Hull of the Packet Boat Marshall

Famous canal boat

of the

James River and Kanawha Company,

which conveyed the body of

Stonewall Jackson

from Lynchburg to Lexington,

May 13, 1863

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Riverside Street and Rivermont Avenue.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The March to the Sea

On Nov. 24, 1864, the Left Wing of Gen. Sherman’s army [US], which had left Atlanta on Nov. 15th on its destructive March to the Sea, crossed the Oconee River at Milledgeville enroute to Sandersville. On the 26th, after delays ...

The Benedum Oil Field and Townsite

(About 9 mi. East)

Field named in 1950 by the Texas Railroad Commission in honor of Michael Late (Mike) Benedum, 1869-1959, who devoted 69 years of his 90 years to the oil business,and won fortune and fame as "The Great Wildcatter"

His ...

The Market House

Site of a Shootout

On Saturday morning, March 11, 1865, a brief skirmish took place here at the Market House as Confederate forces evacuated Fayetteville while Union Gen. William T. Sherman's army entered the town. A rear guard detachment under Gen. ...

The War for American Independence

The War for American Independence

From October 28, 1776 until the British withdrawal on November 4, 1776 the Continental Army commanded by General George Washington engaged and held off the splendidly appointed British forces of General William Howe. This ...

The Port of Baltimore

The National Road begins and ends here

Moving Goods

Since 1729, Baltimore has owed its existence to its deepwater port. The city looks east to the Chesapeake Bay and ports around the world. It also looks west with access to ...

The Bluestem Pasture Region of Kansas

You are in the heart of one of the great grazing lands of the world. Thousands of buffalo, antelope, and elk once roamed here. After the Civil War, and the wild days of the Texas cattle drives, it became famous ...

Early Riverton and the Magnificent Dome Church

The first known residents of the Riverton area were the Yo No Indians, a poor tribe living along the Jordan River. Well-worn trails extended from Utah Lake where various tribes wintered, to Bear Lake where they rendezvoused during the summer. ...

The State of Maryland

[Front/East Side of Marker]:

The State of Maryland

In honored recognition of the historic valor

of her sons who in Blue and Gray, nobly

sustained the martial glory of their

fathers in the military operations around

Chattanooga in the war for the union.

1861 - 1865

The proud ...

The Burning of Mouzon's Home by his "Friend"

Capt. Wm. Henry Mouzon II had a friendship with Banastre Tarleton from their boyhood school days in France. Yet the British Tarleton burned the Mouzon Plantation House, on August 7, 1780. Ann Mouzon, age eleven, was the first to see ...