Fort Huger

Defending the James River

(prelude)

In April 1862, Union forces under Gen. George B. McClellan began a major campaign to capture Richmond, marching west from Fort Monroe up the Peninsula between the York and James Rivers toward the Confederate capital. A Confederate ...

32nd Indiana Infantry

Col. Frank Erdelmeyer

32nd Indiana Infantry

Col. Frank Erdelmeyer.

Nov. 25, 1863.

9 Killed; 35 Wounded.

Marker is on North Crest Road south of Shallowford Road, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

A Prehistoric Fort

A Prehistoric Fort consisting of earthen walls accompanied by moats, formerly occupied this site. The walls, three to four feet high, probably were surmounted by palisades which together with the steep river banks, rendered the fort fairly secure from attack ...

Home of First Settler

Here, in Savage's Neck, was the home of Ensign Thomas Savage, who came to Virginia in 1608. Granted a tract of land by Debedeavon, the "Laughing King" of the indians, in 1619, Savage became the first permanent English settler on ...

David Crawford Edmiston

March 2, 1825 – January 8, 1903

A native of Arkansas, David C. Edmiston came to Texas with his family in 1835. As a young man David served with a frontier defense unit of the Texas Rangers. He later served as ...

An Unlikely Safe Haven

“Fires of yesterday and last night have swept practically all the country from Avery to St. Regis. Nothing could have lived in the mountains last evening except for the tunnels.” - E. J. Pearson, Chief Engineer, Puget Sound Railroad

Fleeing from ...

Douse the Flames and Climb Aboard

“The whole twenty-five miles of railroad…between Avery and the Taft Tunnel was swept by a consuming blast of fire, so hot that pick handles lying in the open beside the track were utterly consumed.” - Elers Koch, Forest Supervisor

With fires ...

Doyle Farm

Arrival on Sept. 21, 1874, of two brothers of Holy Cross

at the

Doyle Farm

James Doyle (1795?-1866). A native of Ireland, came to Texas in 1835. He was a stonemason, and in 1853 had charge of part of the work on the ...

Building From the Ashes

“All that remained was to salvage what material that could be salvaged from the disaster, and reorganize for a new start.” - Clarence B. Swim, Assistant Forester

As the railroad operated rescue trains, Missoula residents met the refugees at the station ...

J. Frank Dobie House

Built in 1925, this house was occupied by eminent Texas author, educator, and folklorist J. Frank Dobie (1888-1964) and his wife Bertha from 1926 until their deaths. Dobie, who taught a popular course at the University of Texas on the ...