First Offshore Oil Well

First producing offshore oil

well out of site of land

was completed Nov. 14, 1947

in the Gulf of Mexico

forty-three miles South of

Morgan City, Louisiana

25th Offshore Anniversary, Inc.

Chamber of Commerce

Morgan City, Berwick, Patterson Area

Marker is on Brashear Avenue (Louisiana Route 182) west of ...

Murfreesboro

First settlers came in 1799; the settlement was first named Cannonsburg. It was actually founded in 1811 on land donated by Capt. William Lytle, who stipulated that the town should be named for Hardee Murfree, a Revolutionary veteran of Williamson ...

Machinery From The C.S.S. Nashville

These portions of rotating machinery were

removed, in 1960, from the wreck of the

Confederate blockade runner Nashville,

sunk in the Ogeechee River by shell fire from

the U.S.S. Montauk in Feb. 1863.

These relics give some conception of the

power of the Nashville's engine.

Marker ...

Methodist Episcopal Church Founded 1822

This small frame church was built circa 1842 and is one of the oldest remaining buildings in Liberty. It is build of brick and stucco and has served several uses. In 1855 it became part of the Clay Seminary, an ...

Sinking of the CSS ''Nashville (Rattlesnake)"

In July, 1862 the CSS "Nashville", Capt. Baker, ran the Union blockade and entered Savannah via Wilmington river with a cargo of arms. Loaded with cotton for Europe, she attempted to escape via Ossabaw Sound. Thwarted by the vigilance of ...

Fort McAllister The Assault From The Rear

Dec. 1864. Fort McAllister, built 1861-62 to close the Great Ogeechee River to enemy ships, mounted 11 siege guns, 12 field pieces and 1 10-inch mortar. Below it, piles and torpedoes obstructed the channel. As the Union forces neared Savannah, ...

Fort McAllister The Naval Bombardments

On July 1st and 29th, 1862, the fort was shelled by Union gunboats and on Nov. 19th by the ironclad "Wissahickon" and two escort craft. Hit below the waterline, "Wissahickon" withdrew after firing 17 11-inch and 25 other shells. The ...

Dispatch Rider of the American Revolution

This statue was dedicated Friday, June 14th, 1907, centennial of first town meeting of Orange, also the 130th Anniversary of the adoption of the Stars and Stripes as our national emblem. In memory of the men and women of this ...

Black Fox Camp Spring

1/2 mi. east were the hunting grounds of Cherokee Chief Black Fox, Inali. On Sept. 7, 1794, Ore's Expedition overpowered Black Box at the spring. According to legend, to avoid capture Black Fox leaped into the spring and emerged from ...

Fort Nash

Near here, on Garrison Fork, this fort was established, about 1793, for the protection of settlers and travelers to and from the southwest. Until its abandonment, about 1804, it was an important stopping place and administrative center.

Marker is on Murfreesboro ...