Historic Fort King Trail

The Old Military Road connecting Ft. Brooke (Tampa) and Ft. King (Ocala) ran through this vicinity. On Dec. 23, 1835, Maj. Francis L. Dade set out over the Trail with a detachment of 109 soldiers to reinforce the small garrison ...

Forks of Little Pigeon Church

100 yds, N. E. this Baptist Church, established 1789, was reportedly the first of any denomination in Sevier County. Spencer Clack, Revolutionary veteran was first church clerk; Richard Wood; first pastor until his death in 1831. The Church moved to ...

The Lafayette Foundry

1836

On this site stood the LaFayette Foundry, built in 1836 by Alexander Boyles. This operation employed many laborers and the success of the industry resulted in the sale of building lots along Union Turnpike (now Route 15) by Joseph Northrup, ...

Pigeon Forge

About 3/4 mile ooutheast, Isaac Love

operated a forge on the site of

the flour mill on Pigeon River

in 1820, making bar iron. One came

from an orebank about 3 miles

east, later, pig-iron came from

Sweden Furnace, 5 miles east. Forge

hammer and fittings are ...

Park Home and Site of Park’s Mill

This house, built in early 1800 and used as a stagecoach stop, was located on Seven Islands Road which ran from Philadelphia to New Orleans. On Nov. 20, 1864, Federal raiders under Gen. Geary destroyed the nearby mill and ferry. ...

Evolution of Elegance

The Clubhouse

At the heart of any luxury resort or vacation retreat is sumptuous lodging. When the Jekyll Island Club incorporated in 1885, they knew that the success of the Club depended on a splendid but simple elegant Clubhouse. The Dubignon ...

Defense of Edisto Bridge

Occupying Rifle Pits and manning a small

battery in defense of the Edisto River

Bridge, at this point less than six

hundred Confederates temporarily

halted the advance of the right wing

of the Federal Army commanded by

Gen.W.T. Sherman. On Feb. 12, 1865,

the defenders ...

Winning School of Parke County Indiana

American Legion Oratorical Contest 1954

1809 (Relief of Lincoln) 1865

The Gettysburg Address

“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created ...

201st Anniversary of the Marine Corps

1775 — 1976

This Monument Is Placed

On This Green By The

Members Of The

Silver City Detachment

Marine Corps League

Of Meriden In The Year

1976, To Honor All

U. S. Marines On The

201st Anniversary

Of The Marine Corps

Semper Fidelis

Marker is at the intersection of ...

Battlefield Archaeology

The Battle of Monmouth – 28 June 1778

Where Was Molly Hays during the Battle of Monmouth?

Documents and Archaeology provides clues.

During the Battle, Commander-in-Chief George Washington watched approvingly as Captain Francis Proctor’s artillery company cannonaded the British. Joseph Plumb Martin noted ...