Battery F

Battle of Corinth

Only extant redan of six built in 1862 by U.S. troops as outer defense south and west of town. Taken on Oct. 3, 1862, by C.S. forces after fierce fighting. Battle resumed on Oct. 4, but C.S. troops ...

Magnolia Ellis, “Magnificent Magnolia”

(1893-1974)

(front)

Magnolia Ellis was a healer with a special gift. She opened a clinic in Hot Springs, today's Truth or Consequences. Patients claimed to have a feeling of electricity when she touched them. Recognized by most notable doctors of the day, ...

Fort Wooster Park

The Quinnipiac Tribe

Fort Wooster Park

Sacred grounds of the Quinnipiac Indians and one of the earliest reservations in the New World

Battle site of the American patriots against the British forces during the invasion of New Haven on July 5, ...

German Evangelical Church / Pike Heritage Foundation Museum

Side A: German Evangelical Church

Construction of Waverly's third church, built with locally produced brick, began in 1859 and was completed in 1860. The original deed, recorded on October 31, 1859, listed the value of the lot as $180. With the ...

Inner Defences

Near here ran the line of inner defences located by Gen. D. H. Hill, June, 1864. He had been sent from Petersburg by Gen. Beauregard to assist Gen. Breckinridge then in command. On Gen. Early’s arrival, troops were moved to ...

Frank Henry Gifford

1880 - 1963

Over the years he contributed generously for the betterment of the village. His last bequest of land, building and money made the creation of this park possible.

Marker is at the intersection of State Street (Ohio Route 550) and ...

Discovery of Copper

In August, 1843, a prospector named Lemmons, in fruitless search of gold along a branch of Potato Creek not far to the northeast, found a substance which turned out, to his disappointment, to be red oxide of copper. He abandoned ...

First United Methodist Church of Kountze

The town of Kountze developed in the 1880s, after the Texas and New Orleans Railroad was built through this area. The county seat, which had previously been located at the town of Hardin, was moved to Kountze in 1886.

Soon ...

The Ditch as a Second Line of Defense

Around the outside of the central redoubt is the ditch, a significant obstacle attackers would have to climb through to assault the redoubt. At Fort Mill Ridge, the ditch also appears to have been used as a trench from which ...

English Neighborhood Reformed Church

Organized in 1770 as a Dutch Reformed Church, the first building, erected in 1768, was located in Leonia. After the Revolution, it was decided to “Erect a New One in A more Proper Place”. In 1793 the present church was ...