Frederica - Candlemaker

John Calwell, the candlemaker, " had

built lately a large house of three storied

high which was looked on to be the best

in town, with storehouses, etc. for carrying

on the trade..."

Journal of William Stephens

June 25, 1745

During its short history, Frederica's ...

Bartlett Grammar School

By the early 1900s Bartlett had become the railroad center of a prosperous cotton growing region. In 1903 the Bartlett Independent School district was created. By 1906-07 the 5-room schoolhouse here proved inadequate to house the district's expanding student enrollment. ...

Joshua L. Martin

Governor 1845 - 1847

He presided over the transfer of the capital from Tuscaloosa to Montgomery in 1847. When the United States invaded Mexico Alabamians readily joined to fight, just as they would in 1861.

Marker is on 6th Street west of ...

Frederica - Huts and Houses

" Some houses are built entirely of brick, some

of brick and wood, some few of tappy-work; but

most of the meaner sort of wood only."

London Magazine 1745

When Frederica was established in 1736, each

freeholder was given a lot 60 foot wide ...

William Irvine

October 28, 1851 – December 26, 1927

William Irvine was born in Mount Carroll, Illinois of Scotch-Irish ancestry. He came to the Chippewa Valley when he was 14 years old to work for his brother-in-law, who was captain of a raft ...

Brig. Gen. Rufus King’s Home

Built in 1838, the general’s 2-story wooden house on the northeast corner of Mason and Van Buren lent this intersection the name “King’s Corner.” It was razed in 1915. Rufus King (1814-1876) came to Milwaukee in 1845, was editor of ...

Benjamin Fitzpatrick

Governor 1841 - 1845

He oversaw the closing of the unstable State Bank. In 1845 the legislature amended the constitution to allow the removal of the capital from Tuscaloosa. The growing wealth and population of the Black Belt brought the seat ...

McAllister's Battery

McClernand's Division

U.S.

Army of the Tennessee.

McAllister's Battery,

"D" 1st Illinois Light Artillery,

McClernand's (1st) Division.

This battery was engaged here from about 2 P.M. to the end of the battle April 7, 1862.

Marker is at the intersection of Hamburg-Purdy Road and Corinth Road, on ...

14th A.C. at Shoal Creek Church

Aug. 29, 1864. The 10th Mich. reg't, in advance of Davis’ 14th A. C. [US], en route from Red Oak to Jonesboro, encountered Armstrong’s & Martin’s cav. [CS] posted at the church, where a spirited delaying action forced the 10th ...

Posey County Soldiers and Sailors Memorial

[ Front Plaque ]

To

The Soldiers and Sailors

of

Posey County

Dedicated July twenty third, 1908

[ Obverse Plaque ]

“A patriotism

which readily responds to its country’s call;

A deep reverence for the laws;

A decent respect for the rights

of others;

A sincere love ...