapt.

Daughters of the American

Revolution. Nov. 3, 1913.

Anniston Ala.

Marker is on McCullars ...

Port of Matamoros

The Port of Matamoros was established in 1824. Commercial cargo, shipped mainly from New Orleans and other U.S. ports, was unloaded at the Port and transported overland to Matamoros, Reynosa, Camargo, Monterrey, and Mier. Mexico maintained a garrison and at ...

Great Turning Basin

The stones in this plaza have been arranged to suggest the outline of a typical lock on Richmond’s James River and Kanawha Canal. Where you now stand was once a part of the Great Turning Basin which served the heart ...

Battle of Sailors (Sayler's) Creek

[Obverse]:

This is the Hillsman House, used by the Unionists as a hospital in the engagement of April 6, 1865. From the west side of the creek the Confederates charged and broke through the Union infantry, but were stopped by the ...

Confederate Occaneechi

Piedmont Indians in the Civil War

When North Carolina passed laws in 1833 to restrict the rights of free blacks; they also limited the rights of Indians. In old Orange (later Alamance) County, many Occaneechi Indians including Dixon Corn, Jesse Jeffries, ...

The Wyoming State Hospital

In 1886, the Territorial Legislature established the Wyoming State Hospital, originally named the Wyoming State Asylum for the Insane, to provide care for mentally ill citizens. The site chosen for the hospital was at the southern edge of Evanston on ...

The Rise & Fall of the Rappahannock Navigation System

Comprised of 47 locks, 20 dams, and 15 miles of canals, the Rappahannock Navigation System struggled from its beginnings. After suffering numerous construction delays due to financial problems, the heyday of canal commerce on the Rappahannock was cut short by ...

Ancient Native American Trail

Lenni Lenape Indians (Original People) inhabited Verona in colonial times. Area settlers traded with and learned much from these Native Americans who granted land deeds in return for needed supplies. One such trail crossed Bloomfield Avenue nearby and was used ...