Lewis and Clark at Kaw Point / Kaw Point

June 26-29, 1804

Side A: Lewis and Clark at Kaw Point

The Lewis and Clark expedition arrived here at Kaw Point on June 26, 1804, concluding another daily struggle against the powerful current of the Missouri River. Captain William Clark ...

The Oblate Sisters of Providence

July 2, 1829

At this site, 610 George Street, under the leadership of foundress, Mother Mary Lange, four women took vows of consecrated chastity, evangelical poverty, and religious obedience. Thus began the Oblate Sisters of Providence, the first Congregation of ...

Naugatuck Great War Memorial

[ east face ]

Victory

is Consecrated

by a

Righteous Peace

[ north face ]

In Time

of Peril

the State is Fortified

by Discipline

Learned in Peace

[ south face ...

Rock Art at Hot Springs

When J.O. Langford homesteaded this section in 1909, he was moving into an area that had long been inhabited by native Americans. Walk this trail to view pictograph and petroglyphs created by prehistoric people hundreds or even thousands of years ...

Chase At Richbourg’s Mill

During the American Revolution, November 1780, Colonel Tarleton with his Green Dragoons hunted General Marion. Tarleton encamped at the late General Richardson’s home. Marion was warned by the widow's son and quickly withdrew to the east of Jack's Creek near ...

Greeneville Treaty Line / Greeneville Treaty Line in Union Count

[Front Side of Marker]: "Greeneville Treaty Line"

The Treaty of Greeneville created the Greeneville Treaty Line. It was the boundary between lands in the original possession of the Indians and those they ceded to the United States, which were south and ...

Battle of Rutherford's Farm

Union Victory

Confederate Gen. Jubal A. Early attacked the defenses of Washington, D.C., in July 1864, then retreated to the Shenandoah Valley. Union Gen. Horatio G. Wright pursued him, and after a sharp fight and Confederate victory at Cool Spring on ...

Sons of Charleston Confederate Monument

(North face)

In Memory

of the sons of Charleston

who

fell around her walls;

who

sleep on many battlefields

in

Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania,

Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia,

Louisiana, Mississippi, and

North Carolina

and who

lie in distant graves around

their Northern prisons.

— ...

First National Correctional Congress / Declaration of Principles

Side A: First National Correctional Congress

On this site in October, 1870 a group of enlightened individuals dedicated to the reformation and improvement of penal systems met. This first Congress of the National Prison Association, now known as the ...

National Historic Landmark - Savannah Historic District

REGISTERED NATIONAL

HISTORICAL LANDMARK

Under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935 this site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the history of the United States.