Butterfield Overland Stage

On September 16, 1857, John Butterfield, a New Yorker, received a contract with the U.S. Post Office Department to establish reliable transportation between Missouri and San Francisco.

As a young man he joined with Henry Wells and William Fargo to ...

Claxton First United Methodist Church

First organized church in Claxton, Georgia,

First Pastor -- Rev. C.S.T. Strickland

Charter Members

Member`s Name, Date Joined

Joseph M. Bradley, May 10, 1893

Mrs. Agnes Bradley Rogers, May 10, 1893

Willis F.M. Edwards, May 10, 1893

Hattie Edwards, May 10, 1893

Mrs. Ida ...

St. Francis Xavier Cathedral Complex

When Poste du Rapides was established in Pineville the Catholic mission of St. Louis des Apalachees was founded. Mass was said in private homes in the new town of Alexandria. A chapel built in 1817 was the first church of ...

6 - pounder Field Gun

With these guns, a few guards were able to control thousands of prisoners. Canister could cut a wide swath through a crowd.

Gun tube:

Bronze, 884 lbs.

Smoothbore, diameter 3.67 inches

Projectile:

Solid shot, Case shot, Canister

Range:

Solid shot 1,523 yds.

Case shot 1,200 yds.

Canister effective to ...

Tuscumbia's Oakwood Cemetery

This burial ground was designated on General John Coffee's 1817 survey and original map "Plan of a Town at the Coldwater Spring." The oldest tombstone carries the burial date 1821 and the cemetery contains graves of veterans from all wars ...

Korean Conflict

The Forgotten War

To cherish

liberty one

need only

remember how it

was earned.

Laurens County shall

never forget their

own who have served

their country

in war and peace.

Marker is on East Main Street (U.S. 80), on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Winston Cemetery

Front – Side A:

The Winston family settled this area in the early 1820s. Andrew Jackson purchased the property at the U.S. government land sale and conveyed it to Col. Anthony Winston (1782-1841) who lived nearby in a two-story brick Federal-style ...

Red River

Side A

Twenty-seven miles southeast of Tucumcari, New Mexico, Red River originates in the watershed of the Frio Draw on the Llano Estacado at an elevation of about 5000 feet. Flowing eastward through Palo Duro Canyon, it subsequently forms the border ...

Rapides Parish Governors

Four 19th century Rapides Parish residents served Louisiana as governor.

Joseph Marshall Walker (1784-1856), a Bayou Rapides cotton planter, was governor 1850-53 -- the first to be installed in the newly-designated Baton Rouge capital. During his administration improvements were made in ...

First Baptist Church

This congregation was organized in July 1823 as Concord Church, later known as Union Church, then as Tuscumbia Baptist. Jeremiah Burns was the first pastor. It began meeting at this site about 1845 in a plain wooden building. The New ...