Morris Ford Earthworks

1780 & 1865

(Front text)

Nearby earthworks at Morris Ford, on the Salkehatchie River, built in the spring 1780 by Loyalists under Ben John. In May, soon after Charleston fell to the British, Capt. John Mumford of the South Carolina militia was ...

First Presbyterian Church Confederate Veterans Monument

Men who served in the

Confederate States Army

from the congregation of

The First Presbyterian Church

Columbia, South Carolina

1861-1865

Dedicated to those who died

in gratitude to those who served

[List of 64 names]

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Members of this Congregation after 1865, who served

in the Confederate Army

[List of 22 names]

Marker ...

What You Can See From Here Today

•This diagram illustrates the features you can see from here. North and South table Mountains are remnants of ancient lava flows now separated and eroded by Clear Creek. The Dakota Hogbacks on the left and right sides of the image ...

Our Changing Landscape-From Sea Floor to Mountain Top

•Colorado’s geologic history dates back nearly two billion years. Several mountain ranges have been uplifted and eroded away before the rise of today’s Rocky Mountains. The landscape you see in front of you has undergone many dramatic changes. This story ...

End of Boone's Lick Trail

Marker is on Broadway, in the median.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Carter Family In Del Rio

Known as country music's First Family, the Carter family first found national acclaim while on XERA radio. Owned by Dr. John R. Brinkley, the powerful radio station across the Rio Grande from Del Rio reached listeners around the country. A.P. ...

Willamette Falls

Oregon History

Was early the site of an Indian salmon fishing village. The falls furnished the power for a lumber mill which began operation in 1842, a flour mill in 1844, a woolen mill in 1864 and the first paper mill ...

The Yellow Fever of 1855

On June 19th, 1855, following a twelve day quarantine, the merchant ship Benjamin Franklin arrived from the West Indies and docked at Gosport Shipyard for repairs. While emptying its bilge, mosquitoes carrying yellow fever were released. After learning of a ...

Willamette Falls Locks

Oregon History

Still in use below this point-were opened on New Years Day, 1873, when the steamer Maria Wilkins became the first vessel to navigate up the west end of Willamette Falls. Farming and shipping interests had long sought to eliminate ...

The Boys of Hope

In Memory of the Boys of Hope who served in World War I, and II, Korea and Vietnam giving supreme sacrifice

H. Vinal Hardy WW II

Eugene C. Dunbar WW II

John R. Goderre Vietnam

Marker is on Church Street east of Rt. 105, ...