Jack Jouett’s Ride

On 4 June 1781, John “Jack” Jouett Jr. arrived at the Albemarle County Courthouse to warn the Virginia legislature of approaching British troops. The state government under Governor Thomas Jefferson had retreated from Richmond to reconvene in Charlottesville because of ...

Lewis & Clark at Old Fort Jefferson

Long before Lewis and Clark stopped near Wickliffe in western Kentucky on their outbound trip to the west, Fort Jefferson had been built in 1780-81 by George Rogers Clark during the Revolutionary War as an outpost against British-led Indian attacks. ...

Timothy Bloodworth

1736-1814

U.S. Senator, 1795–1801; member, U.S. House, in First Congress, 1790–91. Opposed ratification of U.S. Constitution, 1788, 1789. Lived near here.

Marker is on U.S. 117 just south of Interstate 40, on the left when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Gen. Alexander Archer Vandegrift

Gen. Alexander Archer Vandegrift was born in Charlottesville on 13 Mar. 1887. He entered the U.S. Marine Corps in 1909 and served

on posts in the Caribbean, Central America,

China, and the United States. General

Vandegrift led American forces in their first successful ...

Lewis and Clark in Kentucky Fort Jefferson

(North Side):Lewis and Clark in Kentucky Fort Jefferson

Lewis and Clark and a party of eight men visited the site of Fort Jefferson on Nov. 18, 1803, while on their epic 1803-1806 journey to the Pacific. Fort est. in 1780 by ...

Richardson's Battery

Battery D, 1st Missouri Light Artillery - W.H.L. Wallace's Division

U.S.

Richardson's Battery,

"D" 1st MO. Lt. Art., W.H.L. Wallace's (2d) Div.,

Army of the Tennessee.

This battery, of two 10 pdr. and two 20 pdr. Parrott guns, was in action here from 9 a.m. ...

Wabash and Erie Canal Completed 1853

The approximately 460 mile canal from Toledo, Ohio, to Evansville, Indiana, was the longest canal built in the United States. Here a section constructed above the natural land surface to prevent flooding and erosion, remains intact.

Marker is on Indiana Route ...

Mendenhall's Battery

Batteries H & M, 4th United States Artillery - Crittenden's Division

U.S.

Army of the Ohio.

Mendenhall's Batteries,

"H" & "M" 4th United States Artillery,

Crittenden's (5th) Division

These batteries, with four guns, were engaged here

from about noon to 2 p.m. April 7, 1862.

Marker is on ...

Old Hickory Tavern

Birthplace of Hickory

To the rear of this spot stood a log house known in 1799 as Hickory Tavern. This tract of 640 acres was surveyed by Col. Christopher W. Beekman on June 8, 1779 and was granted to William McMullen ...

23rd Missouri Infantry

Prentiss' Divsion

U.S.

23d Missouri Infantry,

Prentiss' (6th) Division,

Army of the Tennessee.

This regiment was engaged here from 4 P.M. to 5 P.M. April 6, 1862, when it attempted to retire but was captured at 5:30 P.M.

Marker can be reached from Hornet's Nest Loop ...