Woodmanston Plantation

Established in 1760 by William and John Eatton LeConte, Woodmanston became one of Georgia`s earliest inland swamp rice plantations. In spite of Indian attacks and marauding armies during the Revolution, Woodmanston prospered.

In 1810 control of Woodmanston passed to Louis LeConte, ...

Map of Lower Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay

Piney Point Lighthouse, Museum and Historic Park, a Chesapeake Bay Gateway, is one of your entry points to enjoy and learn about the places and stories of the Chesapeake and its watershed.

The 64,000 square-mile watershed is a complete ecosystem. Home ...

Shadwell, Birthplace of Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson—author of the Declaration of Independence, third president of the United States, and founder of the University of Virginia—was born near this site on 13 April 1743. His father, Peter Jefferson (1708–1757), a surveyor, planter, and officeholder, began acquiring ...

Kells Union Workhouse Paupers' Graveyard

Erected

to the memory of the poor

interred here

during the operation

of the

English Poor Law System.

1838 - 1921.

R. I. P.

In the immediate aftermath

of the Great ‘Famine’, this mass

burial place was opened in 1851 for

the poor people of the Kells District.

Their memory challenges us ...

Spire of Loyd

Kells Heritage Trail

The tower, a mock lighthouse, was erected in 1791 by the First Earl of Bective in memory of his father Sir Thomas Taylor. The architect was Henry Baker who completed the design of the Kings Inns in Dublin ...

Mariposa County Court House

Erected 1854

In Continuous Use Since Erection

This marker placed

by

Yosemite Parlor No. 24. N.S.G.W.

Merced

April 21, 1929

Dedicated to the memory

of

the Mariposa Pioneers

Marker is on Bullion Street south of 10th Street, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

26th Pennsylvania Infantry

1st Brigade, 2nd Division

(Front):26th Pennsylvania Infantry

July 2nd went into action

here with 365 officers and

men. Killed 30. Wounded 176

Missing 7. Total 213.

1st Brig. 2nd Div. 3d Corps.

(Left):Recruited in Philadelphia

Mustered in May 27th 1861.

Mustered out June 18th 1864.

Right of 3rd Corps on ...

Mariposa County Court House

California’s oldest seat of justice still in use. The front half, the original building, completed in 1854, cost $9.200. The lumber was sash-sawed from nearby forests; framework fastened with mortised joints and wooden pegs. Finished lumber was hand-planed and nailed ...

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus

Visit Piney Point between March and October and you might see osprey at home on pilings used to moor oil barges. These graceful birds of prey return every year around St. Patricks Day from their winter homes in Brazil, ...

Spanish–American War Monument

Dedicated October 22, 1939

to commemorate the valour

and patriotism of the men

who served in the war with

Spain, Philippine Insurrection

and China Relief Expedition

1898 – 1902

Made possible through the public

spirit and generosity of the late

Colonel John Hicks of Oshkosh

under the auspices of

Nelson A. ...