The Great Ford of the Mohawk

40 mile route taken by Gen. Herkimer Aug. 3-6, 1777 for the relief of Fort Stanwix. The Battle of Oriskany Aug. 6, between Herkimer's men and St. Leger with his Indians was the turning point of the Revolution.

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Old Charlestown – Watertown Path

Reverend Thomas Hooker and his congregation took this path on their exodus from Cambridge in 1636. The strong bent of their spirits caused them to seek new lands and eventually to found Hartford in Connecticut.

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View of Garden ...

Stephen Tyng Mather

July 4, 1887 - Jan. 22, 1930

He laid the foundation of the National Park Service defining and establishing the policies under which its areas shall be developed and conserved unimpaired for future generations. There will never come an end to ...

The Washington Plantation

The Washington plantation consisted of two farms: the Home House Farm, where the family lived, and a quarter, (outlying farm) located to the east. The main crops were corn, wheat, and tobacco. The plantation complex included the Washington house, a ...

Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity

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Phi Delta Kappa

Fraternity

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Founded in Marion Ind.

June 7, 1902

by

Ray L. Neal

George B. Nottingham

Loftis T. Jones

James L. Reed

Paul R. Martin

Louis Elliott

Zach C. Sanderson

Marker is on South Washington ...

Confederate Cemetery

1 mile SW are buried 407 unknown Confederates. Many of these died in one of the hospitals established here when Tullahoma was headquarters for the Army of Tennessee during the first six months of 1863, following the Battle of Murfreesboro ...

Final Combat

“It seems to me every one was more scared than ever, from the fact that we knew the war was nearly over, and we did not want to be killed at the end of the war.”

Private John L. Smith, 118th ...

Columbus Baptist Association

The Columbus Baptist Association was organized November 22, 1829 at Mulberry Meeting House (then New Hope), 10 miles from here, at Mulberry Grove. Twelve churches reporting from Talbot. Harris, and Muscogee Counties formed this Association, Churches from Harris County included ...

Dr. George Moffit Patrick

A volunteer at Anahuac, 1832. Member of the Consultation, 1835. Commander of the schooner “Flash”, 1836. Most Worshipful Grand Master Gran (Masonic) Lodge of Texas, 1848-49. Born in Virginia, September 30, 1801. Died in Grimes County, Texas June 28, 1889.

His ...

Timothy and Katherine McCarthy House

Conover and Porter, Architects

This home is an exceptional example of the Free-Classic subtype of the Queen Anne style which was at the height of local popularity between 1880 and 1910. The Queen Anne style was derived from England and architects' ...