Jonesboro Threatened

August 30, 1864. On receipt of Hardee’s report from Rough and Ready of Federal threats to the M. & W. R. R., at Jonesboro, Hood directed Hardee & S. D. Lee [CS] to come to headquarters. The locomotive N. C. ...

Lee's Final Bivouac

April 14, 1865

General Lee, on his journey to Richmond from Appomattox, stopped at Winsor, his brother's farm, to spend the night. But as the house was crowded, he pitched his tent here, the last night he spent under canvas. He ...

Columbia Yacht Club

Founded 1892

During the winter of 1891, a group of Chicago sailors gathered at the home of a bridge tender to discuss the formation of a club dedicated to the sport of sailing. Their idea was to create on the lakefront, ...

Grand Army of the Republic / The G.A.R. Hall

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In 1866 northern Civil War veterans organized the Grand Army of the Republic to fight for veterans' pensions and other benefits. Michigan's first chapter was formed the next year. National membership peaked in 1890 with 409,489 men, while Michigan's ...

First Presbyterian Church

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In February 1837 the Reverend Calvin Clark, a circuit riding pastor sent by the American Home Missionary Society, met with twenty-four persons and organized the Albion Presbyterian Church. The first church was built in 1840 on the corner ...

Ebbets Field

This is the site of the former Ebbets Field

Marker is at the intersection of Bedford Avenue and Sullivan Place on Bedford Avenue.

Courtesy hmdb.org

First Baptist Church

The Reverend Thomas Z.R. Jones, a traveling missionary, began visiting the Marshall area in 1838. On January 16, 1840, he helped organize the First Baptist Church of Marshall with eight members. The group erected this church in 1850-51. They enlarged ...

Bartlett Garcia

Continental Survey Point

On April 24, 1851, John Russell Bartlett for the United States and Pedro Garcia-Conde for the Republic of Mexico, erected near here a monument designating 32° 22’ north latitude on the Rio Grande as the initial point for ...

Q.S.M.V. Abegweit

“Queen of The Northumberland Strait”

Builder: Marine Industries Limited, Sorel, Quebec, Canada

Launched on June 28, 1947

Hull Number: 144

Length: 372.6 ft.

Width: 62 ft.

Gross Tons: 7,600

Service: Operated by Canadian National Railway for service from Cape Tormentine, New Brunswick to Borden, Prince Edward ...

Lee’s Last Bivouac

April 14, 1865

Although Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865, the formal surrender ceremonies for his cavalry, artillery, and infantry occurred over the next three days. Lee did not ...