Croxton's Brigade.

Brannan's Division — Thomas' Corps.

Croxton's Brigade.

Brannan's Division ——— Thomas' Corps.

Col. John T. Croxton

Sept. 19, 1863, 5 P.M., 4th Position.

10th Indiana - Lieut. Col. Marsh B. Taylor.

74th Indiana - Col. Charles W. Chapman.

4th Kentucky - Maj. Robert M. Kelley

10th Kentucky - ...

Third Brigade Encampment – 1776

Mount Independence State Historic Site

“ . . . our Men is clearing the Encamping Ground over the Lake.”

- Sgt. Timothy Tuttle, July 23, 1776

In July 1776 Northern Army commander Gen. Horatio Gates organized regiments at Mount Independence and Ticonderoga into ...

Copper Ridge Dinosaur Trackway

Welcome to Copper Ridge. Here, you can see the

tracks of two different dinosaurs. The larger

were probably made by an Allosaurus,

while the smaller three toed tracks were made by

one of a number of smaller bipedal carnivorous

spedies.

Courtesy hmdb.org

German POWs in the East Texas Timber Industry

The U.S. Army began building POW camps in the United States in early 1942 for captured Axis prisoners. During World War II, the Army shipped almost 425,000 military prisoners to 511 camps in the U.S. Approximately 50,000 of those POWs, ...

Fort Howard Stockade

853 degrees north 45 degrees, 7 minutes east, from this tablet, stands a flag pole, marking the southeast corner of the stockade of Fort Howard; occupied by United States troops August 1816, and almost continuously until 1852. On this ...

Owl Cafe and Tourist Hotel

On December 28th of 1881 while crossing 5th St., Virgil Earp was ambushed and shot. Would be assassins hidden in a new building under construction opened fire with shotguns. Virgil was severely wounded. He survived, but lost the use of ...

The Blizzard of 1888

Known as the “Great White Hurricane,” the Blizzard of 1888 was one of the most devastating weather events in recorded history. Affecting coastal states from Virginia to Maine, this paralyzing storm resulted in widespread death and destruction. With its large ...

Campbell & Hatch Saloon and Billiard Parlor

1881

Bob Hatch and John Campbell opened a billiard parlor in 1880. Bob Hatch was a colorful character and an amateur thespian. It was said he kept a jar of frogs on the counter as their croaking helped him predict ...

History Happened Here

You are standing on "Corn Cob Hill" where corn was once shelled, weighed and and lowered in hopper cars into a grain elevator below, thence onto ships.

Under the bridge to the left is the foot of the rapids where non-native ...

The Grand Hotel

Opened in 1880

In September of 1880 a new adobe structure, the Grand Hotel, opened for business. It boasted all the luxury and comfort that 1880 had to offer. It displayed Brussels carpets, a black walnut baluster, walnut furniture and rare ...