Historic Albany Rural Cemetery

Est. 1841

Burial site of Pres. Arthur,

governors, statesmen

and private citizens.

Noted for it’s natural beauty,

sculptures & architecture.

Marker is at the intersection of Menand Road (New York Route 378) and Van Rensselaer Blvd, on the right when traveling west on Menand Road.

Courtesy ...

Abandoned Artillery

These two Wiard rifled cannon represent two of the four guns lost by Lt. Alexander Marshall of Battery G 1st Ohio Light Artillery (originally two 12 pdr. howitzers, two 12 pdr Wiard rifles, and two six pdr. Wiard rifles.) These ...

Old Belleview

Ante-bellum settlement on the Old Alabama Rd., between the Chattahoochee at Columbus & the Flint River at the Double Bridges.

Columbus was seized by Federal Cav. under Gen. James H. Wilson, April 16, 1865. The next day Minty’s div. was ...

Bowie Family Memorial

Erected by the descendants of

Abraham Bowie, born in Scotland

and settled in Durham Parish,

Charles County, Maryland, about

1700 A.D. The family of his grandson

Rhody Bowie, moved to Abbeville

County, South Carolina about 1800.

Eli Bowie, son of Rhody Bowie,

established Gilgal Church in 1817.

This church ...

Rehabilitation of the Carnegie Library

Department of Library, Archives and Public Records

Board Members:

Frank Kelly, Chairman, Speaker of the House • Stan Turley, President of the Senate • John Hays, State Senator • Polly Rosenbaum, State Representative • Sharon Turgeon, Director

This building designed by W. ...

Woodbury

In 1659 citizens of Stratford purchased from the Pegasset Indians the land, then called Pomperaug Plantation, that is now occupied by Woodbury, Southbury, Roxbury, Bethlehem and parts of Washington, Middlebury and Oxford. It was re-named Woodbury in 1673 and became ...

J. W. Walker/Central Arizona Light & Power Building

The J. W. Walker/Central Arizona Light & Power Building was built in the spring and summer of 1920 by Phoenix businessman and real estate developer J. W. Walker. Designed by prominent early Phoenix architect L. M. Fitzhugh, the Neo-Classical Revival ...

Fort Brown

The embankment on this spot is all that remains of Fort Brown which constituted the left flank of the American line of defense at the Battle of Plattsburgh September 6-11, 1814 It was manned by detachments of the 30th & ...

Barkers Creek Baptist Church

Founded in 1821, this is the boyhood church and burial place of Olin D. Johnston. He was decorated for bravery in World War I, served in the S.C. House of Representatives, was twice Governor of S.C., in 1935-1939 and 1943-1945, ...

Loyal Quaker and Brave Slave

Rebecca Wright and Thomas Laws

In September 1864, U.S. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan heard rumors that Confederate forces had left the Shenandoah Valley to rejoin Gen. Robert E. Lee’s army at Petersburg. Wanting to confirm this information before attacking Gen. Jubal ...