Carillon Bridge

Near this spot in 1755-1756

Michel de Chartier de Lotbiniére

engineer of Fort Carillon, bridged this stream and harnessed this waterpower for the first time. Sawmills, storehouses and barracks were located here, being within the Seignory of Alainville granted by France in ...

History Of Childersburg

Childersburg traces its heritage to the Coosa Indian village located in the area. DeSoto, accompanied by 600 men, began his march across North America in June 1539. Traveling from Tampa Bay, Florida, northward through what became the Southeastern United States, ...

Original Carillon Bridge

Site of

the original

Carillon Bridge

C. 1755

Called ‘The Long Bridge’ for over a century, the bridge was officially named Carillon in 1933. The present bridge was reconstructed in 1990 by Reale Construction Co., Inc.

Marker is on Montcalm Street, on the right when ...

Battle of Dingles Mill

Memorial Park

Battle fought at this site Apr. 9, 1865 Dedicated Saturday Jan. 27, 1979 3 P.M.

Sponsored by Dick Anderson Chapter No. 75 (1896) United Daughters of the Confedercy

Wm. E. Brunson III, noted War Between The States Arms and Records collector, ...

Sybil Ludington

Sybil Ludington

On April 26, 1777 this brave sixteen

year-old girl rode through the

enemy-infested countryside for

thirty miles in Putnam County, New

York, to warn the local militia that

British troops were attacking and

plundering Danbury, Connecticut.

Donated by Anna Hyatt Huntington

Marker is at the intersection ...

Second Brigade

Second Division - Fifth Corps

Army of the Potomac

Fifth Corps Second Division

Second Brigade

Col. Sidney Burbank

2d (6 Cos.) 7th. (4 Cos.) 10th. (3 Cos.)

11th. (6 Cos.) 17th. (7 Cos.) U.S. Infantry

July 2 Arrived early in the morning and formed on the right ...

First Baptist Church of Kountze

The Baptist Church of Hardin was organized in 1860 with Pastor D.W. Jordan. When the railroad bypassed Hardin (then the county seat) in 1881, area residents began moving to nearby Kountze. Hardin Baptists are believed to have followed, probably meeting ...

Caboose

No. 904

The first Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad (RF&P) cabooses were wooden construction built as early as 1904. Over the years, they were modified to keep them in service or sold.

The RF&P purchased its first modern, all steel cabooses ...

Beehive House

Built in 1845 of adobe brick.

Architect: Truman O. Angell.

Home of Brigham Young, second president,

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

& 1st Governor Territory of Utah.

Marker is on South Temple Street, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Box Car

Freight Service

In the early years of operation, RF&P railroads derived little revenue from its freight service. Most goods were transported by river and then by wagon.

After the Civil War, the railroad was joined with others to form a national ...