Humphrey Station

This site was originally called Mechanicsville, gradually changing to Humphrey Station after Miles Humphreys' store. Miles Humphreys came to California to join his brother John after the Civil War and saw an opportunity by opening his store at this crossroads. ...

Candler County

Candler County was created by an Act of the Georgia Legislature July 17, 1914,out of portions of Bulloch, Emanuel and Tattnall Counties, and named for Gov. Allen D. Candler (1834-1910). Gov. Candler is famed for the preservation of Colonial and ...

Pee Dee Union Baptist Church

[Front]

This church, formally organized in 1867, had its origins in Cheraw Baptist Church, founded in 1837. Shortly after the Civil War 285 black members there received permission to organize a separate church. Rev. Wisdom London, the first pastor here, preached ...

Heroic Seamen

The history of the Lifesaving Service dates back to 1789, when Congress authorized the formation of a Revenue Cutter Service and a Lighthouse Service. During its early years the Revenue Cutter Service (which was not primarily a lifesaving unit) was ...

Delaware County Civil War Memorial

In memory of the soldiers and sailors of Delaware County, Ohio, who served in the War of 1861 to 1865

“Their heroic valor ensured our lasting peace”

Marker is on Sandusky Street, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Fort Donelson Confederate Monument

(Front):This shaft is dedicated

as an altar of remembrance

to the Confederate soldiers

who fought at Fort Donelson

February, 1862

by the

Daughters of the Confederacy

of Tennessee

"There is no holier spot of ground

than where defeated valor lies"

(Left):

"______________ here was the place of battle. You who have ...

Abraham Lincoln Employed

[Side 'One']

Lincoln (1809-1865) lived northwest of here 1816-1830. Worked circa 1825 as hired hand for James Taylor. William Herndon, a Lincoln biographer, wrote that Lincoln told him it "was the roughest work a young man could be made to do." ...

Mariner’s Bethel United Methodist Church

During the spring of 1779, Methodist pioneer Freeborn Garrettson visited this area to bring the message of his faith to the people. Garrettson’s efforts were favorably received, and a number of local Methodist “societies” were organized. Among these was the ...

Wing Memorial

In memory of

Abraham and Edward Wing

Pioneers

in the Town of Queensbury

They were descended from

Rev. John Wing

and

Deborah Batchelder

She with four sons came to America in 1632. In 1762 King George gave a grant of ...

Harriet Barber House

The Harriet Barber House, the home of

Reverend Samuel Barber and his wife

Harriet McPherson Barber, is significant

for its association with the South Carolina

Land Commission during the late nineteenth

century. Samuel Barber purchased a 42.5

acre of land ...