Fort Morris

Named for Gov. R.H. Morris, and built by local settlers under the supervision of James Burd after Braddock’s defeat in July, 1755. Later garrisoned by provincial troops commanded by Hugh Mercer. The fort site, long marked by the soldiers’ well, ...

Fort Perry

1813

One half mile due east lies the site of Fort Perry, along the Old Federal Road. A stockade fort, defended by block houses, this post was ordered erected by General John Floyd, of Camden county, as he led a body ...

Springside Farm

The Union Forge Heritage Association welcomes you to Springside Farm

The 90 acre Springside Farm tract was originally owned and operated by Archibald Taylor, son of Robert Taylor who immigrated from Ireland in the 1750's. Beginning with Robert, the Taylor family ...

British Victory at Frenchtown

From near this spot on Jan. 22, 1813, 525 British soldiers and Canadian militiamen from Fort Malden under Col. Henry Proctor and some 800 Indians under Chiefs Roundhead and Walk-In-The-Water launched a pre-dawn attack on the sleeping American camp a ...

Congressional Medal Of Honor Recipients

SSG Henry E. Erwin - 1 LT William R. Lawley, Jr. - PFC Alford L. McLaughlin

Staff Sergeant Henry E. Erwin

Citation: Staff Sergeant Henry Erwin, U.S. Army Air Corps, 52d Bombardment Squadron, 29th Bombardment Group, 314th Bombardment Wing, 20th Air Force. ...

In Memory of the Students of this School who Enlisted in the Arm

Killed in Action

Lee Rainbow * Wallace Antone

Honor Roll:

Charles Laws • Isaac Jese • Oliver Sneed •

Wm. T. Moore •

Joe McCarthy •

Peter Moore •

Charles Gougn •

Seth Oldman •

Harvier Adams •

George Bell •

Roy Left ...

Florence Township War Memorial

[Upper Plaque - Side 1:]

We the people of

Florence Township

Dedicate this tablet as visible evidence of our lasting and eternal gratitude for these men who made the supreme sacrifice while serving in the Armed Forces of our nation during the Great ...

The Home of a Hero

Captain Freeman McGilvery (1824-1864) captained two ships prior to the Civil War. At age 38, at sea, he learned of the "Southern Insurrection" and returned to Maine to offer his services to the governor. Assigned to command the 6th Maine ...

First Baptist Church of Lufkin

Chartered with nine members, the Lufkin Baptist Church began conducting worship services soon after rail lines reached the townsite in the early 1880s. The Houston, East & West Texas Railroad donated land at this site to Joesph Kerr, E.H.F. McMullen, ...

"Gibraltar of the West"

Troops under Gen. Leonidas Polk fortified strategic line of bluffs here Sept. 3, 1861 marking CSA's first move in Ky. To prevent passage of Union gunboats, a huge chain was stretched across the Mississippi River. After Union success in Tenn., ...