Paraje de los Brazitos

Here the Camino Real between Santa Fe and El Paso passed along the eastern bank of the Rio Grande near a brazito, or small branch of the river that created a small island. At this paraje, or stopping place, American ...

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 copy of the

Statue of Liberty as a pledge

of everlasting fidelity and

and loyalty

The Crusade to Strengthen Liberty

Marker is on 2nd Street near ...

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 Division

C.S.A.

Brigadier General Simon B. Buckner's DivisionOn February 15, 1862, about 1 p.m. this division in compliance with General Floyd's orders withdrew to its original position within the trenches covered by the 2d Kentucky and 41st Tennessee. Only a small portion ...

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 ...

A Rocky Beginning

James Lankford settled in the Rockport area in 1808, moving his wife and daughter into a cave under the bluff overlooking the Ohio River. Other settlers moved into the lowland that became downtown Rockport (originally dubbed Hanging Rock). By 1818 ...

Lamuel Benton

Owner of many acres north of here, Lamuel Benton was prominent in the Revolution as Colonel of the Cheraws militia under Francis Marion and as forager for Greene's Continental Army. Member S.C. House of Representatives, 1781-87; Delegate to the S.C. ...