First Assembly of Abington Friends Meeting

The first religious meeting hereabout, now known as Abington Meeting of the Society of Friends (Quakers) was held here in 1683. This was the home of Richard and Joan Wall who came from Hasfield near Cheltenham England in 1682. Their ...

Smith's Brigade

L. Wallace's Division

U.S.

Army of the Tennessee.

Smith's (1st) Brigade,

11th Indiana, 24th Indiana,

8th Missouri,

L. Wallace's (3d) Division.

This brigade with its regiments in order as above, was engaged here from about 10 a.m. to 12 m. April 7, 1862. It then advanced into ...

Thayer's Brigade

L. Wallace's Division

U.S.

Army of the Tennessee.

Thayer's (2d) Brigade,

1st Nebraska, 23rd Indiana,

58th Ohio,

L. Wallace's (3d) Division.

This brigade was engaged here from about 10 a.m. to 12 m. April 7, 1862. It then advanced through ...

KRBA-AM Radio Station

By the 1930s, radio has become an established medium for commercial advertising. In 1938, commercial radio came to Angelina County when Redland Broadcasting Association received the first license in the area. Station manager Darrell Yates financed, built, and launched KRBA-AM ...

Peralta Hacienda

Begun in 1821

The first known inhabitants of Fruitvale were the Ohlone. In 1820 the Spanish crown gave this land to Luis Peralta, making Peralta Hacienda the first non-native settlement in Oakland.

From 1820 to 1897, the family had a rancho ...

Korean and Vietnam War Memorial

In Honor of Those

who Served in

Korea & Vietnam

Dedicated by

the People of Putnam County

Marker is at the intersection of North Jackson Street and East Franklin Street, on the left when traveling south on North Jackson Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

World War I Guardian Angel Monument

"Erected by the people of Marathon County and Burns Post No. 388 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. in grateful appreciation of the noble sacrifices of those from this county who gave their lives in the World War 1917–1918"

Ahart ...

Wood Avenue Historic District

A Residential neighborhood primarily developed between 1880 and 1930.

The district contains elaborate Queen Anne, classic Georgian Revival and the more modest Bungalow styles of architecture as well as two homes of the Plantation Cotton style dating from the 1820's.

Notable residents ...

Captain Hardy Smith House

Built 1873

(Side 1):

Capt. Hardy B Smith (1841-1912), CSA, one of Laurens County’s noted veterans, served in the Army of Northern Virginia under General Robert E. Lee. Smith, when war broke out, was called home from classes at the University of ...

Lynchburg and Salem Turnpike

The Lynchburg and Salem Turnpike Co. was incorporated in 1818 to build a turnpike from Lynchburg west to Salem. The road reached Liberty (now Bedford) in 1828 and was completed to Salem in 1836. In Bedford County, covered bridges spanned ...