Hosea Holcombe

1780-1841

In 1840 he published his study,

History of Rise and Progress of the Baptists in Alabama.

Also an evangelist and missionary.

In 1818 moved to Alabama from Carolinas, organizing five churches in vicinity.

President of Alabama Baptist Convention 1833-38, he was delegated to ...

Pecos River High Bridge

High canyon walls dominate the last 60 miles of the Pecos River before it enters the Rio Grande. The Southern Pacific Railroad built the first high bridge across the Pecos in 1891. The first highway bridge to span the river ...

Barnwell County Courthouse

[Marker Front]:

Barnwell County, originally Winton County,

was created out of Orangeburgh District

in 1785. Renamed Barnwell District in 1798

for John Barnwell (1748-1800), a S.C. militia

officer in the Revolution and afterwards,

it became Barnwell County in 1868. The

first courthouse was built at Boiling Springs

in ...

EA-3B Skywarrior

... to the memory of all the U.S. Naval aircrews that gave their lives ...

[Panel 1:]

The EA-3B Skywarrior was in service for more than three decades in the U.S. Navy’s secret reconnaissance war against the Soviet Union and the ...

Boiling Springs Presbyterian Church

[Marker Front]:

This church was organized by Rev.

James H. Thornwell on authority

from Charleston Presbytery; F.J.

and W.A. Hay were its first elders.

By 1846 Rev. Samuel H. Hay preached

on alternate Sundays here and at a

new church in Barnwell; this congregation

soon merged with the ...

Gettysburg Campaign

Gen. Rodes' Confederate troops marched down this road July 1, 1863, on their way from Carlisle. At this point they turned right along the ridge to Oak Hill, to attack the Union flank.

Marker is at the intersection of Biglerville ...

Assault from the Bottom House

Perryville

They were outnumbered, but they were ready. Watching from the top of the hill across the road, members of the 3rd Ohio Infantry Regiment saw waves of attacking Confederate infantry moving toward them. These Federal soldiers, anchoring the southern end ...

Fisher Bridge

Wolcott, Vermont

This bridge, spanning the Lamoille River on the St. Johnsbury & Lamoille County R. R., is the last railroad covered bridge still in regular use in Vermont and one of the very few left in the U.S. Built in ...

The Willis Hill Buildings

In December 1862 Confederate artillery on this hill rained shot and shell on attacking Union soldiers advancing out of Fredericksburg. Next to the guns was a small brick building, one of three that then occupied this part of the heights. ...

Simonson’s Battery

Perryville

The six guns of Union Captain Peter Simonson’s 5th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery were posted on this ridge. These Hoosiers had a commanding view of the Confederate advance, and their battery anchored the center of the Union battle line.

Prior to ...