Ross' Headquarters

Brig. Gen. L. S. Ross, commanding the Texas brigade of Brig. Gen. Wm. H. Jackson’s cavalry [CS], had fought delaying actions with Schofield’s 23rd A. C. [US] (the rt. of Sherman’s forces) since both armies moved from Paulding Co.; Ross ...

Creating Crossroads of Commerce

Ohio & Erie Canalway

You are near "Hall's Corners," the center of Akron's first business district, named after the general store that once stood at the corner of Market and Howard streets. Across Market Street from where you are standing, was ...

Beason's (Beeson's) Crossing

Benjamin Beason, one of Stephen F. Austin's original 300 colonists, settled by a widely used Colorado River crossing near here in 1822. He and his wife Elizabeth proceeded to build a large home (also used as an inn) and established ...

Pegleg Crossing on the San Saba

Hourglass-shaped pass through the hills were McDougal Creek joins San Saba River. For years a favored Indian campground, it entered written history, 1732, as site of Spanish-Apache battle.

Saw passage of adventurers, mustang hunters, Indian fighters, German settlers, gold-seekers.

Probably named by ...

Crossing the Savannah

Although the Savannah River provided an avenue to the sea, it also presented a barrier to overland travel and transportation. Rochester Ferry, later named Screven's Ferry, was established in 1762 and connected Savannah with a roadway in South Carolina. This ...

Anthony Wayne's March Across Van Wert County / Venedocia Village

[South Side of Marker] : "Anthony Wayne's March Across Van Wert County"

To the right is the route taken by the U.S. Legion under Major General Anthony Wayne as it marched across what would become Van Wert County. The army ...

Trails across Kansas

Kansas is a land of trails. Even before Kansas became a state in 1861, many people and animals traveled through the area. It is the north-south route for migratory birds. Elk and bison cut paths looking for rivers and other ...

Cross Hill Confederate Monument

[North Inscription]:

To Our

Confederate Soldiers

[West Inscription]:

1861 CSA 1865

Confederate

[South Inscription]:

"Who were nor

Terrified by Death

not Dishonored by

Defeat."

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (State Highway 39) and Church Street on Main Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Harlan’s Cross Roads

Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield’s Headquarters, May 16, 1864

Hovey’s 1st and Judah’s 2d divs. Of Sheffield’s 23 A.C. [US], enroute from Resaca battlefield crossed the Conasauga river at Fite's Fy. intending to pass the Coosawattee at McClure’s Ferry, 1.25 mi. ...

Military River Crossing

In this vicinity, during the Black Hawk War of 1832, General Henry Atkinson and approximately 1,000 soldiers crossed the Wisconsin River in pursuit of Sac Indian leader Black Hawk and his followers. On July 26th, at the old abandoned Village ...