Paraje De Fra Cristobal

The mountain range seen along the east bank of the Rio Grande is named after Father Cristobal de Salazar of the 1598 Juan de Oñate expedition. The northern edge of the twenty-one mile range is said to resemble the profile ...

Jackson's Command

Early's Brigade, Ewell's Division

C.S.A.

Jackson's Command.

Early's Brigade, Ewell's Division.

Brig. Gen. Jubal A. Early, Commanding.

Organization.

13th 25th 31st 44th 49th 52d & 58th Virginia Infantry.

September 17-18, 1862. No.2.

After supporting Jackson's Division in repulsing the right ...

James Wilson Hudson

(west face)

M Z S

1777.

JACOBO WILSON HUDSON,

Montis Zion Collegii annos vigenti tres.

singulari felicitate Præsidi.

Multa præclara in tam longissimo

curriculo et didicit et docuit.

In literis eruditus, in disciplina solers,

tenax propositi, in omni officio

doctor præstantissimus exstitit.

Laudem quam sibi ipse ...

Joel Chandler Harris in Savannah 1870-1876

Joel Chandler Harris (1845-1908), New South journalist and author of Uncle Remus tales,

Free Joe, and many other works, was associate editor of the Savannah Morning News

from 1870 until 1876, under William Tappan Thompson, an established writer of southern ...

John Mohler Studebaker

1833 - - - 1917

Pioneer – Blacksmith – Soldier

Inventor – Builder

Marker is on Main Street east of Bedford Avenue, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Emmitt House / James Emmitt

Side A: The Emmitt House

Built for Waverly industrialist James Emmitt in 1861, The Emmitt House was partly the work of carpenter Madison Hemings, who claimed parentage by President Thomas Jefferson. It served as a tavern and store for travelers on ...

General John Gregg

1828-1864

Born Alabama. Came to Texas 1854. Judge, Confederate congressman. Organized 7th Texas Infantry as colonel 1861. Captured at Fort Donelson, Tenn. 1862. Promoted brigadier general after exchange. Commanded brigade Vicksburg Campaign 1863. Severely wounded Battle of Chickamauga Oct. 1863. Returning ...

General James R. Slack

1818 - 1881

James R. Slack was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, on September 28,1818. He moved to Indiana in 1837. He was admitted to the bar on his 22nd birthday and moved to Huntington. Two years later he was elected ...

Jones Creek Baptist Church

Jones Creek Baptist Church was constituted April 22, 1810, at the Jones Creek Meeting House near this site.

Original members of this church, all former members of Beards Creek Baptist Church were: Charles Flowers, James Clark, Levi Morgan, John Hall, John ...

Joss House

The Chinese community was an early and significant element of the population of Kern County.

Chinese immigrants contributed to the social, economic and industrial growth of Kern County by mining, farming, building railroads, and owning businesses. The first Chinese immigrants to ...