Commemorating The Battle Of McDowell

May 8, 1862

Federals in action 4000, killed and wounded 256.

Confederates in action 2500, killed and wounded 498.

Confederate Officers Killed

Captains Lieutentants

Samuel Dawson John K. Goldwire

William L. Furlow William A. Massey

John McMillan William H. Turpin

James W. Patterson James T. Woodward

All of the ...

The Sons and Daughters of Morgan County

In memoriam to

The sons and daughters of

Morgan County

Through their passion, optimism

courage and heroism they took up

the struggle during the Second World

War and made the sacrifices to

perpetuate the gift our forefathers

entrusted to us

A Nation conceived in

Liberty and Justice

Marker is on Fairfax ...

Cathedral of the Nativity (B.V.M.)

Parent Catholic Parish on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, continuing missions dating back to French Colonial era. First church on this site dedicated 1844. Rebuilt after fire in 1900. Dedicated Cathedral for Diocese of Biloxi 1977. Restored in 1989 after damage ...

The Waterford Mill

Amos Janney's enterprising son Mahlon inherited the first mill in 1747 and soon improved it. By 1762 he had built a new, larger mill of of stone and wood on this site. The brick structure here today replaced Mahlon's mill ...

Quakers Lead the Settlement of West Jersey

In the 1670s and 1680s, most of the proprietors of the Province of West Jersey were Quakers. Quakers were attracted to the new colony by the promise of economic prosperity and religious freedom as well as the opportunity to raise ...

People of the Mountains

The Nuwa Tribe

In this village scene from before contact with the white man, women weave baskets and grind foodstuffs in bedrock mortars. Children play games, as the men make tools and weave rabbit pelt blankets. The border shows more recent ...

This Memorial Commemorates The Act Of...

This Memorial Commemorates the act of Lieutenant Christopher Hussey Of the Montgomery Guards and Private John Latham of the Washington Volunteers, the first volunteer regiment of the State of Georgia.

While under fire during the bombardment of April 11,1862, they ...

The world's first automobile fatality

happened here on 31 August 1869

Shortly after 8:00pm that evening a pioneering steam carriage designed and built by William Parsons, the Third Earl of Rosse, left the castle gates and drove at walking pace along Oxmantown Mall before turning the ...

The Gibson Market

The Gibson Market was originally built as a grocery store with an above apartment in 1917 by James and Ethel Hamilton. After Ethel's husband died in the flu epidemic of 1918, she was the sole proprietor until 1929. In 1919, ...

The New Westminster Court House and Land Registry Office

The New Westminster Court House

The Court House was designed by architect George William Grant and opened on June 3, 1891 by the first colonial judge and Chief Justice for British Columbia, Sir Matthew Baillie Begbie.

On September 10, 1898, the entire ...