The Gloster - Anderson Graveyard

About a mile south was the burial site in 1854 of Mrs. Mary Hayes Willis Gloster, founder of Immanuel, the first Episcopal church to be consecrated in West TN; her daughter Elizabeth Willis Gloster Anderson in 1873; her son-in-law John ...

The Matton Shipyard

The Matton Shipyard

John E. Matton built his shipyard here on Van Schaick Island in 1916, shortly after the new Barge Canal opened. Besides building barges and tugboats, the shipyard serviced and repaired the boats that travelled both the Erie ...

Episcopal Church of the Redeemer and Graveyard

(Front)

Anglicanism was established in Orangeburg Township about 1750. After a period of no recorded activity, efforts were made to rekindle the Anglican tradition resulting in establishment of Episcopal Church of The Redeemer, circa 1850. Catharine C. Palmer donated this ...

Men of the Boston Naval Shipyard

Dedicated to

the Men

of the

Boston Naval Shipyard

who made the supreme

sacrifice in defense of

their country in all wars

1800 – 1950

“For what avail the plough or sail

Or land or life, if freedom fail?”

Presented by employees

August 25, 1950

Marker is on 1st Ave, on the ...

The Stoneman Raid Battle of King's Tanyard

Closing in on Atlanta in July, 1864, Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman found it "too strong to assault and too extensive to invest." To force its evacuation, he sent Maj. Gen. Geo. Stoneman's cavalry [US] to cut the Macon railway by ...

Church of the Holy Cross Stateburg / Holy Cross Churchyard

(Front text)

Church of the Holy Cross Stateburg

(Episcopal)

This church is the successor to the nearby Chapel of Ease of 1770. Present building is on the site of the old Claremont Church of 1788, built on land given by General ...

The Backyard Garden Was Essential

The quiet landscape you see today was once teeming with activity.

There was a garden behind the store that provided vegetables for home use and possibly for sale or trade. There was a larger garden area as well, which was probably ...

The Churchyard Wall

Kells Heritage Trail

This wall marks the boundary of the original monastery and was rebuilt in 1714. When part of the wall collapsed after heavy rains in 1997, it was discovered to have no foundation. It was rebuilt again in 1998, ...

The Navy Yard of the Confederate States

On the river shore just below here the Navy Yard of the Confederate States was located and the ships Fredericksburg and Virginia II were launched

This site is dedicated to that spot by the City of Richmond, 1916

Marker is at the ...

The Lord's Vineyard

This 2-story log house and out-buildings were erected by John Latta about 1834 on Evansville Creek, 12 miles southwest of this spot. The Latta settlement was called Vineyard from "The Lord's Vineyard." Vineyard was the first postoffice in Washington County ...