Athens First Presbyterian Church

This church was organized in 1829 as a Cumberland Presbyterian church by the Revs. Robert Donnell, John Morgan and Allen Gipson.

After first using an interdenominational building, a church was built on West Washington street in 1852.

This was badly damaged ...

The Keeper's House

Ohio Historical Marker

Built in 1822, this native limestone structure was the home of Benajah Wolcott, first keeper of the Marblehead Lighthouse (originally called the Sandusky Bay Light), and his second wife, Rachel Miller Wolcott. Benajah maintained the lighthouse from 1822 ...

Gen. N.B. Forrest, C.S.A.

North Alabama Raid

Hemmed in by superior forces Forrest's fast~moving cavalry raided and destroyed Union supply lines and strong points, captured 2,360 men, valuable Stores.

By swift action, surprise and bluff Forrest disrupted Union military plans from Decatur to Columbia.

Marker is on ...

Welcome to King’s Chapel Burying Ground

Buried here are many notable people in Boston’s early history, from its first governor, John Winthrop, to Frederic Tudor, the “Ice King.” This is Boston’s oldest burying ground, established in 1630 on what were then the outskirts of the new ...

Harris-Pryor House

(Flower Hill Farm)

Side A

Build abt. 1858 by Schuyler Harris on land once owned by Henry Augustine Washington, a distant relative of the first president. Through purchases, marriages, and inheritance between the Washington, Harris and Pryor families, all from Virginia, a ...

Fort Adams

History you can Touch

Explore the casemates where the big guns once roared.

Discover how 8 soldiers worked together to load and fire each cannon.

Step into the quarters where the soldiers and their families lived.

Ascend to the scenic overlook for a breathtaking ...

13th Iowa Infantry

Hare's Brigade - McClernand's Division

U.S.

13th Iowa Infantry,

Hare's (1st) Brig., McClernand's (1st) Div.,

Army of the Tennessee.

This regiment was engaged here, and at point 250 yards north-east, from 11 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. April 6, 1862.

Marker can be reached from Corinth-Pittsburg Landing ...

Thomas Sigismund Stribling

In 1934, T.S. Stribling won the Pulitzer Prize for The Store, part of a trilogy set in Florence. His story "Birthright" was produced in Hollywood as a silent movie and, later, with sound.

Inducted 2007

Marker is on Hightower Place.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Iowa Veterans Memorial

To honor those who have served that we may live in freedom.

Marker is on Finkbine Drive.

Courtesy hmdb.org

45th Illinois Infantry

Marsh's Brigade - McClernand's Division

U.S.

45th Illinois Infantry,

Marsh's (2d) Brig., McClernand's (1st) Div.,

Army of the Tennessee.

This regiment was engaged here at 11 A.M. April 6, 1862. After a short engagement it fell back to the ravine where it rallied and rejoined ...