West Redoubt

In 1780 - 81, the British built a series of small forts or redoubts to serve as an outer line of defense for their headquarters at Camden. They were well fortified with troops and artillery, making Camden relatively impenetrable to ...

Nothwest Redoubt

In 1780 - 81, the British built a series of small forts or redoubts to serve as an outer line of defense for their headquarters at Camden. They were well fortified with troops and artillery, making Camden relatively impenetrable to ...

Maj. Gen. Baron Johann de Kalb's Original Gravesite

Johann de Kalb (1721 - 1780) had a distinguished career in the French army and later served as a spy for the French Court, touring the British American colonies in 1768. He returned to America with the Marquis de Lafayette ...

Old Camden Courthouse and Gaol

On this site stood the original Camden District Courthouse and gaol (jail), built in response to increased lawlessness in the South Carolina backcountry. Construction was completed in 1771 and the first term of criminal court convened shortly afterward. The jail ...

Leeds Benchmarks In History

(Settled circa 1818-1820); (Incorporated 1887)

Front:

The War of 1812, geography, geology, and three cultures shaped the history of Leeds. Lying at the crossroads of ancient Indian paths in the center of Alabama, Leeds drew Europeans, Cherokee, and African-American settlers to a ...

Arctic Brotherhood Hall

1901-2001

The Arctic Brotherhood was a fraternal organization formed onboard the steamer Seattle while anchored at Skagway. In 1901 Camp #4 Dawson City built a fraternity hall, known as the Arctic Brotherhood Hall to host their meetings as well as uphold ...

N.W.M.P. Commanding Officer’s Quarters

Le logement du commandant de la P.C.N.O.

[English]

This handsome residence was built in 1902 for the commanding officer of the North West Mounted Police. It lent dignity, authority and a degree of permanence to the presence of law and order in ...

The Central Railroad of New Jersey (CRRNJ) Terminal

Emigrant (Immigrant) Waiting Room

After passing the Statue of Liberty and being processed at Ellis Island, where did the new Americans go?

Once declared “clearly and beyond a doubt, entitled to land” almost two-thirds of the immigrants processed at Ellis ...

Site of Old Goodnight Ranch

First ranch in the Texas panhandle

Established in 1876 by

Charles Goodnight

1836- 1929

Noted scout, Indian fighter, trail blazer

and rancher

The Burbank of the range

Marker is at the intersection of County Road 25 and U.S. 287, on the right when traveling south on County ...

Charles Goodnight

(1836 - 1929)

Texas Ranger, Indian fighter. At age 19, on way to California gold fields, saw ranching possibilities. Settled and started ranch in Palo Pinto county, 230 miles southeast of here.

In civil war, scout, guide and hunter for frontier regiment, ...