Site of New Bern Church, School, and Cemetery

Swiss and German immigrants who settled here in the early 1890s named their settlement for Bern, Switzerland. In 1892 the newly organized St. John Lutheran Church built a sanctuary which also housed the New Bern school here on 2.5 acres ...

Carthage-Tokay-Farley

In the 1860s, a coal field east of San Antonio was occasionally mined by soldiers for heating fuel and to fire their blacksmith ovens. In 1883, the Santa Fe railroad built a bridge across the Rio Grande at San Antonio ...

The Weir-Pittsburg Coal Field in Cherokee County

The 1st Deep Mine, Scammonville, KS

In 1874 four brothers from Illinois, the Scammon brothers, pioneered new methods of mining coal in southeastern Kansas, digging the first mine shaft in Cherokee County. Although many doubted that their room-and-pillar system would work ...

Frontenac, Kansas

The Mine No. 2 Disaster and a Brief History of

Frontenac, Kansas first came into being when the coal mining industry moved into the area during the late 1800s. The Santa Fe Railroad leased the land around what is present-day Frontenac, ...

Folsom Veterans Memorial

The Folsom Veterans Memorial honors those brave individuals who serve our country and those who have fallen in service to our country. The memorial is composed of several distinct elements.

The Flag Court pays homage to all those who have served ...

Confederate Hospital

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During the War Between the States, 1861-1865, 155 Confederate soldiers, wounded in the Battle of Atlanta and evacuated, died in several improvised hospitals in Barnesville. This marks the site of the main hospital. A marble headstone marks each soldier’s grave ...

Fishing Creek Baptist Church

Fishing Creek Baptist Church, the second of this denomination to be constituted in the upcountry of Georgia, was organized in 1782, under the leadership of the Rev. Sanders Walker, who became its first pastor. It was one of five churches ...

Adna R. Chaffee

Adna R. Chaffee was born in Orwell on April 14, 1842, and grew up on the family farm. He left home in 1861 to pursue a career in the military, enlisting first in the 6th U.S. Cavalry for service in ...

The Battle of Ox Hill

(Kiosk Panel): Sequel to Second Manassas

The Battle of Ox Hill, September 1, 1862

The Confederate victory at Second Manassas (August 28-30, 1862) forced Union General John Pope’s Army of Virginia to retreat to the heights of Centreville. To dislodge ...

Colfax Record

Lot 14 Bl 4 Crocker to Kohn & Kind -22 July 1865

Established Nov. 26, 1908

This office built 1930

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Plaque in Memory of

Pat Jones, Historian

Writer – Colfax Record 1961-1983

Author – The Colfax Connection

Donor – Printing Press Flywheel

Pat.— Oct. 25, 1881

Marker is on ...