The Earth's Blood Flows Past You

Clark Fork Corridor: The River

For thousands of years the Sqelixw—people of the Salish, Pend Oreille and Kalispel tribes—inhabited the valleys of the Clark Fork and other rivers of western Montana. They used their extensive knowledge of the natural world to ...

27th Connecticut Infantry

(Front):Erected 1885.

The 27th Regt. Conn. Vols.

commanded by

Lieut. Colonel Henry C. Merwin,

and forming a part of the

4th Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Corps

charged over this ground, the afternoon of

July 2, 1863.

The 4th Brigade forced the enemy from the

Wheat Field and beyond the ...

Old California Overland Trail

Extensively traveled by immigrants during the Gold Rush to California in 1849 and by the pioneers of this locality in 1857.

Marker is at the intersection of Tech Drive and U.S. 34 on Tech Drive.

Courtesy hmdb.org

53rd Pennsylvania Infantry

4th Brigade, 1st Division

(Front):53rd

Pennsylvania Infantry,

4th Brigade, 1st Division,

2nd Corps.

July 2. About 5 p.m. the regiment deployed with the Brigade on the northerly side of, and charged through, the Wheatfield, driving the enemy, and continuing the advance to this position, holding ...

University of the South

Founded Jan. 6, 1858, under charter granting perpetual direction by theEpiscopal Church in Ala., Ark., Ga., La., Miss., N. Car., S. Car., Tenn., and Texas. Nearby, Leonidas Polk, Bishop of La., later Lt. Gen., C.S.A., laid the cornerstone for the ...

Crossing of the Delaware

This tablet is erected by the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey to commemorate the Crossing of the Delaware by General Washington and the Continental army on Christmas night of seventeen hundred and seventy six.

Marker is ...

Gaffney

Michael Gaffney

[Southeast Face]

Born Sept. 29,1775 in Granard,

County Longford, Ireland.

Came to Charleston S.C.

Feb. 3, 1800.

Married Miss. Polly Smith

of Smith's Ford Union County

July 21, 1803.

He established the present

site of Gaffney in 1804.

Was Captain in the war of 1812.

Died Sept. 6, 1854.

Interred in

Gaffney ...

Site of Marshall-Carver High School

The first school for African American students in Georgetown was established in the early 20th century. Called “The Colored School,” the institution served grades 1 through 8 and provided the only local educational opportunities for African Americans. The school’s principal, ...

The Battle of Ox Hill

(Kiosk Panel): Wounds Suffered at Ox Hill (Chantilly)

September 1, 1862

Union Soldiers

4th Maine, 2nd Brigade (Birney), Kearny’s Division:

Pvt. Lorenzo E. Dickey, Co. A, Age 21: At Chantilly, received gunshot would in right thigh. Taken to a field ...

Site of Concord School

First settled in the 1850s, this area boasted a school named Clear Creek by 1857. Concord School was established in nearby Brizendine Mills in 1883. By 1888 the Concord School was located in the Bear Creek settlement, succeeding the Clear ...