Pueblo of Zuni

The six original Zuni pueblos were the legendary "Seven Cities of Cibola" sought by Vasquez de Coronado in 1540. They were abandoned during the Pueblo Revolt, and the present pueblo was settled in 1699 after the Spanish reconquest. In 1970 ...

Smith - Joseph - Stratton House

Only surviving residence of former Mayor E.B. Joseph. the Italianate cottage was built c. 1855 by Pickett Chauncey Smith, a merchant in antebellum Montgomery, and father-in-law of E.B. Joseph, who occupied the house from 1880 to 1885. Joseph served on ...

Camp Lawton

Site of Camp Lawton

A Confederate Military Prison

built in 1864 to relieve the

overcrowded condition at

Andersonville Prison in Macon

County. Lawton Prison was a

stockade, enclosing 42 acres.

1398 feet by 1329 feet considered

to be the largest in the world.

It was occupied October 10, ...

Pueblo of Zuni

The six original Zuni pueblos were the legendary "Seven Cities of Cibola" sought by Vasquez de Coronado in 1540. They were abandoned during the Pueblo Revolt, and the present pueblo was settled in 1699 after the Spanish reconquest. In 1970 ...

St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church

St. Peter's Church has occupied this site since a small wooden church, begun in 1833, was built on land donated by Mr. Edward Hanrick. Rt. Rev. Michael Portier, D.D., first Catholic Bishop of Mobile, dedicated the first church on April ...

Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige

front left panel

Leroy Robert

(picture of Satchel)

July 7, 1906

June 8, 1982

front right panel

Lahoma Jean

(picture of Lahoma)

April 7, 1922

Sept. 22, 1986

center front panel

Paige

He began work carrying suitcases at Mobile ...

Zuni Olla Maidens - Zuni Pueblo

The Zuni Olla Maidens are an all-women's group renowned for their skill and ability to balance fragile water jars or ollas on their heads. Historically, Zuni women collected water in ollas from nearby springs for everyday use. Today, they perform ...

Lincoln's Stop in Zionsville, Indiana

Abraham Lincoln enroute to Washington as President Elect on February ll, 1861 addressed the Citizens of Zionsville at the Railroad Depot which stood on this site.

Marker can be reached from the intersection of South First Street and West Oak Street, ...

Mary Phagan

Celebrated in song as "Little Mary Phagan" after her murder at age 13 on April 26, 1913 in Atlanta. The trial and conviction of Leo Frank were controversial, as was the commutation of his death sentence four days before Confederate ...

Culpeper Minute Men

On the hill to the south the famous Culpeper Minute Men were organized in 1775. John Marshall, later chief Justice of the Supreme Court, was a Lieutenant.

Marker is on Sperryville Pike (U.S. 522) west of Virginia Avenue, on the left ...