The Abraham Tegarden Family

Abraham (1718-1781) and Mary Parker Tegarden from Frederick County, Virginia 1753, made an 'improvement' opposite mouth of Tenmile Creek, Fayette County; Abraham, sutler for Col. Bouquet 1759, fought in French and Indian War, Capt. Virginia Militia 1775, American Revolutionary record, ...

Guilford Soldier's Monument

In Memory Of

The Men Of Guilford

Who Fell

And In Honor Of Those Who Served

The Grateful Town Erects This Monument.

That Their Example May Spread To Coming Generations

Uriah N. Parmelee 1st Cav • Henry B. Bullard 1st Lt Bat • Fairfield Cook 1st ...

Bethesda Fountain and Terrace

Designed by Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould, these stairways, terrace and fountain were the focal feature of the original plan for Central Park by Vaux and Frederick Law Omsted. The fountain sculpture by Emma Stebbins, inspired by the biblical ...

Columbus Standard

Bicentennial Flag Memorial

European interest was first represented in the “New World” by the Viking Banner of Leif Ericson and other intrepid Norse adventurers. This banner, according to tradition, made its way to Iceland, Greenland and presumably North America about the ...

Salmon Creek and Eden House: Seedbed of the Colony

Along the banks of the Chowan River and Salmon Creek, the seeds were planted for the colony and state of North Carolina. From these roots in the 1600s emerged the refined plantation life of the ruling colonial gentry in the ...

Burnside Expedition of 1862

Much of coastal North Carolina fell to Union forces in 1862. For the duration of the Civil War Northern troops kept a sizable presence in the area. The peculiar geography of the Outer Banks and the sounds region, a damper ...

Site of Fort Meade

Built by Lt. George G. Meade

who later became commanding general

of the Union Forces

during the Civil War.

Headquarters of a military area

during the Seminole Indian War 1849-1858.

Near here were fought several engagements

with the hostiles.

Garrisoned ...

Co E 7th Florida Inf Regt South Florida Bulldogs

CSA

(Front face)

In memory of the 79 militia men under command of Cpt Nathan S. Blount who marched from this site to Gainesville to muster into the CS Army rendering gallant service from April 10, 1862 - April 26, ...

The Hotel and Ulysses S. Grant at Mt. McGregor

Mt. McGregor developed as a resort after a road and a small hotel (now Grant Cottage) were built by Duncan McGregor in the 1870s. A group of investors recognized the site’s potential and, in 1882, built a railroad line ...

Coastal Defense Cannon

A Civil War Memorial

This cannon used in coastal defense during the Civil War was secured through the efforts of Judson Kilpatrick st No. 36, G.A.R. and Congressman Chester I. Long. Presented to Mayor George W. Young for City of Newton ...