Veterans Monument

Dedicated to the Honor and Sacrifice of our Men and Women Who served our Country in times of War

The erection of this monument made possible by the gifts of the citizens of the community, the assistance of the Huntington Grange, ...

Forrest Lodge No. 19, A.F. & A.M.

One of 25 lodges started during the Republic of Texas, Forrest Lodge No. 19, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, was chartered on Jan. 11, 1844. It is the eighth oldest lodge in Texas. Among its early members were Sam Houston ...

Scioto Marsh

The Scioto Marsh, the largest of three extensive marsh areas in western Hardin County, was formed in the low basins left by the last retreating glacier 10,000 years ago. It covered more than 16,000 acres and was thought to be ...

Watertown

The local Paugasuck Indians sold this area of land to Thomas Judd and thirty-five other proprietors in 1684. The First Ecclesiastical Society of Westbury was formed in 1738 and in 1780 Westbury separated from Waterbury, was named Watertown, and soon ...

Col. Thomas Kennedy Gordon

Serving under Gen. Andrew Jackson as captain in the War of 1812, he became a lifelong friend of ailing Jackson in Creek War when he said to him, "General I'll stay, will die with you," as others threatened to leave. ...

Harriet Barber House

The Harriet Barber House, the home of

Reverend Samuel Barber and his wife

Harriet McPherson Barber, is significant

for its association with the South Carolina

Land Commission during the late nineteenth

century. Samuel Barber purchased a 42.5

acre of land ...

Minor Herndon Mickel Square

In Recognition of the

Extraordinary Leadership of

Minor Herndon Mickel

As Chair of the Board

of Trustees from 1990-1992.

Her courage and grace

enabled Furman University

to forge its own destiny.

Courtesy hmdb.org

London Armouries

Completed in 1905, the London Armouries is attributed to Department of Public Works architect, T. E. Fuller. It was the home of the militia units of the Royal Canadian Regiment, the First Hussars, the Royal Canadian Artillery, Royal Canadian Army ...

Site of the Mason Shoe Factory

Chippewa Falls was born with the logging era and with it came support industries such as shoe factories. One of the most important tools for the loggers was strong boots. In 1869, Colliche Vinette was the first shoemaker to come ...

Daniel Webster Memorial

Danial Webster

"Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable."

Expounder and Defender of the Constitution

Born at Salisbury, N.H., Jan 18, 1772

Died at Marshfield, Mass., Oct 24, 1852

"Our Country, Our Whole Country,

and nothing but Our Country!"

(Given by Stilson Hutchins, a ...