Old Post Road

This road, formerly an Indian trail which paralleled the coast, was used by the Spanish and British. In 1778 it was traveled by Revolutionary soldiers who marched against Fort Tonyn. The first mail service south of Savannah was established over ...

1800 Emanuel United Methodist Church

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Begun in year 1800 as New Hope Methodist Church on Laurel Grove Plantation 2 miles S. present site. 1833 original building moved to this site and name

changed to Emanuel. Hand hewn pillars and wooden pegs are visible. 1799 George Clark, ...

Lee and Grant Meet

On the knoll before you, Lee and Grant held the second of their two meetings at Appomattox Court House. They met here on the morning of April 10. Grant hoped to enlist Lee’s support in urging the surrender of other ...

Loadmasters Memorial

In Memory of all Loadmasters

Marker can be reached from Barnes Blvd/Colonel Joe Jackson Blvd near A Street SW, on the left.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Burnt District

More than 1,000 buildings burned between 4th and 15th Streets, from Main Street to the river.

“The sky in the direction of Richmond is lurid with the glare of burning houses. …It was as if a great battle were going on ...

Tobacco District

“Tobacco is in almost everyone’s mouth either for mastication, fumigation, inhalation, or discussion.” Samuel Mordecai, 1860

“In south Richmond…even the baloney sandwiches and measles epidemics always wore a faint odor of cure tobacco.” Tom Robbins, Novelist, 1976

From colonial times through World ...

The Surrender Ceremony

“As my decimated and ragged band with their bullet torn banner marched into its place, someone in the blue line…called for three cheers for the last brigade to surrender… [F]or us this soldierly generosity was more than we could bear. ...

Dr. George Moffit Patrick

A volunteer at Anahuac, 1832. Member of the Consultation, 1835. Commander of the schooner “Flash”, 1836. Most Worshipful Grand Master Gran (Masonic) Lodge of Texas, 1848-49. Born in Virginia, September 30, 1801. Died in Grimes County, Texas June 28, 1889.

His ...

Santa Clara Depot

The Santa Clara Depot, built in 1864, was an original waystation on the San Francisco & San Jose Railroad Line. Originally built on the east side of the tracks, the depot was moved in 1877 to its present location so ...

Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad

1876 – 1942

Depot was 100 yards N.E. of this spot. Built by John Flint Kidder between 1874-76. It ran 22 miles from Colfax to Nevada City via Grass Valley. Rails taken up on 1942. Sarah Kidder, widow of builder , ...