You Stand Free Because They Served

You Stand Free

Because They Served

In everlasting memory and tribute to the men and women of Great Barrington who, in defense of their country and the human rights of mankind, served with honor and distinction in the armed forces of the ...

Sheffield World War II Monument

In Memory Of

The Citizens of Sheffield

Who So Loyally Served

In the World War

1941 - 1945

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (U.S. 7) and Miller Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Main Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Kearney: From the Beginning

Long before early French explorers named it the Platte River, or "flat waters," this heartland oasis was a crossroads. Migratory birds, abundant wildlife and Native Americans had been in residence for centuries when the confluence of the Oregon and Mormon ...

Centennial of Hattiesburg

[West Side]

Formerly Choctaw Territory and later claimed by France, Britain, Spain and United States, this area entered by settlers in early 1800s and known as Ewin Forks, later Gordonville. Chosen as rail center by Captain William H. Hardy in 1880 ...

Welcome to Wickliffe Mounds

State Historic Site

Nearly one thousand years ago, this village was home for Native Americans of the prehistoric Mississippian culture. Peaceful farmers, these mound building Indians lived throughout the Ohio and Mississippi river valleys. Exhibits at Wicklffe Mounds museum interpret the ...

Mountain Cliffs - Cherokee Geology

[Left-Side of Text]: Mountain Cliffs

As you walk along this path, you see piles of rock (sandstone) built up in layers. It is a hard rock that forms the cap of Lookout Mountain and the other ranges of the Cumberland Plateau. ...

"The Very Vortex of Hell"

Second Battle of Manassas

From their position atop this ridge, the soldiers of the 5th New York Infantry listened to the crash of battle. It appeared the regiment had escaped combat that day. Most of the fighting raged one mile to ...

Site of Bauer Drug

November 1, 1946 - December 1958

and

Bauer Sundries & Veterinary Supplies

January 1959 - October 1969

Proprietor, Frances R. Bauer

Home of Kearney's last soda fountain

In honor of

George J. and Frances R. Bauer

for their civic mindedness and years of

dedication to the Old Town business ...

Birthplace of Allan Shivers

Governor of Texas (1949-1957)

Born here, in now-razed house, Oct. 5,1907, to Robert and Easter C. Shivers, pioneer East Texas family. As youth, worked at odd jobs to earn own pocket money. Was State Senator 12 years; Lieutenant Governor for two. ...

Freedman's Institute

A three-story brick building was erected 1872-74 on this site to train blacks as teachers. Institute was begun in 1867, in a log house ½ mile north, and later moved into a new building, financed mainly by friends. By 1879, ...