Smith's Mississippi Battery

Stephens' Brigade - Cheatham's Division - Polk's Corps

C.S.

Army of the Mississippi.

Smith's Mississippi Battery,

Stephens' 2d Brig., Cheatham's 2d Div.,

Polk's Corps.

One section, two guns, of this battery was in action here Monday April 7, 1862 until about 10.30 A.M.

Marker can be reached ...

“Great White Fleet”

Historical Point of Interest

The U.S. Navy’s “Great White Fleet” arrived Seattle May 23 and departed May 27, 1908 to continue their famous 46,000 mile round the world cruise. Part of the fleet anchored in Elliot Bay near this site ...

Schwartz's Battery

Battery E, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery - McClernand's Division

U.S.

Schwartz's Battery,

"E" 2d Ill. Lt. Art., McClernand's (1st) Div.,

Army of the Tennessee.

Marker is on Sherman Road 0.1 miles south of Cavalry Road, on the left when traveling ...

Corn Hill Community

Settled primarily by settlers from Texas and the southern states, Corn Hill was one of the earliest communities in Williamson County. John E. King, county judge from 1858 to 1860, named it for the home he built on a hill ...

Fort Winchester

Built by Gen. Wm. H. Harrison in Oct. 1812 and named for General Winchester.

For a time it was the only defensive work against the British and Indians in Northwestern Ohio.

Marker is at the intersection of West 2nd Street and Washington ...

King’s Chapel Burial Ground

1630

Left Marker:

Here were buried

Governors of Massachusetts

John Winthrop 1649, John Endicott 1665,

John Leverett 1679, William Shirley 1771,

Lieut. Governors of Massachusetts

William Phillips 1827, Thomas Lindall Winthrop 1841;

Governors of Connecticut

John Winthrop 1676, Fitz-John Winthrop 1707;

Judges of Massachusetts

Wait Still Winthrop 1717, Adam Winthrop 1743,

Oliver ...

The Visit of President Theodore Roosevelt’s “Great White Fleet”

Centennial Celebration

In Commemoration of The Visit of President Theodore Roosevelt’s “Great White Fleet” to Seattle in May of 1908. From here The Fleet Continued on Their Famous Round the World Cruise.

Dedicated May 20, 2008 by Mayor Greg Nickels

The Woman’s Club of Georgetown

In 1893 Lula Holland Leavell (1854-1895) and her daughters, Blanche and Kate, hosted a literary reading for a group of Georgetown women. That year the group formed a women’s literary club. In 1897 the club was named the “Initial History ...

Taylor's Battery

Battery D, 1st Illinois Light Artillery - Sherman's Division

U.S.

Taylor's Battery,

"B" 1st Ill. Lt. Art., Sherman's (5th) Div.,

Army of the Tennessee.

This battery was engaged here from 11 A.M. to 2 P.M. April 6, 1862.

Marker is on Sherman Road 0.1 miles south ...

William Dawes Jr.

Patriot, Son of Liberty,

and first messenger sent by

Warren from Boston to Lexington

on the night of April 18-19 1775

to warn Hancock and Adams

of the coming of the British troops.

Born April 6 1745

Died February 25 1799

Placed by the

Massachusetts Society

Sons of the Revolution

April ...