Charles William Jefferys

1869 - 1951

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Writer, artist, and illustrator of historical novels and textbooks, Charles Jefferys emigrated to Canada from England in 1879. After studying at the Toronto Art Students League, he joined the New York Herald as an illustrator ...

Orestes Ferrara

Cuban patriots used this corner for street meetings in 1895. Among the speakers was Orestes Ferrara young Italian revolutionary in his Garibaldi red shirt. Ferrara stirred the Cuban exiles to fighting frenzy against Spanish oppression.

The young Italian joined a Tampa ...

The Bill of Rights

The First 10 Amendments to the Constitution as Ratified by the States

Amendment I.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the ...

Four Towns Methodist Church

Four Towns received its name because it is near the point where the townships of West Bloomfield, Commerce, Waterford, and White Lake meet. In 1866 a frame schoolhouse was built here, on land donated by Nathan R. Colvin. From that ...

Defense Strategies

Imagine defending this isolated peninsula during the Civil War. There were threats from within (from thousands of prisoners) and from without (by Confederate soldiers trying to free their comrades or gain territory). What's more, a pro-Southern population surrounding the Point.

To ...

The Chapman-Ruffner House

Boyhood Home of the “Fighting Chapmans”

Immigrant Peter Ruffner built this house about 1739. Before the Civil War, William A. Chapman bought it, and three sons reared here later fought for the Confederacy. For their exploits as members of Col. John ...

Bibb Furnace

The Bibb County Iron Company under the direction of C. C. Huckabee of Newbern, Alabama, constructed a furnace here and poured the first iron in November 1862. Within a year, the Confederate government purchased the works and completed a second ...

First Day at Central School: Circa 1900

(as told by Cecil Card for the Oral History Project)

"First came the short white undershirt and underpants. Next came the vest with two rows of buttons the first of which held up the underpants, then the white blouse with a ...

Fairfield Vietnam War Memorial

This Memorial is hereby dedicated

to the men and women who

honorably served in the Armed Forces

of the United States of America

during the Vietnam War

December 22, 1961 – May 7, 1975

May their sacrifices for human

rights never be forgotten

Marker is at the intersection ...

Site of Martin Wagon Company

David Webster Martin (d. 1916) and his two sons opened a small wagon shop here in 1908. An inventor and designer, Martin developed various wagons for use in the lumber industry. In partnership with B.L. Zeagler, he incorporated the operation ...