President Hoover

On this Site

President Hoover

Addressed an audience of 75,000

at the Celebration of the

Sesque Centennial

of the Battle of Kings Mountain

Oct. 7, 1930

Marker can be reached from Kings Mountain Park Road, on the right when traveling east.

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Healing Springs

God's Acre

By tradition, Healing Springs got its name during the Revolutionary War. In 1781 after a bloody battle at nearby Windy Hill Creek, four wounded Tories sent inland from Charleston by General Banastre "The Butcher" Tarleton were left in ...

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 ...

Bethlehem Baptist Church

(Front text)

This church, officially organized in 1868, had its origins in the antebellum Barnwell Baptist Church, which was located on this site until about 1854, when it built a new church on another lot. At that time several free ...

Prince George Court House Road

This old road was used by both Confederate and Union Armies in the fighting around Petersburg.

Marker can be reached from Siege Road 1.6 miles south of East Washington Street (Virginia Route 36).

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Third Pennsylvania Cavalry

(Around the Base):

First Brigade

Second Division

Cavalry Corps

Army of the Potomac

(Back Inscription):July 2nd 1863

Reached the field at noon from Hanover

engaged dismounted a Confederate

brigade of infantry on Brinkerhoff's Ridge

from 6 to 10 p.m.

July 3rd engaged mounted and

dismounted with the Confederate Cavalry

Division on this ...

Wayman Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church

Side A:

The first African American congregation and first African American Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Dayton trace their roots back to the early 1830s. They were organized by Father Thomas Willis and a small group of faithful men and women. ...

Specht's Crossing

Area settlers in horse-drawn carriages used this gravel bed low water crossing of the San Antonio-Blanco Road to reach the German settlement of Spring Branch. Despite frequent floods, use of the crossing increased during the years (1875-1906) Spring Branch postmaster ...

Spalding Grays

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The Spalding Grays, as Co. D. 2nd Batt. Inf., was the first military unit from Spalding County to be mustered in to the Confederate Army. It was followed by 8 regular and several militia companies. The Spalding Grays have continued ...

Independence Hall

The State House of

Pennsylvania

The birthplace of

the United States

of America

Marker is on Chestnut Street, on the right when traveling east.

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