First Baptist Church 1898 Sanctuary

This structure represents an adaptation of the Queen Anne style of architecture to local ecclesiastical needs and traditional building materials. Both the stimulus for constructing a new sanctuary and the idea for its basic design are attributed to the Reverend ...

First Missionary Baptist Church

Led by first pastor Alfred Peters, 21 members organized this church on April 22, 1866, in the home of Sister Jane Young. Services were first held in a storefront building on the banks of the Tennessee River. In 1873 First ...

Fitzhugh Lee's Brigade

Stuart's Cavalry Division

C.S.A.

Army of Northern Virginia

Stuart's Cavalry Division

Fitzhugh Lee's Brigade

1st. Maryland Battalion

and

1st. 2nd. 3rd. 4th. 5th. Virginia Cavalry

July 2 The Battalion being on duty with Ewell's Corps the Brigade brought only the five regiments to the field where it arrived ...

Sugar Land Refinery

The center of the sugar industry from Texas colonial days and the site of the first sugar refinery in Texas located by S. M. Williams on land granted to him by the Mexican government.

Marker is on Sugar Land Street ...

Road of Remembrance

East Column

Upper plaque

To the American Soldiers who in three wars have marched along this road. The American Legion Auxiliary, Davis King Summers Post No. 14 dedicates this road in loving memory. August 1930.

Lower plaque

World War ...

Rossville Memorial Fountain

Dedicated to the glory of God in memory of the sons and daughters of this community who laid down their lives in defense of their country

Dedicated May 30, 1968

Marker is at the intersection of Rossville Blvd (U.S. 27) and McFarland ...

Lafayette County

Lafayette County was created December 23, 1856, from Madison County. The county was named in honor of the Marquis de Lafayette, the French citizen who rendered invaluable assistance to the Colonies during the Revolutionary War. The famed Suwannee River forms ...

Headquarters of George Washington

As colonel under General Braddock at Fort Cumberland during the French and Indian War 1755 - 1758 and as Commander-in-Chief of the American Army in 1794Presented to the City of Cumberland by

James Walter Thomas, L.L.D.; Litt.D.

dedicated April 21, 1921 in ...

First Railroad

West of Allegheny Mountains - Tuscumbia, Courtland & Decatur RR.

Built 1833 to by-pass shoals in Tenn. River. Absorbed by Memphis & Charleston And by Southern Rwy. In 1898.

Marker is at the intersection of Wilson Street Northeast (U.S. 72) and Harborview ...

The Steamer Niagara: The Fiery End

Her Saloon is superbly fitted and furnished and the accommodations for steerage passengers on the main deck are unsurpassed.

Milwaukee Sentinel

May 20, 1846

Between 1844-1857, “palace steamers” ruled Great Lakes transportation. About half of European immigrants bound for Wisconsin travelled by steamer. ...