The Savannah And Memphis Railroad 1874

The transformation of Youngsville from a country hamlet to a market town can be traced from the arrival of the railroad. The Savannah and Memphis Railroad was completed from Opelika to the east side of the Tallapoosa River at Sturdivant ...

Stamford Veterans Monument

[ inscription around the top ]

In Everlasting Memory of Stamford's Patriots 1641 – 1918

[ battle names inscribed in the panel between the fluted columns ]

1689 – 1763

Port Royal • Schenectady • Haverhill • Louisburg • Braddock's Defeat • Duquesne ...

Stamford World War I Memorial

The Citizens of Stamford

Erect This Memorial

In Memory Of

Those Who Served and Died

For Their Country

1916 - 1918

Marker is at the intersection of Grove Street and Main Street, on the right when traveling north on Grove Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

George Washington Paused Here

George Washington

Paused here on the Post Road near this church, on October 16, 1789 and afterward wrote in his diary, "the superb landscape which is to be seen from the meeting house is a rich regalia".

In Commemoration ...

Dwight Mill Village

Dwight Manufacturing Company of Chicopee, Massachusetts selected this site in Alabama City for a cotton mill in 1894. The Mill and the village covering 240 acres was constructed under the direction of Howard Gardner Nichols.

There were 160 New England style ...

Town of Lloyd Organized

First Town of Lloyd meeting held here May 6, 1845, Lloyd Township set off from town of New Paltz.

Town pop. 1845 was 2035.

Marker is on New Paltz Road (County Route 12) 0 miles east of Pancake Hollow Road ...

Darke County Chapter No. 57 D.A.V. Veterans Memorial

Dedicated to those

who served and

sacrificed for their

country in all wars

and conflicts.

May 1987

Courtesy hmdb.org

Peapack Brook Rural Industrial Historic District

The confluence of Peapack Brook and the North Branch of the Raritan River became a rural industrial center during the 18th century when a saw mill, grist mill, tannery and bark mill were located nearby. The Peapack Brook Rural Industrial ...

Downtown Develops

As Hastings quickly grew and settlement in the area increased, this port city soon became the commercial center for Dakota County farmers.

Farmers brought wagons full of crops to the Hastings market, and then returned home driving wagons full of goods ...

Confederate Soldiers Monument

(Front):

Confederate Soldiers

monument

On these grounds between 1861-1865

over 1500 men from Gaston County

answered the call of their State and

County to Defend the South in the

War between the States.

(Back):

Co. 1-11 87th NC Militia

Co. M 16th NC Troops

Co. H 23rd NC Troops

Co. B 28th ...