Preserving the President’s Legacy

Andrew Johnson National Historic Site

“ . . . I believe that my Father was the greatest man this country ever produced!”

Martha Johnson Patterson

Three generations of Andrew Johnson’s family devoted time and effort to preserve his memory and legacy. In ...

The Heart of the Household

Andrew Johnson National Historic Site

“At four in the morning I had to be up. I went up and made the fire in [Johnson’s] room, shined his boots, and then made a fire in the kitchen stove. I stood by ...

An Early Home

Andrew Johnson National Historic Park

Andrew Johnson and his family lived in this two-story brick house from some time in the 1830s until 1851. During these years, Johnson’s life changed drastically as he ventured from the tailoring trade into politics. After ...

The Metropolitan Branch and Takoma Park

Geology

This section of the trail is on the border of two physiographic provinces, the Coastal Plain and the Piedmont Region, display traces of two different times on Earth.

The Coastal Plain stretches south and east from where you are standing ...

Greenville Cumberland Presbyterian Church

Founded 1841

The original log church on Irish Street served until 1860 when the present structure was begun on land purchased from Andrew Johnson.

The War Between the States saw the church used as a hospital and stable.

The cannon ball in the ...

A Summary of the Life of Davy Crockett

• Raised in frontier poverty without any education until he is a teenager, David is often hired out to others for additional income while still a child; once held against his will until he escapes under the cover of ...

Gold Medal Plaza

Dedicated to these three Garfield High School athletes who took our community to ‘A Level Above’.

Terre Haute - parks & recreation

Gold Medal Sponsors

City of Terre Haute

A Friend of Union Hospital

First Financial Bank

Garfield High School Alumni

Private ...

Welcome to Davy Crockett Birthplace State Park

David Crockett: 1786 – 1836

When David Crockett was born on this site on August 17, 1786 he entered a new world surrounded by extreme poverty, danger, and uncertainty – the birthright of almost every frontier family in the late eighteenth ...

Crossroads Plaza

The City of Terre Haute has a rich history, spurred by transportation advancements Terre Haute became the “Crossroads of America“. This plaza commemorates the achievements of the first steamboat on the Wabash in 1823, the National Road reaching Terre Haute ...

Parke County Veterans

Erected in Honor

of

Parke County Veterans

Marker is on North Lincoln Road (U.S. 41) south of Rockville Road, on the left when traveling south.

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