Amherst County / Campbell County

Area 470 Square Miles / Area 557 Square Miles

Amherst County. Formed in 1761 from Albemarle, and named for Jeffrey, Lord Amherst, British commander in the French and Indian War. Balcony Falls are in this county.

Campbell County. Formed in 1781 ...

Nina Anderson Pape

(1869 - 1944)

A pioneer in women’s education, Nina Anderson Pape completed her studies at Columbia University. She founded the Froebel Circle, which educated the poor children of Savannah’s Yamacraw Village; and Tybee Island’s Fresh Air Home for disadvantaged youth. At ...

Terence V. Powderly

Noted labor leader. Born Jan 22, 1849, in Carbondale. Grand Master Workman of the Knights of Labor, 1879-93. Scranton’s Mayor, 1878-84. Later Federal immigration official. Died in 1924. His home was near here.

Marker is on North Main Avenue just south ...

Rev. William Bishop

Baptist clergyman and first ordained minister in Scranton, built a combined log church and house near here in 1795. There he preached and held services. He was born in England, 1749, and died in Scott Township in 1816.

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Max Heller Legacy Plaza

New Beginnings

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It was 1919 and Greenville, South Carolina had emerged from World War I with a surge of patriotism and community spirit. Main Street was a center of activity and a building boom brought the Woodside Building, the Chamber ...

Cruft's Division - Granger's Corps

Brig. Gen. Charles Cruft.

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Cruft's Division - Granger's Corps

Brig. Gen. Charles Cruft.

Nov. 25, 1863, 5 P.M.

2d Brigade - Brig. Gen. Walter C. Whitaker.

3d Brigade - Col. William Grose.

Division followed Osterhaus in the march of Hooker's column from Lookout Mountain, ...

Blackville : Town Of The Phoenix / Battle of Blackville

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Blackville: Town of the Phoenix

Blackville was founded in 1833 as the first overnight stop on the new railroad operated by the S.C. Canal & Railroad Co. It was also the scene of 4 major fires in the late 19th ...

John Wellborn Root Birthplace Site

John Wellborn Root (1850-1891), world famous architect, was born on this site. The son of Mary Clark and Sidney Root, he was educated in Lumpkin, Atlanta, New York, and Claremont and Oxford in England. A pioneer in some phases of ...

Fisher Place

1846

Donated to the Borough of Hanover in remembrance of the families of Michael, Michael Adam and Roderick Fisher. Also in loving memory of my husband John Sneddon, Jr., M.D. who began his medical practice here.

Jane Fisher Sneddon and Children

1993

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Fort DuPont

Civil War Defenses of Washington

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Civil War Defenses of Washington

Fort DuPont

This small work was one of the defenses begun in the fall of 1861 on the ridge east of the Anacostia River. It was named after ...