Elizabeth Maxwell Steele

This tablet is erected

to the memory of

Elizabeth

Maxwell Steele

Patriot

1781 - 1911

Marker is at the intersection of N Main Street (U.S. 29) and W Council Street, on the left when traveling north on N Main Street.

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Blind Willie McTell

Musician

Willie Samuel McTear (1901-1959) was born between Big and Little Briar Creeks in the Happy Valley community. In 1911, he and his mother moved to Statesboro, where he began his life of traveling and performing. Although blind from infancy, Willie ...

Black Rock Fort

Black Rock Fort

Here on July 5, 1779, eighteen men under Lieutenant Daniel Bishop stood in defense of New Haven against a British fleet commanded by Commodore Sir George Collier and land forces commanded by Major General William Tryon. When ammunition ...

Buried Alive

Excelsior Geyser’s rugged crater was created by rare massive geyser eruptions. Surprisingly, it also preserves a record of past life.

For thousands of years, microbes have grown in the runoff channels extending from nearby Grand Prismatic Spring. These vast communities were ...

Liberty Oak Tree

Seedling from

Liberty Oak Tree

Revolutionary War

Planted March 1987

by

Guilford Battle Chapter NSDAR

Marker is on Tour Road, on the left when traveling north.

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The Honorable Mary Coon Walters / Chief Justice Pamela B. Minzne

Women of the Judiciary

[Side A:]

The Honorable Mary Coons Walters

(1922 - 2001)

Ms. Walters, who was a transport pilot during World War II, was the only woman in her UNM law school class when she graduated at age ...

William Bartram Trail

Traced 1773-1777

John and William Bartram, naturalists, explored Ebenezer and Effinham County on their Savannah~ Augusta Travels.

Marker is on Ebenezer Road (Route 275) near Old Augusta Road (County Route 284), on the left when traveling north.

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Boyhood Home of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston

Born in Prince Edward Co. on 3 Feb. 1807, Joseph Eggleston Johnston, the son of Judge Peter Johnston, moved a mile north of here with his family in 1811. He attended Abingdon Male Academy and graduated from the U.S. Military ...

Santa Fe Caboose #1323

The caboose was an office, a lookout, and a home away from home for a train crew.

In the days before automatic air brakes, the engineer signaled the caboose with his whistle when he wanted to slow down or stop. A ...

Harvey Girls / Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter, 1869 - 1958

[Side A:]

Harvey Girls

In 1883, the Fred Harvey Company hired women to serve in its diners and hotels along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Thousands of respectable, intelligent women were recruited from the Midwest and East ...