“Buffalo Soldiers”

First Sgt. Augustus Walley, a Reisterstown native, awarded The Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery at Cuchillo Negro Mountain, New Mexico.

Dedicated on the 100th anniversary of The Spanish-American War July 13, 1998.

Marker is at the intersection of Cockey’s Mill Road ...

Paraje De Fra Cristobal

The mountain range seen along the east bank of the Rio Grande is named after Father Cristobal de Salazar of the 1598 Juan de Oñate expedition. The northern edge of the twenty-one mile range is said to resemble the profile ...

Smyrna Baptist Church

Organized in 1827 as Kirkland Church, the name was changed in 1836 to Smyrna Baptist Church. Title to the site was conveyed in 1849 by William I. Mixon.

Additional land was given by Thomas H. Willingham in 1882 to extend the ...

Boyhood Home of Roy Rogers

"The King of the Cowboys"

One of the most influential icons of American popular culture in the mid-20th century, Roy Rogers was born Leonard Franklin Sly on November 5, 1911 in Cincinnati. He moved to this farm at age 8 from ...

Larrabee’s Point

John Larrabee established the first regular ferry here under a grant from the Vermont Legislature when the only business at the site was his tavern. In 1823, the year that the Champlain Canal opened, Larrabee and Samuel Holley built a ...

Gazebo

A gazebo is a common garden structure often found in warm climates to provide shade.

Dairy owner Christian Mattly built this gazebo next to a dormitory for students enrolled in courses at the Kern County High School farm around 1905.

Students were ...

Boyhood Home of Wesley Branch Rickey

Baseball Pioneer, Innovator, Executive

Branch Rickey, a pivotal figure in the history of baseball, was raised in this house with his brothers, Orla and Frank. Rickey started baseball's farm team system while he was president, vice president, and manager of the ...

Ridgeland Baptist Church

( Front text )

This church was organized February

28,1892, by Revs. W.H.Dowling and

J.T. Morrison with nine charter

members. It was admitted to the

Savannah River Baptist Association

with Rev.Dowling as its first

minister. The congregation held

services in the Masonic hall

until 1894, when it built its ...

Belton / Historic Belton

Belton

The Tennis Capital of South Carolina

Tennis Anyone?

Long know as the Tennis Capital of South Carolina, Belton's tennis history can be traced back over 110 years. An 1892 edition of the Anderson Intelligencer stated, "The young men of Belton are happy. ...

First Brigade

Second Division - Fifth Corps

Army of the Potomac

Fifth Corps Second Division

First Brigade

Col. Hannibal Day

3d. (6 Cos.) 4th. (4 Cos.) 6th. (5 Cos.)

12th (8 Cos.) 14th. (8 Cos.) U.S. Infantry

July 2 Moved left in front with the Division late in the ...