Chalk Bluff

Named for the white clay which resembles chalk, this magnificent bluff is one of the most important historical landmarks in Arkansas. At this point the St. Francis River cuts through Crowley's Ridge from west to east and forms the boundary ...

“Kate Barry”

1½ miles SE is Walnut Grove, home of Margaret Catherine Moore Barry (1752–1823). Local tradition says she was known as “Kate Barry” and acted as a scout for the Patriots before the Battle of Cowpens, Jan. 17, 1781. With her ...

Battle of Franklin

“Jumping out of bed”

The war seemed far from Franklin when Union forces captured Roanoke Island and the North Carolina Sounds in February 1862. In May, however, when they occupied Norfolk and Suffolk to control both coastal Virginia and North Carolina, ...

The Blackwater Line

“That little stream has ... saved us”

To protect Richmond from a Union attack from Suffolk, Confederate authorities fortified the Blackwater River in 1862. You are standing on the Blackwater Line. The intermittent earthworks stretched fifty miles from north of Zuni ...

Battery G, Second U.S. Artillery

Artillery Brigade - Sixth Corps

Army of the Potomac

Sixth Corps

Artillery Brigade

Battery G Second U.S. Artillery

Six 12 Pounders

Lieut. John H. Butler commanding

July 2 Arrived in the afternoon with the Corps and held in reserve.

July 3 Brought up to Ziegler's Grove in rear ...

Cobre Valley Center for the Arts

You are standing next to the Cobre Valley Center for the Arts, located in the Old Gila County Courthouse. In 1905, stone masons working on Roosevelt Dam were contracted to build this imposing structure which is on the National Register ...

History on Knob Creek

About 0.3 miles east stood Twin Falls Grist Mill, belonging to Peter Range, an early immigrant from New Jersey. He bought this land in 1804-08 and built the 2-story & basement stone house, standing today. His limestone marker reads, “P. ...

Dr. Robert Semple

In Memory of

President First Constitutional

Convention September 4, 1849.

A member of the Bear Flag Party

June, 1846. One of the founders

of Colusa 1850. Died Oct. 1854.

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Zumwalt Road, and Crawford Road, on the right when ...

Welcome to Eutaw, Alabama: The Gateway To The Black Belt

County Seat of Greene County

In 1838, Greene County citizens voted to change the town seat from Erie to Eutaw. The City of Eutaw, Alabama was incorporated as a town by and act of the State Legislature on January 2, 1841. ...

Montgomery’s Slave Markets / First Emancipation Observance - 186

Side A

The city’s slave market was at the Artesian Basin (Court Square). Slaves of all ages were auctioned, along with land and livestock, standing in line to be inspected. Public posters advertised sales and included gender, approximate age, first name ...