Campsite of Union Army

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The Union Army of 65,000 men under the command of General Wm. T. Sherman left Atlanta on November 15, 1864. Only the left wing of 30,000 men entered Milledgeville. The advance units arrived here on the 22nd. The right wing ...

Winfree Memorial Baptist Church

Midlothian Mine Disaster

Winfree Memorial Baptist Church, constituted in 1852 as Jerusalem Baptist Church, originally stood to the west on Buckingham Pike. In September 1881, to better serve the coal mining community, the frame structure was rolled here on logs. On ...

Annexation of New Mexico

In this plaza

Gen. S. W. Kearney, U.S.A.

proclaimed the peaceable

annexation of New Mexico.

Aug. 19, 1846.

Marker is at the intersection of East Palace Avenue and Old Santa Fe Trail, on the left when traveling west on East Palace Avenue.

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Poole’s Funeral Home

Surry County African-American Heritage Society

Poole’s Funeral Home

The Poole’s Funeral Home was established November 1890 by the late M.B. Poole. With his horse drawn hearse, he served the community with great dignity and professional service. He was joined in his business ...

Wreck of the Shenandoah

“Wind increasing in volume. Get no chance to....” These were the last words from the doomed Navy airship Shenandoah, caught in a violent storm and crashing 7 miles southwest of this spot near Ava at dawn, September 3, 1925. Fourteen ...

End of Santa Fe Trail

This stone marks the end of the

Santa Fe Trail

1822 – 1879

Marker is at the intersection of East San Francisco Street and Old Santa Fe Trail, on the left when traveling east on East San Francisco Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Dentist's Office

Tooth decay was a common and greatly feared ailment in earlier days.

People either had to make do with a painful tooth or find someone to pull it. If a trained dentist could not be found or afforded, a blacksmith or ...

Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients

State of Ohio, Guernsey County

United States of America

Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients

State of Ohio, Guernsey County

Civil War

Cox, Robert M. - Corporal - Mississippi - 1863

Power, Albert - Private - Arkansas - 1862

Richardson, William ...

Santa Fe

On the Camino Real

Santa Fe, the oldest capital city in the United States, was established in 1610 as the seat of the Spanish colonial government for the Province of New Mexico. The Palace of the Governors, used by the Spanish, ...

Treaty of Coleraine

On June 29, 1796, this Treaty was signed ¼ mile south of here near Indian Agent James Seagrove’s home, a trading post and garrison of Federal troops on the St. Marys River. The meeting included representatives of the United States ...