The Pony Express - Sportsman’s Hall

California’s only Home Station where riders changed on the Pony Express trail. Here, at 8:01 A.M. on April 4, 1860, Sam Hamilton, first eastbound rider, was relieved by Warren Upson who carried the initial mail over the then storm swept ...

The Battle of Richmond Knocked at Berea's Door

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Civil War troop movements through Berea were common prior to the Aug. 29-30, 1862, Battle of Richmond. Military traffic in and near Berea caused villagers to hear the Civil War "knocking at their east door." At Big Hill on the ...

The Grave of Our Dear Mother, Judith Henry

Killed near this spot by the explosion of shells in her dwelling during the Battle of the 21st of July, 1861. When killed she was in her 85th year and confined to her bed by the infirmities of age.

Her husband ...

The Reverend John McMillan, D.D.

Born November 11, 1752

Died November 16, 1833

Pioneer, Preacher - Educator - Patriot

Lies buried in this church yard

Served sixty years in the ministry

Leader in founding Western Theological Seminary

Jefferson College - Jefferson Medical College

His Missionary labors resulted in the ...

Martin Brothers Historic Memorial

Erected to commemorate the Martin Brothers Incident of August 1864

Nathaniel Martin, age 15, and Robert O. Martin, age 12, while fleeing from a war party of Sioux Indians were struck by two Indian arrows, one of which pinned the two ...

The Wisconsin Company

1st Regiment of Berdan's U.S. Sharpshooters

The Wisconsin Company

1st Regiment of Berdan's

U.S. Sharpshooters

used many cartridges on this

spot, August 30, 1862. Losing

1 man killed and 8 wounded

position marked by Geo. E. Albee, a private of the company

Marker is on Featherbed Lane (County ...

The Lower Alabama Vietnam Veterans Memorial

President John F. Kennedy said, " A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors; the men it remembers."

It is our intention to remember and honor these men from Alabama ...

The Old Home of William F. Rupp

The old home of William F. Rupp who was one of the Valley's most skilled fresco painters. In the Rupp house also lived George M. Neese, the author of “Three Years in the Confederate Horse Artillery.” Descendants still own and ...

The History Of Scotland Academy

In 1880 Reverend-Doctor Harlan P. Carson, Synodical Missionary for Dakota Territory, arrived from Illinois. In 1886 he established Scotland Academy for pioneering settlers in Bon Homme and surrounding counties to support the two Christian crusades of the Presbyterian Church. The ...

Maney's Div. in the Battle of Atlanta

Gen. George Maney, comdg. Cheatham’s old div. of Hardee’s A.C. (CS) at Peachtree Cr., July 20, led the div. July 22 in the Battle of Atlanta. Both Cleburne’s & Maney’s divs. advanced N.W. on Flat Shoals Road to attack the ...