Great Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1820

In this cemetery many victims of the

Great Yellow Fever Epidemic

of 1820

were buried.

Nearly 700 Savannahians died

that year, including two local

physicians who lost their lives

caring for the stricken.

Several epidemics followed. In 1854

The Savannah Benevolent Association

was organized to aid the families

of the fever ...

St. Jean'in (Aziz Yahya) Kimli?i Ve Hayat?/The Life of St. John

[Left column: text in Turkish]

[Right column: text in English]

According to an opinion that is based on the decision of, and thus at least as old as the council of Ephesus in 431 A.D., it is generally accepted that St. John ...

Conestoga Navigation Company

A slackwater canal between Lancaster and Safe Harbor, built following the company's incorporation in 1825, facilitated access to Philadelphia, Baltimore, and other ports. This canal's 18-mile course included nine sets of locks and dams; Lock No. 1 was here. The ...

Battle of Kings Mountain

Overmountain Men from

Tenn., Va., & N.C. led

Patriots to victory over

British, Oct. 7, 1780.

Site 7 miles south.

Marker is at the intersection of E King Street (U.S. 74) and S Battleground Avenue, on the left when traveling ...

Nation's First Cooperative Generating Station

On Sunday, May 2, 1937, Wisconsin Power Cooperative was organized by an assembly of farmers for the purpose of developing a generating and transmission facility to provide low-cost electric service for the rural areas of Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Pierce, ...

The Battle of Reams Station

The Exposed Position of the Federal Artillery

The first field fortifications were built at Reams Station on July 1, 1864 by soldiers of the Union Sixth Corps while tearing up the railroad following the return of the ill-fated Wilson-Kautz cavalry raid. ...

Fishing Creek Confederate Monument

In Memory of Our Confederate Dead.

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Steele Village Road and Fishing Creek Church Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Battle of Reams Station

The Petersburg (& Weldon) Railroad

As early as September 1829, business interests in Petersburg wanted to build a railroad between Petersburg, Virginia and Weldon, North Carolina. The railroad would connect the Appomattox and Roanoke river and attract trade away from Norfolk, ...

First National Bank of Nevada

Construction began in 1968 when the old Farmer's Bank, purchased in 1954 by the First National Bank of Nevada, had again outgrown itself. The remodeled building now houses an engineering firm owned and operated by R.O. Anderson.

Marker is at the ...

Fishing Creek Revolutionary / Confederate War Memorial

[Front Side]1775-1781

Revolutionary Soldiers

Buried in Fishing Creek

Presbyterian Church Cemetery

[List of Names]

[Reverse Side]

1861-1865

In Memoriam

Confederate Veterans

Buried in Fishing Creek Pres.

Cemetery

[List of Names]

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Steele Village ...