Re-Opening the Tennessee River

After Chickamauga, the Confederates by holding Lookout Mountain and Valley, closed the river line of supplies. Rosecrans' plan for its re-opening was to move Hooker's force from Bridgeport into Lookout Valley, Gen. W. F. Smith to co-operate from Chattanooga by ...

Wynnton School Library

Erected in 1843 as Wynnton Academy, the present

WYNNTON SCHOOL LIBRARY

is the oldest such building in continuous use as a school facility in the State of Georgia. This historic site was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

This ...

Paul R. Redfern

Born in 1902, Paul Redfern at an early age showed a marked mechanical aptitude and excitement for aviation. Shortly after graduating from old Columbia High School in 1923, he built his own airplane and established the city’s first commercial aviation ...

Frontier Village

The Entrance Forts / The One-Room Schoolhouse / Main Street / The Lost Dutchman Mine

From 1961 to 1980 the park that you are now standing in was home to a one-of-a-kind western themed amusement park called Frontier Village

The Entrance Forts

The ...

LACEY STREET THEATER (1939)

504 Second Avenue

Construction of the Lacey Street Theater began in 1939, and this Art Deco style building opened in 1940. Austin E. “Cap” Lathrop, Fairbanks businessman and financier, was its owner. The Lacey Street Theater, with its distinguished neon sign, ...

Memorial Street Light

Memorial Street Light

erected by

Massachusetts Electric Company

June 28, 1986

in recognition of

William Stanley

and his contributions to the

Electric Utility Industry

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (U.S. 7) and Cottage Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Civil and Spanish-American Wars Memorial

Memorial

to

the Veterans

of the Civil and

Spanish-American

Wars.

[Honor Roll of Veterans]

Gettysburg · Vicksburg

Antietam · Monitor&Merrimac

Marker is on Minden Avenue near 4th Street, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Kearney County Pioneers

To the Pioneers

of

Kearney County, Nebr.

Dedicated Sept. 23, 1933

Marker is on 4th Street near Colorado Avenue, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Kearney County Courthouse

Erected 1906

This property is listed in

the National Register of Historic Places

Nebraska State Historical Society

Marker is on Colorado Avenue near 4th Street, on the left when traveling south.

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Booker T. Washington High School

Booker T. Washington High School

1916 - 1974

From the day it opened its doors in 1916 Booker T. Washington High School played a major roll in the life of

Columbia's black community. Originally a school with all grades, eventually it ...