POW-MIA Memorial

On Behalf of a Grateful Nation and a Proud American Legion

This POW-MIA flag flies to honor those veterans who, in service to this great nation, sacrificed their freedom and their physical and mental well-being as prisoners of war. It also ...

Davie County War Memorial

front center

Dedicated in Honor of All Davie County Veterans and to the Memory of Those Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice for Our Freedom

front left

Spanish American War (?)

World War I (18)

Vietnam (9)

front left

World War II (53)

Korean War (2)

Beirut (1)

back

Civil War (259 ...

"Battle Cross"

podium beside statue

This arrangement of a fallen soldier's boots, rifle and helmet known as a BATTLE CROSS began in World War I. Since then, when a serviceman or woman is lost on the battlefield, comrades erect a Battle Cross to ...

Industry Along the Banks

Riverfrontiers

In the 1880s, the heart of Rochester lay on the flat stretch of land along the Ohio River. The main road, Water Street, was a perfect location for businesses for many reasons. Proximity to the rivers and railroads meant heavy ...

Daniel Bullock- Samuel Baker Sawmill site 1750-1850

Plain St. now crosses what was once sawmill pond.

On a cold New Years day in 1830, 14 new converts to the nearby Oak Swamp Baptist Church were baptized by being immersed in the pond through a hole cut in ...

LaSalette Seminary

Attleboro Springs Sanatorium

Keeping faithful watch, this revered image of Mary has stood at the entrance to LaSalette Seminary (formerly Attleboro Springs Sanatorium),welcoming generations of brothers, priests, seminarians, pilgrims and visitors, inviting all still to submit to Christ's gentle sway as ...

Fort Scott Memorial

This monument was originally located in Land Lot Number 224 in the 21st District of Decatur County, Georgia, 16 miles southwest of Bainbridge and on the site of Fort Scott built in 1816 and abandoned in 1821.

It was removed to ...

Walker's Division

C.S.A.

Left of

Walker's Division,

Nov. 24 - 25, 1863.

Marker is on North Crest Road north of Portview Place, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Conway Community Church

Residents of Conway, established 9 miles south of here in 1905, attended non-denominational services in a relocated schoolhouse until this union church building was completed in 1912. It became an important gathering place for the Conway community and housed regular ...

Finch-Lord-Nelson and the Founding of Panhandle City

Cattle firm that had brought first Herefords to region — Lue Finch, W.H. Lord, O.H. Nelson — in 1887 promoted Panhandle City, as railroad line approached. They sent in ten cowboys to stake claims around city, which prospered as county ...