The History of Thurston

Back in the late 1800's and early 1900's, Thurston was the railroad town which everybody knew. The town was the only place in southeast Ohio which a train could turn around 360 degrees and choose which track it would want ...

Georgia Marble Company and the Village of Tate

The Georgia Marble Company began in 1884 as one of many small marble quarrying operations in the region. In 1905 Colonel Sam Tate became the company's president, continuing in that position until his death in 1938. Georgia Marble Company stone ...

Early Post Office Site

Site of Store

In Which Was

Located An

Early Post Office

1824 - 1841

Marker is at the intersection of Cherry Street and Plymouth Place, on the right when traveling west on Cherry Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Fellowship Hall

Patterson 200 Years

The Fellowship Hall

(Presbyterian Church “Parish House”)

1872

Originally called “The Parish House,” the Fellowship Hall was given to the Presbyterian Church by the Paterson Family between 1868 and 1877 while the Reverend James Baird was minister. It ...

California State Capitol Park

HISTORY

When Spanish governors ruled the California territory, its capitol was moved from town to town between San Diego and Monterey.

San Jose had already been designated the capitol by the time California was granted statehood in 1850. In the next four ...

Battle of Alamance

Here was fought (I) on May 16, 1771, the Battle of Alamance. Opposing forces were colonial militia, mainly from the eastern part of the province, commanded by Governor William Tryon, and a band of frontier dwellers known as Regulators, who ...

146th New York Infantry

(5th Oneida)

(Front):146th New York Infantry.

(5th Oneida)

3d Brigade, 2d Division,

5th Corps.

Col's Garrard, Jenkins, Grindlay.(Right):From this position

Maj. Gen. Meade

observed the battle

for a time

on July 3d.

(Back):July 2d and 3d 1863.

Casualties;

Killed 4,

Wounded 24.

(Left):Engaged in 23

battles,

Thrice complimented

in general

orders.

Marker can be reached from Sykes Avenue, on ...

Mitchell’s Ford

Confederate Strongpoint

Here on the south bank of Bull Run, Confederate forces constructed log-and-earth trenches to defend Mitchell’s Ford, a strategically important crossing point. On July 17, 1861, as Union Gen. Irvin McDowell’s army approached Centreville, Confederate Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard’s forces ...

Hardin Taliaferro

1811-1875

Humorist, minister, and editor. Wrote Fisher's River Scenes (1859), a collection of folk tales with local settings. He was born 2 miles N.W.

Marker is at the intersection of Pine Street (Route 89) and Pine Ridge Road, on the right when ...

Butterfield Trail

Stagecoaches of the Butterfield Overland Mail Co. began carrying passengers and mail from St. Louis to San Francisco, across southern New Mexico, in 1858. The 2,795-mile journey took 21-22 days. In 1861 the service was re-routed through Salt Lake City. ...