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 ...

Lexington Public Library 1905 - 1989 / A Carnegie Library

Lexington Public Library

First library west of the Alleghenies was est. in Lex. in 1795 as a subscription library. The Women's Club of Central Ky. worked for a free public library, and, in 1902, Andrew Carnegie gave $60,000 to build Lex. ...

The President's Mansion

In 1838 The University of Alabama Board of Trustees appropriated funds for a more suitable residence for the University's new president Basil Manly. The mansion on this site was built between 1839 and 1841 from plans provided by Michael Barry ...

Bourbon Whiskey / Jacob Spears

Bourbon Whiskey

Named after Bourbon Co. because of quantity and quality of whiskey produced within its borders. Made from a fermented mash of at least 51% corn, with less wheat, rye, or barley, yeast and limestone water. Distilled at no more ...

Mexican War – Spanish American War – World War

Soldiers of Franklin County

Mexican War 1846-1848

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4 officers and 122 men – Co. B, 11th U.S. Regular Infantry. Approximately 325 men enlisted in the U.S. Army from Franklin County.

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Spanish American War 1898-1899

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Co. C, 8th Regt., Penna. Volunteer Infantry. There were enrolled ...

Leidesdorff Plaza

Dedicated to the memory of

WILLIAM ALEXANDER LEIDESDORFF

Early California pioneer, civic

leader, merchant, trader, and

owner of 35,000 acre rancho

“Rio de los Americanos” in the

Folsom area.

Born 1810 in Danish West Indies

of Negro and Danish parents

Died 1848 in San Francisco

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Lucasville Cemetery / Captain John Lucas Founder of Lucasville

Lucasville Cemetery

Lucasville Cemetery was originally established as the Lucas Family burying ground, with Susannah Lucas as the first recorded burial on May 4, 1809. Susannah's husband, Captain William Lucas, a Revolutionary War veteran, is interred here along with the first ...

Stand to Your Posts!

March 7, 1862 - Mid-Morning

Officers and men, you have it in your power to make or prevent another Bull Run affair. I want every man to stand to his post!

Nicholas Greusel, colonel, 36th Illinois Infantry Regiment

Yankee cavalrymen, mauled from a ...

Nicholas Perrot

On this site of

Oconto in 1668

Nicholas Perrot

settled an inter

tribal Indian

dispute.

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and Congress Street, on the left when traveling east on Main Street.

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Archibald Campbell’s Tavern

Archibald Campbell’s tavern stood here. He supplied meals to General Washington when Peter Zabriskie’s home was used as military headquarters between November 13 and November 21, 1776 during the retreat across New Jersey. The army marched down Main Street and ...