Columbus

Columbus was founded in 1891 as a U.S./Mexico border station but eventually coalesced around the railroad station three miles to the north in 1903. The area’s history is tied to a March 9, 1916, raid on Columbus by Mexican revolutionary ...

Cuba Free

1893

Thomas C. LevalleyU.S.S.S. YankeeThomas H. Fitzgerald

Samuel J. WaltonCo. C 71st N.Y. Vols.Charles W. VailCo. E 6th U.S. Art.Louis IseneggerCorp. Co. C 3rd U.S. Cav.

“Made way for Liberty and died”

Marker is at the intersection of Park Avenue ...

Bondage

and they made their lives

bitter with hard bondage

Exodus 1:14

For the millions of immigrants to this land, America has not been so much a destination as a promise: a promise of equality, a promise of self-determination and a promise of ...

Jacob Purdy House (1721)

* A National Historic Site *

* * * * * General George Washington’s Headquarters * * * * *

October 23 – 28, 1776

While preparing for the Battle of White Plains, October 28, 1776

- and later -

Roanoke County / Botetourt County

Roanoke County

Area 305 Square Miles

Formed in 1838 from Botetourt and Montgomery, and probably named for the Roanoke River. General Andrew Lewis lived here. The city of Roanoke is known as the Magic City of the South.

Botetourt County

Area 548 Square Miles

Formed ...

John W. Heisman Birth Site

Here was born (October 3, 1869) the man after whom the Heisman Football Trophy is named. The College Football Hall of Fame enshrines him as superior coach. Important pioneer game innovator. Father of: forward pass; center snap; interference on end ...

Blocking the Union Advance

Knowing they were badly outnumbered, Evans' 900 Confederates stared across this open field, waiting for the enemy to appear over the crest of the hill. Their only hope was to slow the 15,000-man Federal column long enough for reinforcements to ...

World War Veterans Bridge

In memory

of

The Veterans

of

The World War

1917 - 1918

Dedicated Nov. 11, 1934

Marker is at the intersection of Court Street (U.S. 22/62) and Veterans Way/Water Street, on the left when traveling west on Court Street.

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Entrance to Cemetery of the Columbia Hebrew Benevolent Society

The society has been in continuous existence since its organization in 1822. It was chartered 1834. Its charities are administered to the needs of the community without regard to creed or race.

Marker is on Gadsden Street, on the right when ...

Jacob Purdy House

George Washington’s Headquarters

in White Plains

Oct. 23-31, 1776

July 27 – Sept. 16, 1778

National Register of Historic Places

White Plains Historical Society

Marker is on Park Avenue, on the left when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org