Juan De Ornate Expedition -1598

Spanish interest in the territory known as New Mexico increased during the 1580s and 1590s. Although reports of mining and missionary possibilities were significant, King Phillip II of Spain was also concerned about new world explorations of rival England. As ...

Espejo Beltran Expedition - 1582-1583

Following the Rodriquez-Chamuscado expedition of 1581 there was increased interest in the area now known as New Mexico and Texas. There was also concern for the safety of Fray Rodriquez and Fray Lopez, who had stayed in the area. In ...

Richard Christmas

c. 1763–1848

A veteran of the North Carolina militia in the American Revolution, Christmas is buried here with his wife, Mary Roberson, his son, Nathaniel G. Christmas, and other descendants.

Living then in Green County, Ga., he drew a land lot ...

The College of William and Mary in Virginia

A charter was granted by King William and Queen Mary in 1693, by fostering “good arts and sciences,” and by educating the youth in “good letters and manners,” the College has maintained its original mission as “a place of universal ...

Rodriquez-Chamuscado Expedition - 1581

Inspired by Indian stories of settlements in present New Mexico and authorized by the Spanish viceroy, Fray Agustin Rodriquez, a Franciscan Priest, led a missionary expedition to the area. Accompanied by Fray Juan De Santa Maria, Fray Francisco Lopez, nine ...

Indian School at the College of William & Mary

Using funds from the estate of British scientist Robert Boyle, the College of William & Mary established a school to educate young Indian men in 1697, just four years after the college’s founding. To encourage enrollment, in 1711 Lt. Gov. ...

Dubois County Honor Roll Memorial

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* * * Mexican War * * *

James Green • Pleasant Horton • James McElvaine • Hiram Main • David L. Matthews • Joseph Orinder

* * * Spanish American War * * ...

The Demopolis Opera House / Lillian Hellman And

The Little Foxes

The Demopolis Opera House

In 1876, the town of Demopolis leased the former

Presbyterian Church, a classic brick structure

built in 1843 and occupied by federal troops during

Reconstruction, to the Demopolis Opera Association.

The association revitalized the building as a theater

for live ...

The War Ford

Located .2 mi. east on the Big Pigeon River is a strategic crossing used by the Cherokees. In Aug. 1782, Gen. Charles McDowell of Burke Co., North Carolina, raised an army of five hundred mounted militia from Morgan District to ...

Donato (Dan) Persico, Chief T/M

Submarine Combat World War II

United States USS Squalus 192

Donato (Dan) Persico, Chief T/M

A Survivor of the Submarine U.S.S. Squalus, which sank on May 23, 1939 off the coast of Portsmouth, NH. A faulty main induction valve ...