North Bend

Three miles south is North Bend, a Greek Revival residence built in 1819. Sarah Minge, sister of President William Henry Harrison, and her husband, John, built the original portion of the house located on Kittiewan Creek. Thomas H. Wilcox greatly ...

Birthplace of Famed Song

It was in the spring of 1911 that two freshmen at Albion College, Byron D. Stokes and F. Dudleigh Vernor, wrote the words and music for a song they called "The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi." The song made a hit ...

Bethany Church

The first Bethany Meeting House was erected by 1809 on the old Edgefield-Abbeville Stagecoach Road midway between Hard Labor and Cuffey Town Creeks. Bethany Baptist Church was constituted in December 1809, with Amos Dubose as pastor. The present church is ...

Chamberlain's Bed

That stream flows into Stony Creek a mile west. On March 31, 1865, Pickett and W.H.F. Lee, coming from Five Forks, forced a passage of Chamberlain's Bed in the face of Sheridan's troops, who were driven back to Dinwiddie Courthouse.

Marker ...

Geiger Brewery

From 1867 to 1878 master brewer Veit Geiger operated the Geiger Brewery at this location. The artesian springs assured an abundant source of pure water, and the nearby caves provided a constant 50-degree storage cellar. The brewery, was just one ...

Spanish Dragoon Barracks

A first Spanish period two-story coquina, shingle roofed structure, 33' x 19', erected on the east side of this lot became the barracks for the Spanish dragoons in 1792. Each story had two rooms. One upper room contained a rack ...

McGregor's Battery - Beckham's Battalion

Stuart's Horse Artillery

Army of Northern Virginia

Stuart's Horse Artilery

Beckham's Battalion McGregor's Battery

Two Napoleons and two 3 inch Rifles

July 3 The Battery took an active part in the fight arriving about 2 p.m. and keeping up its fire until the ample supply ...

Daniel Webster Tablet

This tablet is erected by

John Adams Chapter

Daughters of the American Revolution

In patriotic remembrance

Daniel Webster

1782-1852

Peerless debator, a brilliant orator

A profound constitutional lawyer

A patriotic American citizen

"I pray to know who is to put beneath ...

Battle of Mount Elon

Three miles south of Mount Elon on the night of Feb. 27, 1865, a mounted Union detachment led by Captain William Duncan encountered a superior force of Confederate cavalry commanded by Colonel Hugh K. Aiken. After a sharp hand to ...

Baltimore Riot Trail

Last Shots at Camden Station

(Preface):

On April 19, 1861, Confederate sympathizers attacked the 6th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment as it changed trains en route to Washington, which the secessionists hoped to isolate. To learn more about the Baltimore Riot, the ...