27th Pennsylvania Infantry

1st Brigade, 2nd Division

(Front):July 1, 1863. The Regiment moved with

the Brigade in the afternoon to N.E.

side of Gettysburg where it became actively

engaged covering the retreat of the

Corps. It then withdrew to this position

where after dark of the 2nd it assisted

in ...

Captain L.D. Bradley

(1831 - 1886)

Came to Texas from Alabama in 1855. Civil War commanded Co.B, 2nd Battalion, Waul's Texas Legion. On May 22, 1863, was a leader of one of most daring defensive actions in the Siege of Vicksburg. Volunteered, along with ...

Court Street Baptist Church

The congregation was organized in 1843,

when Lynchburg’s African American Baptists

were separated from First Baptist Church.

The new African Baptist Church of Lynchburg met in a converted theater. It was demolished in 1879, after the deaths of eight people during a panic ...

Cross Swamp Methodist Church

[Front]:

Cross Swamp Methodist Church, the first Methodist congregation in upper Colleton County, was founded in 1808. James and Asia Sineath deeded an acre on this site to church trustees in April and the first sanctuary, which was a log pole ...

The Geographic Center

In a park three miles north and one mile west is the exact geographic center of the 48 contiguous states. The location has been officially established by the U.S. Geological Survey. It is the point where a plane map of ...

Collins’ Overland International Telegraph

Promoted by Perry Collins, the U.S. Commercial Agent in Russia, and dependent on the Western Union Telegraph Company’s money, men and technology for its execution, this early telegraph line roused the enthusiasm of the white residents of British Columbia. At ...

The Geographic Center of the United States

Lat. 39º 50' Long. 98º 35'

Located by L.T. Hagadorn of

Paulette & Wilson - Engineers and

L.A. Beardslee - County Engineer.

From data furnished by

U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.

Dedicated April 25, 1940

Marker is at the intersection of 130th Road (Kansas Route 191) and ...

Parker's Battery

May 3, 1863

In this vicinity the men of Parker's

Confederate Battery (the "Boy Company")

under Lt. J. Thompson Brown fought

two guns, twice gallantly assisting in

repulsing the Union VI Corps before

being outflanked and overwhelmed.

Marker is at the intersection of Lafayette Boulevard (State Highway ...

Morris Avenue Historic District / Elyton Land Company (Successor

Created 1972 by the Jefferson County Historical Commission, the district is based on this avenue. Morris Avenue was named for one of the founders of Birmingham, Josiah Morris, who paid $100,000 for 4,157 acres of the original site of the ...

Anthony P. "Tony" Pizzo

1912 - 1994

Beloved Civic Leader, Historian,

Businessman and Author whose

infectious enthusiasm inspired the

preservation of Local History

Marker is on E. 8th Ave near Angel Oliva Senior St., on the right when traveling west.

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