Birthplace of John L. Worden 1818-1897

Rear Admiral U.S. Navy

Commanded “Monitor” against

“Merrimac” Hampton Roads,

Virginia, March 9, 1862

Marker is on Albany Post Road (U.S. 9) south of Scarborough Road, on the right when traveling north.

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VFW Post 1684 Memorial

Erected 1964 By Post 1684

In Grateful Tribute

To The Living And The Dead Who Through

Their Valiant Effort And Supreme

Sacrifice Have Helped To Preserve

Us A Free Nation

Marker can be reached from the intersection of 1st Avenue and Spring Street, on the ...

Kings Ferry

This was the original site

of this river crossing used

in colonial days. Moved

during the Revolution to

the area of Fort Lafayette.

Marker is on Kings Ferry Road, on the left when traveling west.

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The Flowery Branch Depot

Cotton, leather and furniture, as well as manufactured items from the region passed through these walls, as did passengers during its working years (c.1890-1970s) as a Richmond & Danville Railroad and Southern Railway System Depot. Sold to the City of ...

Jefferson Davis Bridge

Jefferson Davis

West Point Graduate

Class of 1828

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Services:

Indian Wars 1829- 1835

Member of Congress 1845-'46

Colonel U.S. Army

Hero of Buena Vista and Monterey

Secretary of War 1853-'57

Senator from Mississippi

1849-'51 1857-'61

President of

Confederate States of America

1861 - 1865

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A tribute from ...

Fort Bowie

National Historic Site

A Regional Legacy

Cochise. Geronimo. Though their reputations were fierce, the Chiricahua Apaches didn't stop explorers, prospectors, settlers, and merchants from Westward immigration. To establish a lifeline between the East and California, the Butterfield Overland Trail was built in ...

History of Falls Park

The Carolina Foothills Garden Club, beginning in 1967, spearheaded efforts to reclaim the long neglected site of Greenville's birthplace and to preserve its natural beauty along the banks of the Reedy River. The City of Greenville endorsed the project and ...

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Brief History of Longford

Longford is a focal point of the northern midlands where the provinces of Leinster, Ulster and Connaught all converge. Longford, where history and literature, tradegy and triumph are all woven together, takes its name from the ancient ...

Start of Sheridan's Raid

Here Sheridan, moving from camp, came into the Telegraph Road on his raid to Richmond, May 9, 1864, while Lee and Grant were fighting at Spotsylvania. The 10,000 Union Cavalry filled the road for several miles. Turning from the road ...

Finesville

Finesville began as Chelsea Forge, ca 1751, a charcoal - iron forge on the Musconetcong River.

Philip and John Fine, brothers of German descent purchased the forge in the late 1700's, built a dam, and soon after built an oil mill, ...