Richard W. Riley Hall

Named in honor of

Richard W. Wiley, Class of 1954

U.S. Secretary of Education, Governor of South Carolina

Legislator and Attorney

In recognition of his distinguished

service in high public office

and his lasting contributions

to the cause of education

in the state and the nation.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Roslyn Coal Mining

In 1886, Northern Pacific Railroad mining engineers located large seams of coal and the town of Roslyn was founded.

Coal mining, though dirty and dangerous work, attracted large numbers of immigrants to Roslyn – Serbians, Croatians, Poles, Italians, Lithuanians, and others. ...

Alabama State University / Tullibody

Side A

Founded 1866 as the Abraham Lincoln Normal School in Marion. Alabama by nine former slaves. Operated from 1868 until 1874 by the American Missionary Association. The school began to receive state funding in 1874, making it the first state-assisted ...

Jekyll Island Boat House Site , Shipshape for the Season

(Left text)

There is very little photo documentation of

exactly what the Boathouse looked like during

the Club era. Club members rarely would have

been found in this area, It was typically used

by year-round employees.

The only visible evidence of the ...

Battery Buchanan

Fort Fisher’s Last Stand

These are the remnants of Battery Buchanan, named for Confederate Adm. Franklin Buchanan. It was constructed in 1864 to guard this point and also to serve as “a citadel to which an overpowered garrison might retreat.” It ...

McAllister's Battery

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

U.S.

McAllister's Battery,

"D" 1st Ill. Lt. Art., McClernand's (1st) Div.,

Army of the Tennessee.

This battery was engaged here with 3 guns in repelling last attack upon McClernand's lines Sunday afternoon April 6, 1862.

Marker is ...

Hilton United Methodist Church

The Hilton Methodist Episcopal Church, South was organized in 1850. The first church was erected one mile southwest of Hilton on the Lower River Road. This structure was sold after the Civil War and services were then conducted in an ...

Knottsville, Kentucky/Leonard Knott Homestead

(side 1)

Knottsville, Kentucky

On this site in 1827, Leonard Knott built the first house in Knottsville. James Millay named the town in 1833 when he opened a store and post office nearby. In 1834, the name was officially set in the ...

37 Meeting Street

James Simmons House

Charlestonian James Simmons is believed to have built this Georgian style house circa 1760. It is located on Lot 278 of the "Grand Model of Charles Town", the earliest plan of the city. Otis Mills, the original owner ...

Headquarters of Fort Fisher

Here stood the Headquarters of Fort Fisher. The construction of the fort began in the summer of 1862 under the direction of Colonel William Lamb Commandant, who with General W.H.C. Whiting and Major James Reilly served until the fort was ...