Site of Temporary Texas State Capitol of 1880’s

Built, 1882-1883, to replace the previous Capitol, which had burned in 1881. Until the building was completed, the orphaned Texas government conducted business in the county courthouse and jail across Congress avenue.

The three-story brick building – third Texas Capitol in ...

Sailor from the Belle Shipwreck

Buried here are the remains of a 17th-century sailor who was a member of an ill-fated 1684-87 French expedition to the new world led by Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle. Texas Historical Commission archaeologists discovered the skeleton on October ...

Bennington Battlefield

State Historic Site

In August 1777, militiamen from several states commanded by General John Stark defeated British forces en route to Bennington to capture supplies and horses.

Revolutionary War Heritage Trail

Marker can be reached from New York Route 67, ...

Fort McClure

Early in 1781 the McClure house was stockaded by the noted Indian fighter, Moses Van Campen, to protect settlers in this region after destruction of Fort Jenkins in 1780. Site on the north bank of the Susquehanna in present Bloomsburg.

Marker ...

Augusta County Confederates Plaque

This Bronze

Commemorates, To Generations

Which Knew Then Not,

The Virginia Volunteers

From Augusta In The Army

Of The Confederate States.

Twenty-Two Companies From

Here Followed By Jackson And

Stuart, With Many In Other Commands.

No Rebels They, But Worthy

Sons Of Patriotic Sites, Who

Took Arms In The Hour ...

General N.B. Forrest's Command Position

General Forrest positioned himself in the area of the Inner Breastworks when he arrived on the morning of April 12, 1864. From here he could observe the Union fort which was visible from this point at the time of the ...

Kettle Creek Battlefield

Marker Front:

The Patriots whose names appear on this marker are those who have been proved to have participated in the Battle of Kettle Creek on February 14, 1779.

Many brave men fought on this hallowed ground, some were wounded and others ...

Fort Jones

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Fort Jones, a stockade fort built during the Creek uprising of 1836, stood on this site. After the burning of Roanoke, the frightened settlers sought refuge in its blockhouse, built of upright skinned logs with high windows for gun holes. ...

First Settler's Grave

One mile north is the grave of John Lewis, first settler in this region, who came here in 1732 and died in 1762. He chose the site of the town of Staunton. His four sons, Thomas, Andrew, William and Charles, ...

Site of Old Rancho Davis

Home of Henry Clay Davis, a Kentuckian

Came to Texas in 1839 * served with Taylor's army in 1846 * married into the Garza family, pioneer settlers and large landowners in the region * Around his home, Rio Grande City grew ...