Battle of Allatoona

October 5, 1864

Lt. Gen. John B. Hood, Army of Tenn. [CS], while enroute N. from Palmetto, Ga., sent Lt. Gen. A.P. Stewart´s Corps to destroy the State R.R. from Big

Shanty to the Etowah River. Stewart seized Big Shanty ...

General Nathanael Greene

1742 - 1786

[ Right of Monument: ]

“ . . . in the very name Greene are remembered all the virtues and talents which can illustrate the patriot, the statesman, and the military leader.”

Marquis de Lafayette

[ Left of Monument: ]

“I ...

The Next Great City

Moorhead and Fargo were platted when the Northern Pacific railroad arrived at the Red River in 1871 less than one block north of here.The towns grew up at this intersection of river and rail. Steamboats traveling the shallow Red River ...

Chattanooga Howard School

Founded as a church school about 1865, Howard School was the first free public school, black or white, established in Hamilton County. Incorporated into the city school system in 1873, Howard School was established by the Rev. E. O. Tade, ...

Red River Transportation / A Busy Port

Red River Transportation

The Red River Trails were a set of overland routes linking the cities of Winnipeg and St. Paul and the small forts and settlements between them.From 1820 to the 1870s, the trails were used by Metis freight drivers ...

Replica of the Statue of Liberty

With the faith and courage of

their forefathers who made

possible the Freedom of these

United States

The Boy Scouts of America

Dedicate this copy of the

Statue of Liberty as a pledge

of Fidelity and Loyalty

The Crusade To Strengthen ...

Confederate States of America

When Southern states seceded from the union in 1861, the Mississippi River became not only a vital commercial waterway, but also a strategic route through the heart of the Confederacy. The river proved to be the South's greatest weakness At ...

Welsh's Station / Kershaw Depot

Welsh's Station

Welsh’s Station, a depot on the Charleston, Cincinnati, & Chicago Railroad built in 1888, stood at or near this site. The town of Kershaw was first named for Capt. James V. Welsh, who donated 63 acres on which to ...

First Catholic Mass

The Holy Sacrifice of Mass

was first offered in this vicinity by

Father Claude Allouez S.J.

April 20, 1670

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This tablet dedicated in 1920 by

the Winn. Co. Arch. and Hist. Society.

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Linde Street and Merritt Avenue.

Courtesy ...

Gravelly Plateau & Two Run Creek

May 19, 1864: Butterfield´s (3d) Div., 20th A.C. [US], moving S.E., from McDow´s, left the road here & marched to the Hawkins Price house, enroute to

Kingston.

The 1st & 2nd Divs. [US], on roads W., had the same objective ...