Washington Street School

A Bedrock of Black History in Newton County, GA.

In 1889 Washington Street School was established under the Covington City School system. The old building burned in 1939. Students and faculty met for two years in Black Churches.

1941 -- A new ...

Richard Howe House

This property has been

placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Circa 1867

Marker is on Logan Avenue, on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Richmond Supply Company Building

This building was built in 1903 at 139 West Richmond Avenue by J.Q. Black who supplied the area with coal, wood, hay, and grain. Robert Dornan Sr. bought the building in 1909 and added the service of moving goods.

In 1911 ...

Castle Rock

The founders of Castle Rock platted their town beneath a prominent rock outcrop of the same name in 1874, and proudly advertised it as a year-round resort, knowing the value of beautiful scenery to attract settlers and tourists. But even ...

"The West Virginia Coal Miner"

Earl Ray Tomblin President Senate   

    Bob Wise  Governor       Robert S. Kiss, Speaker House of Delegates

By Resolution of the Seventy-Fourth Legislature   

"The West Virginia Coal Miner"

In honor and in recognition of the

men and women who ...

Native Cultures

For more than 10,000 years, people have lived near the Mississippi River. The first cultures relied on hunting, fishing, and gathering for survival. As early as 1,000 years ago, however, Indian peoples were farming portions of the river valley near ...

Travers Family Graveyard

John N. and Elizabeth Causins Travers established a 30-acre farm here in 1832, when Arlington was rural and had less than 1,500 inhabitants. Over the years the land was subdivided. Descendants and kin lived here, contributing to the life of ...

White Memorial Park

What is Kansas? April 25, 1922 in the Judge by William Allen White

Kansas is a state of the Union, but it is also a state of mind, a neurotic condition, a psychological phase, a symptom indeed, something undreamt of in ...

Camp Moore

One of the principal Louisiana Confederate induction centers and training camps during the war for southern independence. Named for Governor Thomas Overton Moore. Over 400 soldiers buried in the camp cemetery.

Marker is on U.S. 51, on the right when traveling ...

Tangipahoa

Area settled in early 1800's. New Orleans, Jackson, & Great Northern Railroad built a stations here c.1853. One square mile formed around it in 1866, including part of Confederate Camp Moore. Town named for Indian tribe.

Marker is on U.S. 51, ...