Birthplace of China-Burma-India Veterans Ass'n.

1948 - 1963

On this site, August 28, 1948 was held the 1st CBI National reunion of World War II veterans who organized the CBIVA

This tablet dedicated May 18, 1963

Marker is at the intersection of North Old World ...

Salkehatchie Presbyterian Church

This was formerly the site of a

Presbyterian church organized in

1766 by the Reverend Arichibald

Simpson, minister from Scotland.

The church was incorporated on

December 17, 1808. Serving the

church were the Reverends Simpson,

Edward Palmer, and J.B. Van Dyke.

In the cemetery are the ...

Chimborazo Hospital

On this hill stood

Chimborazo Hospital

1862-1865

Established by

Surgeon General S.P. Moore, C.S.A.

Directed by Dr. James B. McCaw.

At that time, it was the

largest military hospital in the world. It

consisted of 150 buildings and 100 tents

and cared for 76,000 patients with a

mortality of less ...

Bethel Presbyterian Church

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This church, originally located at Jacksonboro, was founded in 1728 by Rev. Archibald Stobo (d.1741), father of the Presbyterian church in S.C. The first building at Jacksonboro was replaced in 1746 by a "hansome sanctuary" that stood until it ...

First National Bank of Bartlett

Jesse L. Bailey (1848-1926) and his son Charles C. Bailey (1871-1947) opened a private bank in conjunction with a mercantile business in Bartlett in 1898. J. L. Bailey and Son, Bankers, was replaced by the First National Bank of Bartlett ...

Major General C.C. Washburn

Cadwallader Colden Washburn was born in Maine in 1818. He settled in Mineral Point, Wisconsin, in 1839 and served in Congress before moving to La Crosse.

When the Civil War broke out, Washburn organized the Second Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry Regiment and ...

Purdon Bridge

1895

Built by Cotton Brothers of Oakland, this steel bridge replaced several wooden bridges washed away in floods. It is the only bridge of the half-through truss design remaining in California. Purdon Crossing was a vital link of the main road ...

Reilly's Battery - Henry's Battalion

Hood's Division - Longstreet's Corps

Army of Northern Virginia

Longstreet's Corps Hood's Division

Henry's Battalion Reilly's Battery

The Rowan Artillery

A section: Two 10 pounder Parrotts

July 3 These guns were detached and first occupied position 300 yards west of this hotly engaged with the artillery ...

Coronado in Blanco Canyon

From 1540 to 1542, Francisco

Vazquez de Coronado led the first

organized European exploration of

the southwest in search of the

fabled "cities of gold." With a

company of more than a thousand

men and women and thousands of

horses ...

Reilly's Battery - Henry's Battalion

Hood's Division - Longstreet's Corps

Army of Northern Virginia

Longstreet's Corps Hood's Division

Henry's Battalion Reilly's Battery

The Rowan Artillery

A section: Two 10 pounder Parrotts

July 3 These guns were detached and first occupied position 300 yards west of this hotly engaged with the artillery ...