Michie Stadium

In memory of

Dennis Mahan Michie

U.S.M.A. 1982

Born at West Point, N.Y.

April 10, 1870

Killed action at

San Juan, Cuba, July 1, 1898.

In 1890 he organized and

captained the first

football team of the

United States Military

Jimmie Rodgers and The Blues

Jimmie Rodgers (1897 – 1933) is widely known as the "father of country music," but blues was a prominent element

of his music. The influence of his famous "blue yodels" can be heard in the music of Mississippi blues artists

The Dog of Discovery

Inscribed on his collar:

"The greatest traveler of my species. My name is Seaman, the dog of Captain Meriwether Lewis, whom I accompanied to Pacifick Ocean through the interior of the continent of North America."

This statue is dedicated to "Seaman" and ...

Mount Tabor United Methodist Church Cemetery

This cemetery was established August 20, 1857, by George C. and Purnelea Crawford. In an earnest desire to promote God’s Kingdom on Earth, they conveyed this site to the Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church South and their successors.

Listed in ...

Florida's First African-American Insurance Company--1901-2001

The Afro-American Insurance Company, formerly the Afro-American Industrial and Benefits Association, was founded in 1901 to provide affordable health insurance and death benefits to the state's African-Americans. Founded by the Reverend E.J. Gregg, E.W. Latson, Abraham Lincoln Lewis, A.W. Price, ...

In Commemoration of Old Toby the Shoshone Indian

Members of the Lewis & Clark Expedition - August and September 1805

In commemoration of

Old Toby

the Shoshone Indian

who guided the Lewis & Clark expedition from the Salmon to the Bitterroot Valley after he had shown Captain Clark that the Salmon River ...

Battle of Maryland Heights

Maryland's First Civil War Battle

(Preface): After Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's smashing victory over Union Gen. John Pope at the Second Battle of Manassas, Lee decided to invade the North to reap the fall harvest, gain Confederate recruits, earn foreign ...

Harriet Belle Amsden Sammons (1876-1954)

Bank President

Harriet was an astute financial manager and the first female bank president in New Mexico, operating the First National Bank in Farmington from 1922 until 1951. During the Depression she bought out San Juan National Bank, keeping it solvent ...

F.D. Crockett

Built in 1924 in Seaford, VA by Alex Gaines and John Smith

This historic vessel is the last largest log boat built for power.

The Deltaville Maritime Museum, with John England as project manager, is restoring the “Crockett” for ...

Spalding County

Spalding County was created by Act of Dec. 20, 1851 from Fayette, Henry and Pike Counties. It was named for Thomas Spalding (1774-1851), native of Frederica. One of the earliest cotton and sugar cane planters in Georgia, he was a ...