Siloam Baptist Church

This church was organized in 1799 by Rev. John Waller, Rev. David Lilly, William Chiles, and Meshec Overby, with 32 charter members. Waller, its first minister, served until his death in 1802. Other notable pastors included Revs. John Broadus, Basil ...

The Mills Brothers

America's Greatest Singing Group

The Citizens of Piqua dedicate this memorial.

We are proud of your Piqua heritage and birth. As musical ambassadors, you have achieved world wide fame and made the world a better place.

Dedicated June 3, 1990

Skirmish At Black Mingo Creek

On Sept. 14, 1780, Gen. Francis Marion's Patriots routed a Tory force commanded by Capt. J. Coming Ball. The Tories, attacked on one flank by Capt. Thomas Waties and on the other by Col. Peter Horry, fled into Black Mingo ...

Robert Frost

1874 - 1963

A distinguished American poet by recognition and a Vermonter by preference, Robert Frost was Poet Laureate of Vermont and for many years "First Citizen" of the Town of Ripton. He was long associated with the Middlebury College School ...

Bay Lights

Protecting ships from treacherous waters has been a necessity since ancient times when bonfires and strategically placed cottage lanterns warned seamen of dangers in fog and darkness. Lighthouses of the Chesapeake and Potomac River waterways are variations of three basic ...

Bate’s Division

The outer Atlanta defense line crossed Clear Cr. a short distance S.W. of Walker’s (or Jones’) Mill (just below the present R.R. bridge).

July 20, 1864. The right of Bate’s division (rt. of Hardee’s corps) (CSA) rested on Clear Creek. From ...

Bank of Italy Building

Original site of Clark Home

1886 – 1907

Site of

Roseville Banking & Trust Co.

1907 -1920

Acquired by Bank of Italy

1920

Present building constructed

For Bank of America 1927

Occupied until 1966

Roseville Press Tribune

1966 – 1976

Battle of Great Cane Break

Here along the south side of the creek to Reedy River was fought, Dec. 22, 1775, the Battle of Great Cane Break, between a force of South Carolinians under Colonel William Thompson and a band of Tories under Patrick Cuningham. ...

Onyx Club

1908 - Building built by A.B. Broyer and operated as a furniture store.

1014 - Purchased by M.B. Johnson and operated as a hardware store.

1936 - Purchased by Ulisse Gemignani and Louie Milani, opened as the Onyx Saloon featuring 22 foot ...

Johnston's Last Bivouac

"I would fight them if they were a million."

(Preface):

After the February 1862 Union victories at Forts Henry and Donelson, Gen. Don Carlos Buell's army occupied Nashville while Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's army penetrated to Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. ...