“The Steelworker in Pittsburg”

Dedicated September 10, 1995

Gone are the days when steelworkers in the rolling mill toiled in extreme heat, catching red-hot steel rods equipped only with a pair of tongs, cotton gloves and leather shin guards. Today’s steelworker is a pace setter ...

Parson's Battery

4th U.S. Artillery Co. "H" & "M"

The most powerful federal battery on this field armed with four 3" Ordnance rifles and four 12 pdr. howitzers. This battery of battle hardened regulars poured charge after charge of canister at less than ...

Pilot Knob

1851 • 1922

[symbol of the D.A.R.]

To Commemorate The Treaty at Mendota

Negotiated on

Pilot Knob

Whereby the Sioux Indians ceded their lands

in the Territory of Minnesota and State of Iowa

to the United States Government.

Placed by

Mendota Chapter, Daughters American Revolution

St. Paul, Minn.

Marker can be ...

The Beginning of the Cigar Industry in West Tampa

A cigar factory built on this site in June 1892 by Hugh C. Macfarlane brought the first industry to the community of West Tampa. First operated by A. Del Pino and Company, it failed financially. In 1894 the O'Halloran Cigar ...

Charles F. Shimp

This entranceway

dedicated in the name

of

Charles F. Shimp

who was the last charter member

of the New Lebanon

Rotary Club

March 26, 1946 - September 27, 1981

Stonework by Don Rusk

September 27, 1981

Marker is on Fuls Road, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Empire Mills

G. W. Woodruff began grist operations in 1861 on this site previously occupied in 1847 by E.T. Taylor Cotton Gin Company and in 1841 by William Waters Garrard’s cotton warehouse. Empire Mills ran night and day during the Civil War ...

Lower Three Runs Baptist Church

(Front text)

This church, originally located 8/10 mi. W on the old Augusta-to-Charleston road, was founded in 1789 by twelve charter members, with Rev. Nathaniel Walker as its first pastor. Lower Three Runs was a mother church to at least ...

Pee Wee Saloon

(P. Wee Saloon)

Pee Wee's Saloon was the favorite meeting spot for Memphis musicians in the early 20th century. W.C. Handy used the cigar counter to write out copies of the Beale Street Blues for his band members. One of those ...

LaPlaisance Bay Settlement

When the War of 1812 began, LaPlaisance Bay settlement consisted of 14 homes along the creek. Medard LaBadie, considered a hero for his participation in the Battles of the River Raisin and those at Fort Meigs and Thames, was a ...

Jasper Spring

On this spot, according to long and persistent tradition, occurred one of Sergeant William Jasper's most famous exploits during the American Revolution. Here, in 1779, at the spring then located along the road to Augusta. Sergeant Jasper and Sergeant John ...