Surrender at Appomattox

At the McLean house at Appomattox, two miles north, took place the meeting between Lee and Grant to arrange terms for the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia. This was at 1:30 P.M. on Sunday, April 9, 1865.

Marker is ...

The Oconee Waterwheel

Establishment of the Park

Oconee State Park was developed in the 1930's as one of the earliest State Parks in South Carolina was built by members of the Civilian Conservation Corp. The CCC was a program created as part of President ...

Hardee’s Counterattack

To your front and left, Confederate forces counterattacked Union forces under Maj. Gen. Joseph Mower on three sides. Leading a counterattack to protect the vital Mill Creek bridge – the only avenue of retreat for Johnston’s army – Gen. William ...

The Abatis

During the construction of this fort, many of the trees which were located directly in front of these embankments were felled forming an “abatis”. This timber obstruction slowed the advance of the attacking forces so that snipers, infantry, and the ...

Battle Mountain

A long period of unrest between the settlers and Indians of Tulare County erupted in war during the Spring of 1856. Untrue reports that five hundred head of cattle had been stolen in Frazier Valley and the burning of the ...

Midland Education

In 1865 Neel School District was formed. Many years later in 1908 7th St in 1914 1st St and 1917 4th St schools were built. In 1926 Lincoln High School opened. In 2000 PA Cyber Charter School and 2006 Lincoln ...

First Congregational Church

Vermont Congregationalists organized a church in Sylvan Township in 1849. In 1852 the built the first church in the village, here on land donated by Chelsea founder Elisha Congdon. When that building burned in 1894, John Foster of Chelsea built ...

The Civilian Conservation Corps

1933-1942

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933 as part of the comprehensive relief effort during the grim depression years. Three million men were involved in the CCC during its ten-year existence.

The CCC carried ...

Battle of Monguagon

On August 9, 1812, a force of about 600 American troops, regulars and militia, moved down the River Road in an attempt to reach Frenchtown (Monroe) and bring back supplies needed desperately by the Americans in Detroit. At a point ...

United States Mint

Erected 1835

William Strickland, Architect.

John Mitchell and Benjamin F. Fox. Builders.

The building was renovated and fireproofed

1856-59 under the supervision of

Captain Johnson K. Dunkin

On this site stood Fort San Carlos

erected in 1792 by Spanish Governor