General Hospital – 1777

Mount Independence State Historic Site

“ . . . the new Hospital . . . 250 long & 24 wide.”

- Rev. Enos Hitchcock, June 14, 1777

This shallow, dry-laid stone foundation was for the largest building at Mount Independence – a 250-foot ...

John Ericsson

The City of New York

erects this statue to the

memory of a citizen whose

genius has contributed

to the greatness of the

republic and the progress

of the world.

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April 26, 1893.

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On July 31, 1803, John ...

Croxton's Brigade.

Brannan's Division — Thomas' Corps.

Croxton's Brigade.

Brannan's Division ——— Thomas' Corps.

Col. John T. Croxton

Sept. 19, 1863, 5 P.M., 4th Position.

10th Indiana - Lieut. Col. Marsh B. Taylor.

74th Indiana - Col. Charles W. Chapman.

4th Kentucky - Maj. Robert M. Kelley

10th Kentucky - ...

Ratcliff CCC Camp

J.H. Ratcliff's 1880s sawmill and village here gave way to major timber industry operations that by the early 1930s had decimated Houston County's densest virgin forest. As part of federal efforts to restore the nation's natural resources, Civilian Conservation Corps ...

Welcome to Chester

Home of Neufchaltel Cheese

Birthplace of Hambletonian

progeditor of trotters

Marker is on State Highway 17M ½ mile east of Arcadia Road, on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Wilson Arch

Wilson Arch was named after Joe Wilson, a local pioneer who had a cabin nearby in Dry Valley. This formation is known as Entrada Sandstone. Over time superficial cracks, joints, and folds of these layers were saturated with water. Ice ...

Third Brigade Encampment – 1776

Mount Independence State Historic Site

“ . . . our Men is clearing the Encamping Ground over the Lake.”

- Sgt. Timothy Tuttle, July 23, 1776

In July 1776 Northern Army commander Gen. Horatio Gates organized regiments at Mount Independence and Ticonderoga into ...

Fort Victoria

The pavement design near this plaque marks the location of the east gate of Fort Victoria, built in 1843. From here the wooden stockade stretched northward to the bastion and southward toward what is now Broughton Street. The plaques in ...

Fort McAllister

? 4.5 mi.—«

East 4.5 miles, on Great Ogeechee River, Fort McAllister was built 1861-62 to guard the "back door" to Savannah. During 1862-63, it repulsed 7 attacks by armored vessels, some mounting 15-inch guns. Dec. 13, 1864, its small garrison ...

Copper Ridge Dinosaur Trackway

Welcome to Copper Ridge. Here, you can see the

tracks of two different dinosaurs. The larger

were probably made by an Allosaurus,

while the smaller three toed tracks were made by

one of a number of smaller bipedal carnivorous

spedies.

Courtesy hmdb.org