The Rockport Pilot

The earliest newspaper in this area was “The Vaquero”, published by Charles F. Bailey and Geraldo A. Beeman in St. Mary’s in 1868. In 1869 Bailey moved to Rockport and founded “The Transcript”, which continued in operation until 1886. Two ...

Battle of the Rocks Monument

On this historic ground

the American Patriots

bravely sustained the cause of

Liberty

against the British Invaders

July 12, 1779

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Erected by the D.A.R. of Norwalk

1894.

Marker is at the intersection of France Street and Adams Avenue, on the left when traveling north on France Street.

Courtesy ...

The Battle Of The Hanging Rock

Here was fought the Battle

of the Hanging Rock

August 6, 1780

About 600 Militia

of the Carolinas under

Colonel Thomas Sumter

destroyed the British Camp

and killed and wounded over

200 of the British Troops

under Major John Carden ...

Scraping the Rocks Clean

Mining Activities at Columbia

Armed with pickaxes,shovels and powerful jets of water miners, removed massive amounts of dirt and gravel to expose the marble limestone formations you see here today. Deep open-pit mines once extended for miles east and south of ...

Wall Street of the Rockies

Four Corners

The four corners of 17th and Champa Streets are occupied by the Boston Building (1890), the Colorado National Bank (1915), the Railway Exchange (Title) Building (1937), and the Ideal Cement (Colorado Federal) Building (1907). All were built of Colorado ...

The Rock House

On December 7, 1756, the Council of the Colony recorded a petition of Jacob Hoffman for 200 acres of bounty land. He was granted this acreage on Palmetto Branch in 1758. The building on this tract, which has long been ...

The Battle of Hanging Rock

A Union Retreat Disrupted

On June 21, 1864, following two days of fighting at Lynchburg, Confederate Gen. Robert Ransom’s cavalry, pursuing Union Gen. David Hunter’s retreating column, engaged in a conflict that would ultimately become known as the Battle of Hanging ...

The Middle Valley Trap Rock & Mine Company

Tettertown Preserve

Lawrence Hager Trimmer (1847-1909) was a commanding presence in the Middle Valley community, having represented the Second District of Hunterdon County, in the New Jersey State Assembly, from 1889-1891. As a prominent businessman he founded and served as ...

The Rock Fight

Second Battle of Manassas

Yankees were pinned down on the far side of the embankment, only ten yards away. After twenty minutes of continuous shooting, Confederates here were running out of ammunition. Frantically, they searched their dead and wounded comrades for ...

Last Stand On The Rocky Hill

Revolutionary War Heritage Trail

After the initial contact at the river, Col. Hathorn’s remaining force, about forty men, conducted a fighting retreat until they reached high ground. Here they took up a position about two acres in size. Sentinel Rock, where ...