Site of Captain Overton W. Barret’s battery of Missouri.

Because of this elevation, Barret’s troops were able to communicate with Kennesaw Mountain by signal. Also this site was a fort in Atlanta city defense works.

July - August, 1864

In Commemoration - CLARK Equipment Company

Marker is on Northside Drive ...

Delaware Canal

Here is Lock No. 21 in a series of 23 lift locks, numbered from Bristol to Easton. The aqueduct over Cooks Creek is one of nine which carried water and shipping across branches of the Delaware River.

Marker is on ...

Salado Cemetery

Established 1856 on 2.5-acre site given by E.S.C. Robertson.

Distinguished Texans interred here include the Rev. G.W. Baines, great-grandfather of President Lyndon B. Johnson; the Rev. and Mrs. J.E. Ferguson, parents of Governor James E. Ferguson; A.J. Rose, Grand Master of ...

Dr. Samuel J. and Charlotte H. Jones

Educators Samuel Jackson (1858-1918) and Charlotte Hallaran (d. 1904) Jones taught at Salado College in 1884-1885. In 1890, the Joneses opened Thomas Arnold High School in the former Salado College buildings. Charlotte died in 1904, leaving five young children, but ...

Veterans Memorial, Bridgeton Twp

Upper Black Eddy, PA

Dedicated to those members of the armed forces of the United States who have honorable and unselfishly served their country.

Marker is at the intersection of River Road and Bridge Street, on the right when traveling ...

Charles Arnold House

This was the Arnold residence from 1850 to the 1870's. A political ally of Abraham Lincoln, Arnold was twice elected County Sheriff on the Whig ticket during the years he was Lincoln's neighbor.

Marker is at the intersection of 8th Street ...

Robert Bonner Halley

(May 14, 1823 - October 4, 1875)

A native of Georgia, Robert B. Halley brought his family to this area about 1853. With partner T.J. Eubanks, he operated a liquor distillery and a flour and grist mill on the Lampasas River. ...

The Rev. James E. and Fannie F. Ferguson

Alabama native James Ferguson (1824-1876) became a Methodist preacher in Arkansas before moving to Texas in 1847. As a circuit rider for the next 20 years, he served Methodists in numerous parts of central and southeast Texas. Ferguson wed native ...

Sarah Cook House

During 1860, this house was rented to Mrs. Cook, a widow, who let rooms to help provide support for herself and her children. In 1855, a Springfield newspaper carried an advertisement for Mrs. Cook's photographic studio, with its "splendid Camera, ...

Economic and Ethnic Diversity in Springfield

In Abraham Lincoln's time, many residents of Springfield came from someplace else, whether a state or an ocean away. Southerners, northerners, and European immigrants came here to improve their lot in life, much as Lincoln had in 1837. Springfield's African ...