Lincoln And Cumberland Gap

Passage to the West

Cumberland Gap became the principal passage between the eastern and western theaters of operation in the Upper South during the war. Whichever side held the high ground here held the Gap.

In 1861, Confederate Gen. Felix K. Zollicoffer's ...

6th Pennsylvania Reserves

35th Pennsylvania Infantry

(Front):6th Pennsylvania

Reserves

35th Infantry

1st Brigade 3d Division

5th Corps

(Left):July 2d in the evening

charged from the hill

in rear to this position

and held it until the

afternoon of July 3d

when the brigade advanced

through the woods to

the front and left driving

the enemy and capturing

many ...

Earthquake’s Offspring

Red Spouter

As you stand here, imagine traveling back in time to August 17, 1959. You would find yourself on a grassy knoll. Red Spouter did not exist!

Shortly before midnight, a major earthquake rocked Hebgen Lake, Montana, approximately 25 miles northwest ...

The Campbell Kids

Beloved Icons of Campbell Soup Company

When the campbell Kids were created in 1904 for a Campbell Soup Company ad campaign, little did anyone realize what enduring icons the fresh-faced, roly-poly characters would become.

The Campbell Kids first appeared with cans of ...

Grace Episcopal Church

Called “A poem in cedar & stone,” its history is intimately related to that of Anniston: Town Founders, Daniel Tyler & Samuel Noble, inspired its conception, funded its construction & caused Woodstock Iron Co. to donate the land on which ...

Brigadier General Enoch Poor

Born in Andover, Mass. June 21, 1736, Enoch Poor settled in Exeter, becoming a successful merchant and ship-builder. In 1775 he was appointed colonel in the 3rd New Hampshire Regiment. Poor was at Stillwater, Saratoga and Monmouth, and served under ...

Emily Peek's Saloon

Built as a saloon and office by Samuel Peek for wife Emily 1897. Deeded to their daughter Estella Peek Bernardi in 1899. Operated by Severino Gobbi as “Club Saloon” into early 20th Century.

Marker can be reached from Main Street.

Courtesy ...

Prince George Winyah Church

Parish founded 1721. Present church erected about 1750. Aided by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, London. Occupied by British forces during the Revolution.

Marker is on Highmarket Street (U.S. 521) east of Broad Street, on ...

81st Pennsylvania Infantry

1st Brigade, 1st Division

(Front):81st Penna

Infantry

1st Brig. 1st Div. 2nd Corps.Fought on this line in the afternoon of July 2nd

Present at Gettysburg 175 officers and men

Killed and died of wounds 9 men

Wounded 5 officers and 40 men

Captured or missing 8 men

Total ...

Revolutionary Capital

Founded by Rev. John Wheelwright in 1638, Exeter was one of the four original towns in the colony. Following New Hampshire’s provisional declaration of independence on January 5, 1776, it served as the capital of the new state during the ...