Avenue of Trees

This Avenue of Trees, sponsored by Clemmer-McGuffin Post 13, American Legion and Auxiliary, was given in loving memory by the people of Staunton and Augusta County in memoriam 1917-1918

Marker is on Richmond Avenue (U.S. 250), on the right when traveling ...

Ghost Town of Adamsville

In the 1870's, a flour mill and a few stores formed the hub of life in Adamsville, where shootings and knifings were commonplace, and life was one of the cheapest commodities. Most of the adobe houses have been washed away ...

North Bloomfield Mining and Gravel Company

This was a major hydraulic operation in California. Its vast system of canals and flumes using a drainage tunnel 7800 feet long was termed a feat of engineering skill. It was the principal defendant in an anti-debris lawsuit settled by ...

Power's Ferry

Established 1835 by James Power, (1790-1870).

Maj. Gen. O. O. Howard’s 4th A. C. (Army of the Cumberland) [US], moved from Vining’s station to this vicinity July 9, 10, 1864. Newton’s (2d) div. was diverted to Roswell to support Garrard’s cav. ...

Coheelee Creek Covered Bridge / Fannie Askew Williams Park

Coheelee Creek Covered Bridge

According to the May 2, 1883 minutes of the Early County Board of Commissioners, a commission was appointed "to inquire into the practicability of construction a bridge across Coheelee Creek at McDonald Ford." However, the construction contract ...

Fort McCreary – 1836

? 1 mi. ?

One mile north of here is the site of Fort McCreary built for the defense of Georgia’s frontier along the Chattahoochee River. During the Creek Indian War of 1836 it was garrisoned by the U. S. soldiers ...

82nd Fighter Group

Dedicated to the members

of the 82nd Fighter Group

95th, 96th, & 97th Squadrons

World War II

554 Aerial Victories

Three Distinguished Unit Citations

Foggia, Italy, 26 Aug 43

Cancello, Italy, 2 Sept 43

Ploesti, Rumania, 10 June 44

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“Wee are now looking out for a fight…”

Camp Shenandoah

April 18th, 1862

My Dear Penelope,

I take the opportunity this evening to write you a few lines to let you know that I am yet in the land of the living &, thank God, enjoying good health.

Wee are now looking ...

Rodeo-Chediski Fire

June 18th 2002 – July 7 2002

The White Mountain communities dedicate this memorial to the

courageous men and women who voluntarily put themselves in harm's way to protect

from imminent destruction by the Rodeo-Chediski Fire.

By the Grace of God, and through the ...

Fifth Airdrome Squadron

Dedicated to the Men of the

Fifth Airdrome Squadron

Activated Nov 1942, Deactivated Sept. 1945

Assigned to Serve with the

Eighth Air Force, June 1943

Dedicated September 1985

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