Where Houston Enlisted

Here, where Blount County's first courthouse stood, Sam Houston "took a dollar from the drum", thus marking his first enlistment in the United States Army, March 24, 1813. This culminated in his command of the Army of Texas, which decisively ...

Main Street Methodist Church

This church, founded in

1892, built its first

sanctuary at West Main St.

and Third Ave., where the

Dillon County Courthouse

now stands. That lot was

donated by James W. Dillon

(1826–1913), for whom the

town and county are named.

The original church, a

frame building, was moved

to the corner ...

First Colonial Residents

The first colonial residents of Beaver County lived nearby.

Alexander McKee operated a trading post 1769 or earlier.

Colonial John Gibson farmed land near his trading post in 1771 then went on to a great military and legal career.

McKee became a Tory ...

Cedar Grove Cemetery

In 1846, the City of Lebanon purchased land for this public cemetery. Surveyed by Professor (later Lt. General, CSA) Alexander P. Stewart of Cumberland University, the first burial took place in 1849. Among the dignitaries resting here are William B. ...

Litchfield Vietnam War Monument

In Honor Of Those From Litchfield

Who Served In Vietnam War 1964 – 1975

George J. Acerbi • Lawrence Adkins • Ross B. Adkins • Elizabeth H. Allcroft • Jack R. Anglevich • Will E. Anglevich • Truman R. Archer • David ...

For the Children

Top of the Town

From 1927 until the late 1950s, the landscaped grounds across the street were the Hillcrest Children’s Center. It was founded downtown in 1814 as the Washington City Orphan Asylum by Marcia Burnes Van

Ness and President ...

Litchfield Historic District

Litchfield Historic District

Has Been Designated A

Registered National

Historic Landmark

Under the Provisions of the

Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935

This Site Possesses Exceptional Value

In Commemorating or Illustrating

The History of the United States

U.S. Department of the Interior

National Park Service

1968

Marker is at the intersection ...

Chitactac-Adams Heritage County Park

[This is a two-sided marker. Side-one being in English and Side-two being in Spanish:]

[Side One:]

CHITACTAC

For over 3,000 years, this area around the Uvas Creek drainage supported large populations of ancestral Ohlone People. This locality is believed to be the ethnohistoric ...

The Red Hound Bar

Circa 1917

Has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior

Originally a U.S. Post Office, this building later housed the Red Hound Bar, which opened in the 1930's. During the Great Louisiana ...

Second Bank of the United States

[Top Marker]

This Building Erected in 1817

for a branch of the

Second Bank of the United States

was acquired in 1835, and has been

occupied continuously since that

date by the Bank of Charleston

whose name was changed ...