Confederate Commissary Center

Swimming in Bacon

Before the Civil War erupted, Franklin became a regional transportation and commercial center for the Blackwater-Chowan River basin because the seaboard and Roanoke Railroad connected with steamship lines here. When the war began, the town immediately became a ...

Site of Territorial Courthouse

The courthouse you see today, constructed in 1916 and listed in the National Register of Historic Places, is not th original one on this site. The first courthouse construted on the Plaza, one of two city blocks set aside in ...

Battery G, Second U.S. Artillery

Artillery Brigade - Sixth Corps

Army of the Potomac

Sixth Corps

Artillery Brigade

Battery G Second U.S. Artillery

Six 12 Pounders

Lieut. John H. Butler commanding

July 2 Arrived in the afternoon with the Corps and held in reserve.

July 3 Brought up to Ziegler's Grove in rear ...

Centro Español de West Tampa

Centro Español de West Tampa

has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

1974

Marker can be reached from North Howard Avenue north of West Cherry Street, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Deer Park Hotel

Since the mid-18th century an establishment for public hospitality has existed here. The first building, of wood construction, was known as St. Patrick's Inn. Famous visitors included surveyors Mason and Dixon. The property was purchased by James S. Martin in ...

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 Augusta, GA. Laid on ancient animal and Native American Trading/Warrior Paths. Indian treaties among the governors of NY, ...

Cobre Valley Center for the Arts

You are standing next to the Cobre Valley Center for the Arts, located in the Old Gila County Courthouse. In 1905, stone masons working on Roosevelt Dam were contracted to build this imposing structure which is on the National Register ...

R.T. Foard and Jones Funeral Home

Completed in 1886, this was the home and place of business of Theodore F. Armstrong, a prominent local merchant and civic leader. Reflecting the growing prosperity of the community and its residents, this hybrid of Queen Anne and Gothic architecture ...

Cruachan / Cruachain (Rathmore)

Cruachan is traditionally said to be the inauguration place of the Kings of Connacht. There are a number of monuments spread over an area of about two square miles. These include a large mound, a number of differently-shaped enclosures and ...

History on Knob Creek

About 0.3 miles east stood Twin Falls Grist Mill, belonging to Peter Range, an early immigrant from New Jersey. He bought this land in 1804-08 and built the 2-story & basement stone house, standing today. His limestone marker reads, “P. ...