Hodge's Bend Cemetery

A veteran of "Swamp Fox" Francis Marion's South Carolina brigade during the American Revolution,

Alexander Hodge (b. 1760) brought his family to Texas in 1825. Hodge was prominent among

the "Old Three Hundred" settlers; his sons fought in the Texas ...

Gilboa Settlement

Gilboa Settlement

‹—«

Cotton Mill 1840-1869, Tannery

Church & Cemetery Stood On

Ground now Covered by Reservoir

Of New York City Water Supply

Marker is on New York Route 990V, on the right when traveling south.

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Fanning Springs Bridge

The Fanning Springs Bridge was built by the State of Florida.

In 1934 it was officially named the Benjamin Chaires Bridge in honor of a prominent pioneer settler of Dixie County.

Located 29 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico, ...

Bloody Brook Stone Slab

Grave

of

Capt. Lathrop

and

Men Slain

by the

Indians

1675

Marker is on North Main Street, on the right when traveling north.

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Olin D. Johnston Memorial Boulevard

Named in honor

of a distinguished South Carolinian

in recognition of his

contributions

to the life and welfare

of this state and its citizens

Member, House of Representatives

1923-1924 Anderson County

1927-1930 Spartanburg County

Governor

1935-1939 1943-1945

United States Senator

1945-1965

He worked tirelessly for

development of the

Savannah River Basin

Erected in 1985, the 50th ...

Birthplace of "Old Rugged Cross"

"The Old Rugged Cross," one of the world's best-loved hymns, was composed here in 1912 by the Rev. George Bennard (1873-1958). The son of an Ohio coal miner, Bennard was a lifelong servant of God, chiefly in the Methodist ministry. ...

Abandonment of Ft. Cumberland

Fort Cumberland was garrisoned from 1754 to 1765. During this period, there was bickering between Maryland and Virginia as to how the fort should be maintained and whose control it was under.

In early 1756, Colonel Washington favored a small garrison ...

Albion College

Methodists obtained a charter for Spring Arbor Seminary from the Territorial Council of Michigan in March, 1835. Later the institution was established in Albion on land donated by Jesse Crowell, a leading Albion pioneer and benefactor. In 1841 the cornerstone ...

The Observatory

Latitude Observatory Park

U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Assistant, Edwin Smith or Rockville, Maryland, was assigned to oversee construction and operations at the Gaithersburg Observatory. Original plans for the Ukiah and Gaithersburg Observatories, prepared by the Central Bureau in Germany, specified ...

Bloody Brook Monument

Erected August

1838

—

On this Ground Capt. Thomas Lathrop and eighty four men under his command, including eighteen

teamsters from Deer field, conveying stores from that town to Hadley, were ambuscaded by about

700 Indians, and the Captain and seventy six men ...