Alabama River: The Grand Avenue

Twelve miles above Montgomery the Coosa and Tallapoosa rivers unite to form the Alabama which meanders over four hundred miles on its way to Mobile Bay. This river has played major role in region's history, being a thoroughfare for Native ...

Captain Frederick Pabst

(1836 – 1904)

Of German birth, Pabst became a ship's captain in the 1850s and moved to Milwaukee in the 1860s. He later joined his father-in-law's brewery (founded 1844), which was renamed the Pabst Brewery in 1889. By the 1890s ...

Battle of White Plains

General George Washington

Commander In Chief

of the

Continental Army

Erected by

the City of White Plains

to commemorate

the 225th Anniversary of the Battle

Back of Marker:

The Continental Army

Under the command of General George Washington the Continental Army survived the Battle of Long Island, to carry the ...

Red Bridge

Length 78 feet – width 16 feet

Listed on the Register of

Historic Places

by the U.S. Department of

the Interior,

National Park Service

Erected in 1891

by

the Berlin Iron Bridge Company

Red Bridge is of lenticular pony truss design. It replaced a high sided wooden ...

Historic Bell

Erected on this site by the Dale County Commission, this bell is made of brass and hung in the clock tower of the courthouse from its completion in 1902 until it was torn down in 1968. The bell was made ...

Battle of White Plains

Chatterton’s Hill, October 28, 1776

The American Revolutionary War

1776 2001

Phases of Action

October 28th

Morning

1. Americans Occupy Chatterton’s Hill

2. British Approach from the South

3. American Pickets Retreat

4. Hessians Under Rahl Seize Hill

5. British Bombard Chatterton’s Hill

Midday

6. British and Hessians Cross Bronx River

7. Hessians ...

Birthplace of Girl Scouting

Birthplace of Girl Scouting in the United States

March 12, 1912

This building formerly the stable of

Julliette Low

••Founder••

The meeting place of the first Girl Scout Troops in the United States

Dedicated October, 1937

Marker is on Drayton St, on the right ...

A Large Brick Kitchen

In the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, Chesapeake planters moved the preparation and cooking of food from their homes to a separate structure. Thus, the odors, noise and heat from cooking were eliminated from the main house. Most importantly, ...

The Battle of White Plains

October 28, 1776

Near this spot, the British under Howe, forded the Bronx River and attacked the right wing of Washington’s Army located above on Chatterton Hill.

Erected by Act of Congress May 18, 1926.

Side of Monument:

This bowlder was taken from taken ...

Texas and the Civil War State Military Board

The only new agency created by the legislature to deal with wartime emergencies. Original members were the Governor, Comptroller and Treasurer. The last two in 1864 were replaced by appointees of the Governor.

Purpose was to establish industry and purchase essential ...