Great Swamp Baptist Church

(Front side):

This church, organized October 12, 1845, was the result of a clash in doctrines at nearby Sardis Baptist Church. Some in the congregation favored the

primitive Baptist movement, but others, including Rev. John N. Youmans, favored a ministry based ...

Aviation History

Columbia Air Center

In 1941, aviation history was made when the first Black owned and operated airfield licensed in America opened on this site. Mr. John W. Greene, Jr., a pioneer in Black aviation, was instrumental in developing the airfield, originally ...

Earl & Hatcher Block

Earl & Hatcher Block

Has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Built 1865

Marker is on North 3rd Street north of South Street, on the right when traveling south.

Old Hall at Belle Grove

In 1783, Isaac Hite, Jr. married Nelly Madison Hite of Montpelier, and acquired by grant from his father the 483 acre tract that was to become the center of Belle Grove Plantation. Until the elegant manor house was built between ...

National Historic Landmark - Carrollton Viaduct

The Carrollton Viaduct carried the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad over the Gwynns Falls, its first malor stream crossing as it headed west from its Pratt Street terminus Completed in 1829, the 300-foot stone span is named for Charles Carroll of ...

Balloons Over the Battlefield

“The view I had of the field of battle from the balloon for the first time that afternoon showed me how serious it was…..I was up half an hour in all, when I saw certain movements of our forces which ...

Restoring Water Quality

After centuries of abuse, the Gwynns Falls is being restored as a healthy stream. Government, civic groups, and scientists monitor water quality here and work together to implement restoration projects. Volunteers pick up trash, plant trees and grasses to stabilize ...

Bryant Station Site

Bryant Station was the terminus of the California and Nevada Railroad, a narrow-gauge steam line which transported local harvests to the Emeryville docks. The railroad, formed in 1881, was originally planned to run passengers and freight to the silver mining ...

Father Junipero Serra 1713-1784

Upper marker - English

Born on the island of Majorca, off the coast of Spain, Father Serra was ordained in Palma where he taught for fifteen years before being sent to Mexico as a missionary in 1749. In 1769 ...

Confederate Casualties

Battle of Chattanooga

Confederate Casualties - Battle of Chattanooga.

Nov. 23d to Nov. 27th, 1863.

The losses here given by Divisions include Orchard Knob, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, and operations following as far as Ringgold Gap, GA.

Longstreet's Corps (McLaw's ...