Ferryboat Binghamton

Built for the Hoboken Ferry Company and launched in1905, it plied the Hudson River between Hoboken and Manhattan (Barclay St.) for 62 years. This double-ender steamboat was designed to carry 986 passengers and a number of vehicles. It was in ...

Cleburne Outflanked Left Wing, 17th A.C.

July 22, 1864. The left wing (Giles Smith’s div., 17th A.C.) of McPherson’s Army of the Tenn. (US) occupied an intrenched line on Flat Shoals Rd. between Leggett’s Hill & Glenwood, where it hooked eastward, facing to the south.

Gen. P.R. ...

Cleburne's Div. in the Federal Rear

July 22, 1864. Cleburne’s 3 brigades, (CS) after over-running the Federal left (at Glenwood), moved on the rear of its line facing W. on Flat Shoals Rd., at the same time Maney’s div. (CS) attached its front. Beset on both ...

The Battle of Belmont

A State Divided

North and west of this location, the Battle of Belmont was fought on November 7, 1861. It was the first battle in which Ulysses S. Grant commanded an army. He had recently been promoted to Brigadier General and ...

Landscapes of Power

About three million years ago, a volcano dominated the landscape east of U.S. 191. The powerful forces of wind and water eroded softer rocks surrounding the volcano's more resistant core, resulting in the tooth-shaped butte on the eastern horizon. Boars ...

Fort Pocahontas

South of here, on a bluff overlooking the James River, stands the half-mile-long Fort Pocahontas, built in the spring of 1869 by Union soldiers during the Civil War. The fort protected Union vessels on the river and guarded the landing ...

At the State Fair on these Grounds

At the State Fair on these Grounds

In 1859

Near this Spot

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Made an address

This tablet as a reminder of that event

was erected

under the auspices of the Old Settlers Club of Milwaukee County in 1928

First Avenue Honor Roll

First Avenue

Honor Roll

Dedicated to the Men of The

United States Armed Forces

Who Gave Their Lives In

World War II, So That

Democracy Might Live

Joseph J. Bosta

Thomas A. Kishel

George A. Mascola

Pacifico A. Migliore Jr.

John B. Murray

Parker L. Smith

Francis W. Snyder

William F. Weiler

Dedicated April 30, ...

Sherwood Forest

President John Tyler's Home

John Tyler purchased this plantation one mile west in his native Charles City in 1842 while serving as tenth president of the United States, and made it his home from 1845 until his death in 1862. Tyler ...

Fannin County

This County, created by Act of the Legislature Jan. 21, 1854, is named for Col. J. W. Fannin who was killed in the massacre at Goliad, Mar. 27, 1836. He had been captured with about 350 Georgia Volunteers under his ...