Capitol Theatre

Constructed 1912-1913, the Capitol Theatre incorporated classical design and was stylistically advanced for its time. the theater's highly decorative Italian Renaissance style is significant as an innovation in the development of Utah architecture. The building, with its ornate facade ...

Barker's Mill / Skirmish at Barker's Mill

(Barker's Mill side of marker):

Barker's Mill, which stood here on

Jackson Branch, was a grist mill

owned by William Ransome Barker

(1816-1869), a planter in what was

then Barnwell District. Barker moved

to this are in the 1850s,built a house

about 2 mi. N. and ...

Athens County Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Memorial

The People of Athens County

erect

this monument

in memory of those who volunteered

as

Soldiers and Sailors

in defense of the Union

and to perpetuate

Free Government.

The People

will ever remember how much of

our national prosperity

is due to

the patriotism and valor

of

the men who died

in

the service of their country

Athens ...

Rio Grande Gaging Station

U.S. Geological Survey

First Gaging Station established by

U.S. Geologocal Survey

Marker is on New Mexico Route 68, on the left when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Confederate Hospital

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On this side stood one of Milner’s temporary hospitals for Confederate soldiers wounded in the Battles of Atlanta and Jonesboro in 1864. These men were hastily evacuated south on the only railroad from Atlanta still operated by the C.S.A. at ...

Anticipating An Indian Council

One of President Jefferson’s goals for this expedition was to seek out the native peoples and council with them. On July 28, 2804, the expedition passed this overlook area early in the morning and noted of this area “a bluff ...

Battle of Port Gibson

On May 1, 1863, Confederate forces under Brig. Gen. John Bowen clashed with elements of two Union corps commanded by Maj. Gen. U.S. Grant. The battle began around midnight near the Shaifer House four miles west of town. At dawn, ...

First National Bank Building

1872-1873, Thomas J. Johnson

Cast iron facade by Richard M. Upjohn

The First National Bank Building features the oldest known cast iron facade

in the Intermountain West. It was designed by Richard M. Upjohn, one of America’s most distinguished 19th-century architects. The building ...

Engagement at Sutherland Station

On the morning of 2 Apr. 1865, Union forces arrived here by way of Clairborne Road and found Maj. Gen. Henry Heth’s Confederate division entrenched on Cox Road. During the day, Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles’s division made three distinct ...

Athens County Vietnam War Memorial

Dedicated to the memory of

the Athens County residents

who lost their lives in Vietnam

November 1990

Richard A. Anders … 23

Joseph A. Bodnar … 22

Charles L Boling … 22

John W. Boyer … 27

Ronald L. Calentine … 20

Virgil L. Castle … 19

Michael A. Deeter ...