The Methodist Camp

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In 1857, leaders of the Methodist Church choose this site to serve as the Battle Ground Collegiate Institute. The site was chosen because of its historic significance, its natural features, and its close proximity to the ...

The Stone Point

As early as 1704 this area of the Tappan Patent was called the “steen” or “Stone” point, later Stony Point. It was commonly known by that name for over 150 years. A grist mill was built here in 1725, fifty ...

Jim Thorpe

1886 - 1953

Indian athlete, star of the 1912 Olympics, made his professional baseball debut with Rocky Mount Railroaders, 1909. Ball park was 300 yds. W.

Marker is at the intersection of North Church Street (Business U.S. 301) and Falls Road, on ...

Thomas Pliney Plaster

Who manned one of the twin sisters cannon at the Battle of San Jacinto and was a veteran of the Mexican War, 1847. Born in Tennessee June 6, 1804. Died March 27, 1861.

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30th Air Depot Group

In honor

of

the men who served in the

30th Air Depot Group

European Theater

1943 - 1945

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Prophet’s Town

Established in 1808 by Tecumseh and the Prophet as the capital of their pan-Indian confederacy. Led by Tecumseh, representatives of many midwestern Indian nations met and lived here in an attempt to build the greatest Indian resistance movement in American ...

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University was founded in 1872 as a land-grant college specializing in agriculture and mechanics. The land-grant college system marked the beginning of scientific agricultural and industrial instruction in the Commonwealth. Over the next century Virginia ...

Setting the Trap

Confederate Major General "Stonewall" Jackson faced three enemies - the Union garrison at Harpers Ferry, its formidable position on Bolivar Heights, and time. On the second day of the battle, although pummeled by a Confederate bombardment, the Federals still stood ...

464th Bomb Group (Heavy)

In honor of the men of the

464th Bomb Group (Heavy)

15th Air Force, World War II,

Activated 1 Aug 1943

Wendover Field, Utah.

Trained Pocatello AAF, Idaho.

Flew B-24 Liberators based at

Pantanella, Italy

over Southern, Central and Eastern

Europe from April 1944 to May 1945

Two Unit Citations, ...

Privy

The brick privy was built in 1852 by Brooks R. Wooley. Originally located directly behind the courthouse, it was moved to make room for the courthouse annex in 2004. It was considered one of the most luxurious restrooms in the ...