John C. West Boyhood Home

This farm was the boyhood home of John Carl West (b. 1922), governor of South Carolina 1971-75. West, a graduate of the Citadel and the University of S.C., served as an intelligence officer in World War II, as state senator ...

NECKO Neighborhood / E. J. McMillen Homestead Addition

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NECKO Neighborhood

The NECKO neighborhood, a section of the historic E. J. McMillen Homestead Addition, is a part of the Near North Side Historic District as designated in the Historic Register in 1980. It is recognized as a locally ...

An Upper-Class Neighborhood 1630s-1699

From the 1630s to the end of the 17th century, this area along Backstreete boasted some of the finest dwellings in Jamestown. Governors, councilmen, burgesses, and lawyers all made this neighborhood home.

Richard Kemp, an ardent supporter of Governor Harvey, secretary ...

Birthplace and Childhood Home of Col. Harland Sanders

Founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken

Erected 1987 by these Local Franchisees:

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bagshaw

Mr. & Mrs. William Bridges

Mr. & Mrs. William Bright

Mr. & Mrs. Roy Burchel

Mr. & Mrs. Lee Cummings

Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Fordyce

Mr. ...

Hood & Hardee Withdraw E. to R.R.

New Hope & Gilgal Church Road.

June 2-4, 1864. Hood’s A.C. was posted 1 mi. W. & Hardee’s A. C. was aligned along Dallas - Acworth rd., N. 1.5 mi to Burnt Hickory rd. - Confederate center & rt.

These ...

Lee’s Boyhood Home

Robert E. Lee left this home that he loves so well to enter West Point. After Appomattox he returned and climbed the wall to see “if the snowballs were in bloom.” George Washington dined here when it was the home ...

Alabama’s Constitution And Statehood

Before statehood, the Alabama Territory had only limited rights of self government. Between July 5 and August 2, 1819, forty-four delegates from across the Territory convened in Huntsville to draft a constitution for statehood. Lawyers, merchants, ministers, planters, farmers, and ...

Hood's Attack

Fitz John Porter's troop had repulsed Confederate attacks throughout the afternoon. With daylight waning, Lee turned to John Bell Hood to spearhead the final assault. Personally leading the 4th Texas and the 18th Georgia, General Hood instructed his men not ...

Robert Sengstacke Abbott Boyhood Home

Founder of the Chicago Defender

From 1878 to 1889, Robert Sengstacke Abbott lived in the parsonage of Pilgrim Congregational Church, once located on this site. His stepfather John H. H. Sengstacke, minister of the church, published the Woodville Times. Abbott learned ...

Boyhood Home of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston

Born in Prince Edward Co. on 3 Feb. 1807, Joseph Eggleston Johnston, the son of Judge Peter Johnston, moved a mile north of here with his family in 1811. He attended Abingdon Male Academy and graduated from the U.S. Military ...