Jacob Leser House

After purchasing this land in 1859, German-born Jacob Leser (1827-1901) erected a log cabin and a frame structure to house his soap and candle factory. Before 1864, when he married Henrietta Schroeder (1841-89), Leser added this stone wing to the ...

Jersey Barriers

Frequent dangerous accidents on Jugtown Mountain led to the first installation here of the concrete road dividers, which later became famous and are now also in use to defend against terorists.

Marker is at the intersection of New Jersey Route 173 ...

Battle of Ezra Ch.

Gen. S. D. Lee’s Corps

July 26, 1864. Brown’s & Clayton’s divs., Lee’s Corps [CS] led off the attack on the 15th corps [US] posted some 400 yds. N. of this rd.

Brown’s brigades: Johnston’s, Sharp’s & Brantly’s, were deployed W. ...

Prelude to Gettysburg

One of the great debates of our Country's history and legacy is what scholars call "the two Civil Wars": the first a matter of campaigns, generals, and troop movements and the second focusing on the ways that the great conflict ...

Battle of Ezra Ch.

Gen. J. C. Brown’s Div.

July 28, 1864. The 4 brigades of Brown’s Div., S. D. Lee’s A. C. [CS], deployed in this area, made the initial assaults on the Federal right flank posted on the ridge just N. E. Their ...

Benjamin Harvey Hill

In Honor of

Benjamin Harvey Hill

Georgia’s Illustrious Son

Born Near Hillsboro

Jasper County

September 14, 1823.

Died in Atlanta August 16, 1882

A Matchless Orator

Renowned Jurist

Courageous Statesman

Marker is on Georgia Route 11 just south of Plum Street, on the right when traveling ...

Bethel Baptist Church

(Front Text )

This church was organized in 1851 by Revs.

Lewis Parker and John Hoover, with twelve

charter members and Rev. Hoover as its

first minister. The congregation has

worshipped on this site, on land donated

by Mathias Mathis, ...

Remembrance

Many of the men, like Major Parker and Lieutenant J. Thompson Brown, returned to their homes in and around Richmond after the war. In 188, Lieutenant Brown, then a successful local businessman, purchased the ground here in order to preserve ...

The Bond House

Frank Bond (1863-1945), prominent Española merchant, came from Cañada in 1882. In 1887 Bond married May Anna Caffal of Pueblo, Colorado and built the home. The house grew from a two-room adobe to this large structure. Acquired by the city ...

486th Bomb Group (H)

B-24 and B-17

Activated Sept 1943

Deactivated Nov 1945

Flew 188 combat missions over Europe

from Sta. No 174 - Sudbury, England

as a unit of the U.S. Army 8th Air Force

This memorial dedicated July 1984

in honor of all members of the 486th BG

Courtesy hmdb.org