In Memory of Harold and Ethelind Woodhouse

who carved this farm out of the desert. We, the Wellton-Mohawk Valley Kiwanis Club, dedicate this spot. Here on May 1, 1952 Michael W. Straus, United States Commissioner of Reclamation turned the first water on to lands of the Wellton-Mohawk ...

46th Illinois Infantry

Veatch's Brigade - Hurlbut's Division

(front)

Illinois

46th Infantry,

2d Brigade--Veatch,

4th Division--Hurlbut,

Army of the Tennessee.

(back)

46th Infantry,

Commanded by

1. Col. John A. Davis, Wounded.

2. Lieut.-Col. J. J. Jones.

Formed here for battle at 9.30 a.m., April 6, 1862 and maintained its position until 11.00 a.m., then withdrew ...

The Bloody Rock

On the night of July 3, 1778, after the Battle of Wyoming, fourteen or more captive American soldiers were murdered here by a maul wielded by a revengeful Indian woman, traditionally but not certainly identified as "Queen Esther."

Marker is on ...

The Earle Infirmary

Commemorating

the life and service to Furman University

and Greenville County of

Joseph Baylis Earle, M.D.

1862-1943

A.M., Furman University, Class of 1882

M.D., University of Virginia, Class of 1886

Furman Trustee, 1898-1837

Physician to Furman

He lived and labored for others.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Camp’s Road System

Adapting to the terrain, the arriving army used peaceful farm roads as lines of communication within the sprawling encampment. Livestock, commissary wagons, and troops dragging firewood quickly turned roads into rivers of mud. After Sullivan’s Bridge was completed, this road ...

J.W. and Ethel I Woodruff Foundation Interpretive Trail

Native plants played a significant role in the daily life of the Creek Indian civilization that inhabited the Chattahoochee Valley until relocation to Oklahoma in the 19th century. During the Woodland Period, the local inhabitants were skilled hunters and gatherers ...

Hicksford Raid

On 7 Dec. 1864, Union Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren led 28,000 men south from Petersburg to destroy the Petersburg Railroad between Stony Creek and the Meherrin River railroad bridge at Hicksford, thereby severing the Confederate supply line. Two days ...

Ezekiel Wimberley

Major General Ezekiel Wimberly commanding the Twiggs Militia erected and garrisoned three forts along the Ocmulgee River for frontier protection. Born in Bertie County, North Carolina, September 1, 1783, son and grandson of Revolutionary soldiers, he was a resident of ...

UPS - Celebrating 100 years of Service

August 28, 2007

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of UPS, employees gathered here at the company’s birthplace to honor, celebrate and reaffirm UPS’s commitment to serving communities around the world.

Marker is on 2nd Avenue near South Main Street.

Courtesy ...

Jamaica Estates New York World War II Memorial

1941 - 1945

World War II

John Adikes Jr • Norman H Puff • Sigmund Gilmore • Peter P Renzo • Kenneth S Kinnes • Joseph A Schiebel • John B Lovely • Donald J Schneider • Paul W Olson ...