Upper Black Creek Church

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Upper Black Creek met each month on the third Sunday and Saturday before from the time she was organized in 1802 until the Church elected to meet every Sunday in 1957. Conference was every month on those Saturdays, and ...

First Burial in Long Cane Cemetery

In memory of the first person, a young girl whose name is unknown. Buried here about 1760. The story goes that she was visiting the Lesly family and died as a result of injuries sustained while they were making lye ...

98th Ohio Infantry

John Beatty's Brigade - Davis' Division

98th Ohio Infantry.

John Beatty's Brig., Davis' Div., 14th Corps.

Maj. James M. Shane.

Nov. 25, 1863.Davis' Division, in which this regiment served, was concentrated at Caldwell's crossing opposite the mouth of the west Chickamauga, previous to the ...

Ben Fuller House

Graue Gristmill

The Ben Fuller House is one of, if not the oldest surviving buildings in DuPage County. The farmhouse was built sometime between 1835 and 1842 by Benjamin Fuller, one of DuPage County’s earliest settlers. Mr. Fuller reportedly arrived to ...

Springhouses and Root Cellars

These small caves carved into the shale cliffside at one time served as springhouses and root cellars for the residents of this block.

The cooler subsurface temperatures of a root cellar helped preserve herbs, vegetables, and fruits in the days ...

Upper Black Creek Primitive Baptist Church

Upper Black Creek Primitive Baptist Church was constituted on August 15, 1802 in the home of John Albritton. The organizing presbytery consisted of Henry Cook, Isham Peacock, John Goldwire and Henry Holcombe. With a membership upward of 40 members. Isham ...

Poor’s Brigade

Continental Army

Division

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Poor’s Brigade

Brig. Gen. Enoch Poor

commanding

1st Regiment New Hampshire Infantry Col. Joseph Cilley

2nd Regiment New Hampshire Infantry Col. Nathan Hale

3rd Regiment New Hampshire Infantry Col. Alexander Scammell

2nd Regiment New York Infantry Col. Philip Cortlandt

4th Regiment New York Infantry Col. Henry ...

The Old Lattice Bridge

Side 1:

The second covered bridge across the Chattahoochee River, connecting Clay County, Georgia and Henry County. Alabama was constructed between 1867-69. Bonner and Walden, a New York construction company, were the original contractors but the bridge was completed by Horace ...

Harper House Tavern

The Harpers House was near the end of a 20-year run as the only tavern in Harpers Ferry when Lewis arrived. Thomas Jefferson may have been among the first guests to stay here in 1783. If Lewis rented a room ...

The Reverend Paul Trapier Gervais House

circa 1835

This notable three and one half story single house is situated on lot number 233 of the Grand Modell as granted by the Lords Proprietors in 1694. This remains one of the largest residential lots in the city. The ...