Confederate North Carolina Junior Reserve Line

In front of you is where the North Carolina Junior Reserves stood as the Army of Tennessee made its last grand charge against Carlin’s division at the Cole plantation on March 19, 1865. Three regiments and one battalion of Junior ...

"With a laudable and pious zeal..."

"for the propagation of the Christian faith"

A Catholic Mass, the first in English America, was celebrated here on March 25, 1634. It was a time of beginnings; the first day of the year on the old Julian Calendar and the ...

Caroline County World War I Memorial

In honor of the 461 men of Caroline County

who served their country during the Great World War of 1914 - 1918.

Their names are recorded at the clerk's office

the following

made the supreme sacrifice

E.C. Purks, Robert Cooper, Lawless P. Fortune,

J.R. ...

Blackistone Island Lighthouse

Keepers of the Light

1851 Isaac Wood

1853 George Goddard

1859 Jerome L. McWilliams

1868 Dr. Joseph L. McWilliams

1875 Mrs. Josephine McWilliams Freeman

1912 William M. Freeman, Jr.

1913 Leonard H. Staubly

1917 Francis E. Butterfield, Jr.

1918 William Simpson

1919 William Yeatman

1920-1932 Leonard H. Staubly

The Blackistone Island (St. ...

Ohio River Lock and Dam 10 Site

Lock and Dam 10, completed in 1915, was part of a slack-water navigation system built for the Ohio River. The site included a brick powerhouse and two lockkeeper houses. The lock and dam was replaced when Pike Island Dam was ...

9 Mile Creek Aqueduct

[Obverse]:

9 Mile Creek Aqueduct

Built 1842 By NY State. In

Use 1845 - 1918, Replacing

1819 Aqueduct Located Just

Downstream. One of 32 On

The 19th Century Erie Canal.

Canal Society

of N.Y.S. 1999

[Reverse]:

9 Mile Creek Aqueduct

These Limestone Arches &

Piers Held a Wooden Water-

Filled Trunk 144 Feet ...

The Welfare Building

The Welfare Building was constructed in 1906 as a recreation facility for the workers of the Glazier Stove Company. It featured a swimming pool, a billiard hall, a basketball court, a theatre and a reading room. Chelsea native Frank P. ...

Wythe County / Bland County

Area 479 Square Miles / Area 360 Square Miles

Wythe County. Formed in 1789 from Montgomery, and named for George Wythe, signer of the Declaration of Independence. New River flows through this county.

Bland County. Formed in 1861 from Wythe, Tazewell and ...

Fairfield County Courthouse

This courthouse was built in 1822 by Wm. McCreight under the supervision of Robert Mills, South Carolina architect, then serving as Supt. of Public Works. Alterations and additions were made in 1844. It was renovated in 1939 with the addition ...

Defense of Charleston Harbor Memorial

Ironclads / Forts

(North face):

Iron Clads

Palmetto State

Chicora

Charleston

Columbia

— • —

Confederate States Ships

Engaged in

The Defense of

Charleston Harbor.

(West Face):- Forts -

Sumter.

Moultrie.

Johnson.

Pemberton.

— • —

Forts and Batteries

Engaged in

The Defense of

Charleston Harbor

(South Face):- Batteries -

...