Powder Magazine

Fort Montgomery’s powder magazine provided a secure, dry place in which to store the garrison’s gunpowder and ammunition. The magazine was located here because of the site’s good drainage and because of the protection afforded by the rock ridge between ...

West Jordan Pioneer Church

In 1859, to replace a log church house, Bishop Archibald Gardner chose Elias Morris as architect of this red sandstone and granite church. On May 15, 1861, the cornerstone was laid. Proceeds from a military ball attended by L.D.S. authorities ...

Troup County Academy

The first school in Troup County opened in LaGrange in 1828, just months after the county’s organization. Located just east of this spot, Troup Academy shared the lot with Hill View Cemetery. The county owned the building while a Board ...

Petrified Trees

Fossils Give Clues to Wyoming's Paleo-Past

Giant cypress trees growing today in swamps (or forested wetlands), such as these found in Louisiana's Pointe Lake, used to grow in Wyoming back when it was a warm, subtropical swamp - about 55 million ...

The Vore Buffalo Jump

Hunting Large Bison Took Teamwork and Ingenuity

Located a short distance to the east and camouflaged by the red eroded landscape is the Vore Buffalo Jump. This sinkhole served early residents as a slaughterhouse. using the natural pit as a trap, ...

Sacramento River Exploration

The Spanish Missionaries’ quest for mission sites led to their exploration of the river. However, no missions were ever built in this region. The first known sighting was in 1774 by Fray Juan Crespi and Pedro Fages. By 1808, Gabriel ...

First Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Austin

In 1853, missionary Rev. E.B. Crisman formally organized the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Austin. Members met in a frame building at 7th and Lavaca streets until 1892, when they replaced it with a stone structure. In 1906, a dispute over ...

8 Dr. R.B. Hayling Place

The house at 8 Scott Street was built in the 1950s as part of Rollins Subdivision, a new residential area where many prominent black St. Augustinians made their homes. In the early 1960s it was the residence of Dr. Robert ...

House of Four Pillars

Ohio Historical Marker

Theodore Dreiser wrote in 1900 his famous novel, Sister Carrie, in this house. It was built in 1835 and altered to Greek Revival Style in 1844. Dreiser acquired it in 1899. The house possesses most of the features ...

8th Pennsylvania Cavalry

2nd Brigade, 2nd Division

8th Penna. Cavalry

2nd Brigade 2nd Division Cavalry Corps

Recruited in Phila., Bucks, Lycoming, & Luzerne Counties

Mustered in Aug. - Oct. 1861 Reenlisted Dec. 31st 1863

Mustered out July 24th 1865.

With the Army of the Potomac from Manassas to Appomattox

Participated ...