First Church Built in Parke County 1828

Wolf Creek Church and Cemetery

Primitive Baptist Faith Served Wolf Creek Community till 1917 when the present Church was dedicated

Marker can be reached from County Line Road near County Route 317.

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King's Mountain Battleground

Twelve miles northwest the battle of King's Mountain was fought October 7, 1780. The 900 Whigs were under Colonels Campbell, Shelby, Sevier, Hill, Lacey, Williams, Cleveland; Lieutenant Colonels Hawthorn, Hambright; Majors McDowell, Chronicle, Winston, Chandler. The 1100 Tories were under ...

“An Affair Most Important to Us” - The Federal Right, October 27

“A Hard Nut To Crack”

As Hood’s Army of Tennessee encircled Decatur, sharpshooters advanced upon the Union defenses. Colonel Doolittle’s men responded with heavy artillery and musket fire. During the early afternoon of October 27, the Confederates approached the Federal breastworks ...

Fort Bliss Officers' Quarters

Old Fort Bliss, on site formerly in Mexico. Owned after 1849 by Simeon Hart, founder of Hart's Mill and early village of El Paso.

Officers quarters, built about 1879 on 3' foundations of hewn stone. 24" walls are double-laid adobe brick.

Marker ...

Emily Tubman Monument

Dedicated March 21, 1994

Commemorating the 200th Anniversary of the birth

of

Emily Harvie Thomas Tubman

Sponsored by The State of Georgia

[Lists names of key government officials, monument committee, and sponsors.]

Marker is on 7th St near Greene St., in the median.

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Emily Harvie Thomas Tubman

1794-1885

Born in Ashland, Hanover County, Virginia on March 21, 1794. Grew up in Kentucky under guardianship of Henry Clay. Visited Augusta in 1818, where she met and married Richard Tubman, wealthy merchant. After his death in 1836, she became interested ...

U.S. Senator Albert Gore. SR. Tennessee

?In 1956 Senator Albert Gore, Sr. authored legislation to create the largest public works project ever undertaken in the United States, the Interstate Highway System. The legislation was signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on June 29, 1956. All interstate ...

A Prairie Reborn

These rambling acres of grass and greenery might not look like a carefully planned landscape. Yet they are part of an ongoing restoration effort begun in 1939 to undo the effects of 76 years of farming, restoring agricultural fields to ...

Old Diboll Library

Built about 1908 by T.L.L. Temple for his Southern Pine Lumber Company employees, this building served for many years as a community library and recreation hall. While the lower floor included a reading room and recreational facilities, the upper floor ...

Beech Island Baptist Church

[Marker Front]:

This church was organized in the Beech Island Academy on January 21, 1832, with Rev. Iverson Brooks as its first minister and Mathias Ardis and Randolph Bradford as its first deacons. This sanctuary, built on land donated by James ...