Site of Bauer Drug

November 1, 1946 - December 1958

and

Bauer Sundries & Veterinary Supplies

January 1959 - October 1969

Proprietor, Frances R. Bauer

Home of Kearney's last soda fountain

In honor of

George J. and Frances R. Bauer

for their civic mindedness and years of

dedication to the Old Town business ...

Attack at Deep Cut

Second Battle of Manassas

Full-throated cheers greeted the order to attack. More than 6,000 Union soldiers under General Fitz John Porter poured across the road into the fields of Lucinda Dogan's farm. As the blue-clad lines traversed the open ground, a ...

Cincinnatus Citizen-Soldier

VMI and the Citizen – Soldier The Virginia Military Institute program is based on the concept of the citizen - soldier, a man prepared to take his place in civilian life but trained and ready for military leadership in ...

Colonel Claudius Crozet

Born in France Dec. 31, 1789

Died in Virginia Jan. 29, 1864

Soldier Scholar Educator Engineer

Chairman of the first

Board of Visitors V. M. I.

1837 1845

Marker can be reached from N Main Street (U.S. 11), on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Hildreth Party

In Memory of the Hildreth Party

of Prospecting Miners

Thadeus Hildreth

George Hildreth

John Walker

Alexander Carson

Billy Jones

John Walker found gold near here on March 27, 1850, which led to the founding of Columbia

Marker is at the intersection of Columbia Street and Main Street on ...

Freedman's Institute

A three-story brick building was erected 1872-74 on this site to train blacks as teachers. Institute was begun in 1867, in a log house ½ mile north, and later moved into a new building, financed mainly by friends. By 1879, ...

Joseph T. Noland House

In 1910, while visiting his aunt "Ella" Noland, Harry Truman seized the opportunity to return a cake plate to the Wallaces, beginning his courtship with Bess.

Marker is on N. Delaware Street, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Tugalo Baptist Church and Cemetery

Tugalo Baptist Church, established before 1789, was first known as the Tugalo River Church. Founded by the Rev. John Cleveland, a Revolutionary Soldier, Tugalo is the oldest church in what was then Franklin County. The county covered an area in ...

Joshua Mitchell Building

This building was constructed in 1836 by Joshua Mitchell. It was one of the first brick commercial store houses in Hannibal. Located on 2nd Street, now called Main St., the hub of commercial activity. It was purchased in 1844 by ...

Shipyards in Rockport

Shipbuilding was a natural industry for Rockport. The earliest recorded ship built here was the Connie, constructed in 1880 by Bludworth & Company. The Bludworth family specialized in building pleasure craft and scows.

In 1917, World War I prompted construction of ...