Jay Cooke Mansion

Completed in 1865, this home was the vacation retreat of Jay Cooke and his family. Known as the "financier" for the Union states during the Civil War, Cooke organized a program to sell millions of dollars worth of bonds to ...

West Jordan Pioneer Church

In 1859, to replace a log church house, Bishop Archibald Gardner chose Elias Morris as architect of this red sandstone and granite church. On May 15, 1861, the cornerstone was laid. Proceeds from a military ball attended by L.D.S. authorities ...

Dr. Thomas Jefferson Gazley

Born in New York, January 8, 1801. Died in Bastrop County, Texas, October 31, 1853. Doctor-lawyer, soldier, legislature.

Delegate to the Second Convention

of Texas, 1833 * Physician in

the Army of Texas, 1835 - 1836 *

Signer of the Declaration ...

Jacob Fontaine

Jacob Fontaine was born in Arkansas and came to Austin about 1850 as a slave of Episcopal minister Edward Fontaine. In 1864 Jacob began preaching separate services for fellow slaves attending the First Baptist Church, then founded the First Baptist ...

The Vore Buffalo Jump

Hunting Large Bison Took Teamwork and Ingenuity

Located a short distance to the east and camouflaged by the red eroded landscape is the Vore Buffalo Jump. This sinkhole served early residents as a slaughterhouse. using the natural pit as a trap, ...

The Rev. John Martin Bolzius -The Rev. Israel Christian Gronau

In this cemetery are buried the Rev. John Martin Bolzius and the Rev. Israel Christian Gronau, ministers who came to Georgia with the first company of Salzburgers. In March 1734, the Rev. Mr. Bolzius was Superintendent of the Latin Orphan ...

Jerusalem (Ebenezer) Church

»— 6 mi.—?

Built in 1767- 69 by Lutheran Protestants who came to Georgia in 1734 after being exiled from Catholic Salzburg in Europe, the church is officially name Jerusalem Church. It stands on the site of a wooden building probably ...

Governor James Edward Ferguson August 31, 1871 -September 21, 1

Governor Miriam A. Ferguson June 13, 1875 - June 25, 1961

James Ferguson, son of a Methodist preacher, and Miriam Wallace, daughter of a wealthy farmer, were Bell County natives. They married in 1899 and later settled with their two daughters ...

Jennie Dean

Jennie Dean (1852-1913) was born in slavery near here. A pioneer in the advancement of education and religion among the black citizens of Prince William County and neighboring counties, Miss Dean founded the Manassas Industrial School for Colored Youth in ...

Jesse Mercer’s Home

This was the home of Jesse Mercer, pioneer Baptist preacher and largest contributor to the founding of Mercer Institute at Penfield, now Mercer University of Macon.

Jesse Mercer, born in North Carolina Dec. 16, 1769, was the son of Rev. Silas ...