The Site of a Lumber Mill 1890

On the site across the stream, there was first a grain and then a lumber mill. The dammed up stream provided power to turn the wheel to grind the grain or saw the logs. The stream also provided a conduit ...

The Rev. Mr. John Osgood

This is the grave of Rev. Mr. John Osgood, who came to Midway with the first settlers in 1754 from Dorchester, S.C., and served them faithfully as their minister and friend until his final sermon, May 5, 1773. born in ...

Newtowntrim Cathedral / Ardeaglais an Bhaile Nua

Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul

The priory of Newtowntrim was founded in 1202 by Simon de Rochfort, Bishop of Meath, for a community of Augustinian canons (priests). As well as functioning as part of the monastery, the church became the ...

The Chapman-Ruffner House

Boyhood Home of the “Fighting Chapmans”

Immigrant Peter Ruffner built this house about 1739. Before the Civil War, William A. Chapman bought it, and three sons reared here later fought for the Confederacy. For their exploits as members of Col. John ...

The Cameron Valley

Early Industrial Development in Western Alexandria

The area west of the Mill Race complex once was a sloping meadow through which ran the meandering tail race of the Cameron Mills. The mill site itself was located beneath what is now the ...

M.E. Thompson and the Purchase of Jekyll Island

Melvin E. Thompson, Acting Governor, 1947-1949, was born in Millen, Jenkins County, Georgia, in 1903. After a career as educator and public servant, Thompson was elected Lieutenant Governor for the term beginning January, 1947. Following the death of Governor-Elect Eugene ...

The Battle at Belmont, Missouri

7 November 1861

Read Me First

The following maps and text illustrate the battle at Belmont, Missouri. The battle is broken into sections that explain the components of the overall battle. To understand the progression of the battle, match the number above ...

The Jamestown Riverfront 1630-1690

Jamestown provided the colonists with a deep-water port in a defensible location. Because shoreline settlements and camps allowed for easier transportation and a ready source of food, the colonists and Virginia Indians both lived on or near major waterways.

The James ...

Enslaved Africans in the Household of George and Martha Washingt

At various times during Washington's stay in Philadelphia, nine enslaved Africans were known to have lived and worked here at the President's House. They were dynamic participants in the daily life of the presidential household and the surrounding city. Painstaking ...

Black Soldiers of the 1st Rhode Island Regiment

In Memory of The

Black Soldiers of The

1st Rhode Island Regiment

Who Died In The

Battle of Pines Bridge

In Defense of America's

Freedom

May 13, 1781

Sponsored By

Afro-American Cultural Foundation

Westchester County, New York

John H. Harmon – Executive Director

The Rhode Island Black

Heritage Society

Rowena Stewart - Executive Director

Dedicated ...