First United Methodist Church

Earliest church in Enterprise

Organized in 1883 by 13 charter members as Carmichael Chapel of Elba Circuit, the congregation originally worshipped in a brush arbor on the NW corner of N. Main and Lee Streets. The first two sanctuaries built in ...

Louisa County / Fluvanna County

(West Facing Side):Louisa County

Area 516 Square MilesFormed in 1742 from Hanover, and named for the Queen of Denmark, Daughter of King George II. Patrick Henry lived in this county for some years. In it was fought the cavalry Battle of ...

First Mayor of Los Angeles Under United States Rule

Los Pobladores

The Founders of the City of Los Angeles: Vanegas, Quintero, Rodriguez, Villavicencio, Navarro, Rosas, Camero, Rosas, Moreno, Mesa,

Before 1850, the chief executive of the pueblo was the alcalde, who sat on the ayuntamiento (council) and served as ...

McCorkle-Fewell-Long House / Oakland

McCorkle-Fewell-Long House

This two-story frame house with central hall was a typical piedmont farmhouse when built, probably by Stephen McCorkle prior to 1821. Samuel M. Fewell significantly altered the house during his ownership 1867-1890. In 1906 the house was purchased and ...

Sixteenth Michigan Infantry

3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Corps

(Front):Sixteenth Mich. Inf'ty.

3rd Brig.

1st Div.

5th Corps

(Back):Mustered in at Detroit, Mich. Sept. 8, 1861. Mustered out at Jeffersonville, Ind. July 8, 1865.

Total enrollment 2318 officers, & men

Killed in action ...

Jefferson Davis's Flight South, April 26-27, 1865

Last Confederate Cabinet Meeting, April 27, 1865

(Front):

Confederate President Jefferson Davis and his Cabinet, making their way south from Richmond, Va. with a cavalry escort, stopped at Fort Mill on April 26, 1865. Davis spent the night at Springfield, the home ...

First Dam Across The St. Joseph River / Power Race

First Dam Across The St. Joseph River

The original dam, providing power for which Mishawaka was noted, was completed in 1837. It was 577 feet long, 24 feet thick and cost $38,000.00.

Power Race

Along this race, providing water power, and along its ...

Site of Curtis School

Early 1900’s to 1967

Curtis School was organized in the early 1900’s and was originally located ½ mile south, where New Ebenezer Baptist Church now stands. A new school was built on this site in 1929 when Curtis, Mt. Zion, and ...

Fort Mill Confederate Memorial

[South Side]:

1860

Dum Spiro Spero

Spes Animis Opibuscue Parati

1891

Defenders of

State Sovereignty.

[East Side]:

List of names

[North Side]:

1865

The warrior's banner takes its flight

to greet the warrior's soul.

[West Side]:

List of names

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (State Highway 160) and Academy Street, on the ...

First Permanent English Settlement in Machias Bay

1763 - 1904

This tablet marks the landing place of the company which made the first permanent English settlement in this town, May 20, 1763. The little band consisted of Samuel and Sylvanus Scott, Timothy George, and David Libby, John and ...