Dover

County seat since 1680. William Penn in 1683 ordered Town site laid out and named Dover. Plotted in 1717. Temporary capitol in 1777 and permanent capitol since 1779. Federal Constitution ratified here in 1787, making Delaware first State in Union. ...

Governor William Yates Atkinson

(1854-1899)

Born in Meriwether County, William Yates Atkinson settled in Newnan after receiving a law degree from the University of Georgia in 1877. Elected to the Georgia General Assembly in 1886, he served four terms in the House, becoming Speaker in ...

Ireland's Third Brigade

Second Division

[Front Side of Marker]

80th New York Infantry

102nd New York Infantry

137th New York Infantry

149th New York Infantry

Ireland's - Third Brigade

Geary's - Second Division

Slocum's - Twelfth Corps

Hooker's Command

11th and 12th Corps

Army of the Potomac

November 25, 1863

[Reverse Side of Marker]

The New York ...

The Capitol Theater

In 1904, the Dover Opera House opened at this location. The theater was built with funds from a public subscription, and included a stage that was used for a variety of purposes including vaudeville, photoplays, magic lantern shows, and in ...

The Steamboat Era

Size: 82 Feet Long by 24 Feet High

There were few roads in the Wiregrass in 1800s - and the roads that were here were little more than twin rutted paths. The main transportation in the region was the steamboats on ...

Civil War Monument

Dedicated to

- the -

Soldiers

- and -

Sailors

who saved

the Union

1861—1865

Erected 1921

Marker is at the intersection of Division Street and Bridge Square on Division Street.

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Starkweather's Harried History

The first plan for a sewage system in Madison was adopted in 1885. The system first pumped untreated human waste directly into the lakes.

It wasn't until 1901 that a sewage treatment facility was built. By then Lake Monona and the ...

Arizona Veterans Memorial

Dedicated on November 11, 2002 to the servicemen & women from the State of Arizona who lost their lives in all the wars and conflicts of the twentieth century.

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Wesley United Methodist Church

The origin of this congregation can be traced to the establishment of a Methodist society in Dover in 1778. Land on North Street was obtained in 1782, and a brick chapel was completed there in 1784. Bishops Francis Asbury and ...

Bartram's Trail

William Bartram American's first native born artist- naturalists, passed through Russell County during the Revolutionary era, making the first scientific notations of its flora, fauna and inhabitants. As the appointed botanist of Britain's King George III, he traveled 2,400 mile ...