First United Methodist Church Of Attalla

In 1851 twelve Methodists meet in Newton (later Attalla) to plan a Methodist Episcopal Church. A crude log building on North Fifth Street served as the first church. In 1861 and again in 1882 the church relocated on Fifth to ...

Hunting Island Light Station

The Hunting Island Lighthouse guided

mariners along the stretch of the South

Carolina coast for many years. The first

lighthouse, constructed of brick and

completed in 1859, was demolished by

Confederate troops during the early days

of the Civil War.

This lighthouse, built of interlocking cast

iron ...

Alabama State University / Tullibody

Side A

Founded 1866 as the Abraham Lincoln Normal School in Marion. Alabama by nine former slaves. Operated from 1868 until 1874 by the American Missionary Association. The school began to receive state funding in 1874, making it the first state-assisted ...

Jekyll Island Boat House Site , Shipshape for the Season

(Left text)

There is very little photo documentation of

exactly what the Boathouse looked like during

the Club era. Club members rarely would have

been found in this area, It was typically used

by year-round employees.

The only visible evidence of the ...

Hilton United Methodist Church

The Hilton Methodist Episcopal Church, South was organized in 1850. The first church was erected one mile southwest of Hilton on the Lower River Road. This structure was sold after the Civil War and services were then conducted in an ...

Knottsville, Kentucky/Leonard Knott Homestead

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Knottsville, Kentucky

On this site in 1827, Leonard Knott built the first house in Knottsville. James Millay named the town in 1833 when he opened a store and post office nearby. In 1834, the name was officially set in the ...

Last Stand At Wilmington

The Forks Road Engagement

Here, in the earthworks in front of you, Confederate Gen. Robert F. Hoke’s troops made a stand on February 20-21, 1865. They were attempting to halt the Union army’s advance on Wilmington, the Confederacy’s principal seaport. Blockade ...

Headquarters of Fort Fisher

Here stood the Headquarters of Fort Fisher. The construction of the fort began in the summer of 1862 under the direction of Colonel William Lamb Commandant, who with General W.H.C. Whiting and Major James Reilly served until the fort was ...

Highland Cemetery Veterans Memorial

Lest We Forget

This memorial is dedicated

in honor of all the men and

women who served these

United States of America

during times of war and peace.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Tomas Estrada Palma

First President of Cuba.

lived here 1879-1902

while he headed a junta which

financed the Cuban revolution.

was Cuban President 1902-1906

Marker is on New York Route 32 ¼ mile south of Edgewood Drive, on the left when traveling ...