Machinery From The C.S.S. Nashville

These portions of rotating machinery were

removed, in 1960, from the wreck of the

Confederate blockade runner Nashville,

sunk in the Ogeechee River by shell fire from

the U.S.S. Montauk in Feb. 1863.

These relics give some conception of the

power of the Nashville's engine.

Marker ...

Fort McAllister The Assault From The Rear

Dec. 1864. Fort McAllister, built 1861-62 to close the Great Ogeechee River to enemy ships, mounted 11 siege guns, 12 field pieces and 1 10-inch mortar. Below it, piles and torpedoes obstructed the channel. As the Union forces neared Savannah, ...

Fort McAllister The Naval Bombardments

On July 1st and 29th, 1862, the fort was shelled by Union gunboats and on Nov. 19th by the ironclad "Wissahickon" and two escort craft. Hit below the waterline, "Wissahickon" withdrew after firing 17 11-inch and 25 other shells. The ...

Dispatch Rider of the American Revolution

This statue was dedicated Friday, June 14th, 1907, centennial of first town meeting of Orange, also the 130th Anniversary of the adoption of the Stars and Stripes as our national emblem. In memory of the men and women of this ...

A Rather Biggish Establishment

We discussed the proposed camp as we explored . . . . Conditions necessitate

A Rather

biggish establishment

- Lou Henry Hoover, describing the future Rapidan Camp, 1929

I have discovered that even the work of the government can be improved by leisurely discussions ...

Santa Cruz de la Cañada / Santa Cruz Plaza on the Camino Real

(side one)

Santa Cruz de la Cañada

In 1695, Governor Diego de Vargas founded his first town, Santa Cruz de la Cañada, designed to protect the Spanish frontier north of Santa Fe. The church, which still stands, was constructed in the 1730s. ...

The Confederate Invasion of Iowa Monument

Site of

The Confederate Invasion of Iowa

12th Day of October 1864.

This monument marks the northern most point of incursion into Iowa by Confederate Forces. On October 12, 1864, Lieutenant James “Bill” Jackson led twelve heavily armed Missouri Partisan Rangers dressed in ...

Site of the Blue Hills Fort and Camp

This marker is erected in memory of the brave Revolutionary soldiers from this vicinity who garrisoned this fort harassing and repulsing the invading enemy for seven months during the darkest period of the war.

From this outpost General Washington on June ...

The Death of Marshal Suverkrubbe

About 3 a.m. on December 5, 1932, Fort Calhoun marshal Albert Suverkrubbe was shot while trying to apprehend two men fleeing Kruse's Red and White Grocery at 106 S. Fourteenth Street. Suverkrubbe died from his wounds nine days later, leaving ...

The Mess Hall

The photograph below shows one of several tables in the Mess Hall. Almost everyone ate their meals at the central dining room. This allowed more time for fishing and other outdoor recreation. The rug is of straw matting, in contrast ...