Old Sunbury Road

The highway entering here is the Sunbury Road which once served as an arterial vehicular route from the interior of Georgia to the town of Sunbury, a former leading port and educational center, located 11 miles to the eastward on ...

Wedgefield Presbyterian Church

(Front text)

This church was founded in 1881 with assistance from Harmony Presbytery. It had 12 charter members, with elders Cornelius McLaurin and James Caldwell and deacons Dr. Henry J. McLaurin and Edward H. McCutchen. Rev. H.B. Garris, Wedgefield’s first ...

Nathan Brownson

Georgia Colonial governor, trustee of the proposed University of Georgia, physician, Nathan Brownson became governor of Georgia in 1781, serving until Jan. 1782. Prior to this time Brownson served as a member of the Provencial Congress which met in Savannah ...

Early Banking

Early financial business in Searsport was transacted in Counting Houses. The growth of commerce and industry in the mid 19th Century created the need for a bank. On August 1, 1853, Jeremiah Merithew organized the Searsport Bank which was probably ...

Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa

1772

A Spanish mission founded by Fray Junipero Serra, O.F.M., First president of the California missions. This was the fifth in a chain of 21 missions stretching from San Diego to Sonoma. Built by the Chumash Indians living in the area. ...

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 ...

Veterans Memorial / Cpl. Red Cloud Tribute

Korea

Lest We

Forget

In Honor

of all

Veterans,

POWs – MIAs

24th Infantry

"Victory Division"

Designed by Cpl. Donald E. Hahn

34th and 19th Reg.

Tribute to

Cpl. Mitchell Red Cloud Jr.

American Indian

19th Reg.

Medal of Honor

Friendship, Wis.

Red Cloud Post 250

American Legion

Adams - Friendship, Wisconsin

Marker is at the intersection of Main ...

Carver Memorial Library

Captain George A. Carver was born in 1836. He was, in turn, a ship's carpenter, builder, owner and master. Later Carver helped found a successful New York ship chandlery business.Retiring in 1893, Carver returned to Searsport, living where Moose Point ...

A Bustling Civil War Community

By the end of the Civil War in 1865, the military bases at Point Lookout had grown into a small city. Besides the hospitals and prison camp, you could find dockyards, saw mills and warehouses - even a railroad, a ...

Dorchester Presbyterian Church

This church, built in 1854 on a lot of four acres donated by B.A. Busbee, was first used for summer services only. On January 6, 1871, it was admitted into the Savannah Presbytery as an organized church of 14 members. ...