A Tale of Three Bridges

The bridge to Annapolis has always been a key part of Eastport life.

The first wooden bridge, built in 1868, connected here at the end of Fourth Street. It served pedestrians and horse-drawn wagons. Forty years later, a larger steel bridge ...

Great Indian Warrior / Trading Path

(The Great Philadelphia Wagon Road)

The most heavily traveled road in Colonial America passed through here, linking areas from The Great Lakes to Georgia. Laid on animal trails and Native American Trading/Warrior Paths. treaties among the Governors of New York, ...

Ogden Monument

South Side

Brevet Major

E.A. OGDEN

Assistant Quartermaster

died at Fort Riley

Aug. 3d 1855

Aged 44 years

I heard a voice from heaven

saying unto me, Write, Blessed

are the dead which die in the Lord

from henceforth; ...

Private Robert T. Henry Bridge

Named in honor of Private Robert T. Henry, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, posthumously awarded the MEDAL OF HONOR for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action at Luchen, Germany 3 December 1944. Dedicated ...

Fayette County World War I Memorial

1917 1919

The Men of Fayette County who gave their lives in Service During the World War.

[First column]

Fred M. Blakeman •

Don Mullis Burris •

Marshall Corum •

Harry W. Cunningham •

Johnson Clay Eales •

Clarence R. Gaugh •

Sydney ...

Rippon Lodge ~ Latrobe's View

Benjamin Latrobe

Benjamin Henry Latrobe (1764-1820) moved to Virginia from England in 1796. He is best known for his work on the United States Capitol. In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson summoned him to Washington to complete the building, a project which ...

Claremont Playground

Riverside Park

Rich in history, the plain of Claremont Playground has been the site of a Revolutionary War battle, a country estate, a fashionable inn, and a children’s recreation area. This was the scene of fierce combat during the Battle ...

Stony Point Church and Cemetery

Stony Point Evangelical Lutheran Church was established around 1860 by Joseph Eberhart. Church services were held at Stony Point School until the church building was constructed in 1883. The church was disbanded around 1900. The building was placed on the ...

The Stoneman Raid

Closing in on Atlanta in July, 1864, Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman found it “too strong to assault and too extensive to invest.” To force its evacuation, he sent

Maj. Gen. Geo. Stoneman's cavalry [US] to cut the railway to Macon by ...

The Patriot and the Redcoat

During the American Revolution, after the fall of Charles Town in 1780, General Francis Marion’s militia frequently crossed the Santee swamps and appeared at every turn near Jack's Creek and the Santee River with his men who were red, white ...