Duke of York's Martello Tower

York Redoubt

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The Duke of York's Martello Tower was one of many small towers built for coastal defence throughout the British Empire. They were usually round, with stone walls too thick to be penetrated by cannon balls. This ...

21st Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry

(Front Face):

21st Mass. Vol. Inf'y

2nd Brig. 2nd Div.

9th A.C.

Erected by

21st Regt. Mass. Vol.

Association

(Rear Face):

The following Comrades

were killed near

this bridge:

2nd Lieut. Henry C. Holbrook Co. "D"

Priv. Wm. B. Boynton Co. "D"

Priv. Amos S. Eastman Co. "E"

Corp. Henry K. Buss Co. "E"

Priv. ...

Frank C. Freer

This plaque is dedicated to Frank C. Freer by the City of Sacramento in recognition

of his commitment of over 50 years to improving the game of golf in Sacramento, California.

• Member-Sacramento Golf Club at Haggin Oaks

• Member-Sacramento Golf Council

• Tournament ...

The Organization of the Farm

John Jay Homestead

John Jay began planning his farm soon after he amassed the 750 acres by inheritance and purchase in the 1780s.

In 1832, William Jay made several improvements to the Jay farm. He enlarged the cow barn, renovated the ...

Geology of Minnesota

Jay Cooke State Park

This point overlooks the St. Louis River Valley. The steeply inclined rocks in the river channel upstream are alternating beds of slates and graywackers of the Thompson Formation thousands of feet thick.

Slates are rocks formed from original ...

The Farm Manager’s Cottage

John Jay Homestead

The brick cottage was built ca. 1800 for Jay’s first farm manager, Major Samuel Lyon. Lyon oversaw such daily activities on the farm as: ditching and draining land; building and maintaining fences; plowing, planting, and harvesting fields; ...

African-American Soldiers in Combat

Near Dalton on August 15, 1864, during the Civil War, the 14th United States Colored Troops (USCT), whose enlisted men were mostly former slaves, helped drive off a Confederate cavalry attack on the Western and Atlantic Railroad, U.S. General William ...

Fort Stevens

Built in 1862, Fort Stevens was part of the Confederate inter-defense line of Richmond. This fort was named for Col. W.H. Stevens, who was in charge of the construction of Richmond’s defenses. Most fortifications were built quickly and made of ...

The Hermit of Emerald Bay

An Eccentric Caretaker

Captain Richard “Dick” Barter found his way to Lake Tahoe in the 1860s. Barter spent the long winters in Emerald Bay as the sole caretaker of a summer villa owned by Ben Holladay, Jr.

Originally an English sailor, Barter ...

Battles of Tilton

<-- 2.8 mi. --<<<

2.8 miles E. of here, on May 13, 1864, a delaying action was fought as Confederates moved south toward Resaca. On Oct.13, 1864, part of French’s Division of Stewart’s Corps, Confederates Army of Tennessee, attacked this place, ...