Samuel Henry's Station

On the hill to the south, beside the Great War and Trading Path, later the Federal Road, Samuel Henry, Sr., built a fort by 1792. The half-breed John Watts and 200 followers attacked it in August, 1793. Henry’s first mill ...

Houston's Station

Established by James Houston in 1785, it stood about 300 yards east on Little Nine Mile Creek. From here, in 1786, John Sevier led 160 horsemen against the Cherokee towns. In 1788, the Kirk family was massacred about three miles ...

Father Flanagan Historic House

This property has been

placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Courtesy hmdb.org

West Seneca Gatling Gun

Model 1897 10 Barrels 30 Caliber #1075

Built by Colt Firearms Mfg. Co.

Delivered to the U.S. Army August 29, 1898

Donated to West Seneca In 1922

Supervisor Henry C. Lein

Restored in 2003 By Ron Fultz Roger Harris

Ed ...

The Battles for Chattanooga

1863

A series of battles in 1863

secured Chattanooga

for the Union

The city of Chattanooga with its railroads and riverboats was a vital transportation center during the Civil War. Both armies recognized its importance. In the late summer and fall of 1863, several ...

Battle of Bennington Second Engagement

August 16th 1777

Battle Of Bennington

Second engagement

At this point occurred the defeat of Colonel Breyman, who commanded a force of 600 men sent by General Burgoyne to reinforce Colonel Baum. Seth Warner and his regiment of Vermont rangers ...

Battle of Bennington First Engagement

General John Stark with New Hampshire Vermont and Massachusetts militia defeated and captured an expeditionary force sent by General Burgoyne and commanded by Colonel Baum.

This was one of the first decisive victories in the War of the Revolution.

Marker ...

Corput's Georgia Battery

Capt. W.W. Carnes' Artillery Battalion.

Corput's Georgia Battery

Four 12 Pounder Napoleons.

Capt. W.W. Carnes' Artillery Battalion.

Stevenson's Division. - Breckinridge's Corps.

Nov.24, 1863, 2 P.M.

Capt. Max Van Den Corput, Commanding.

1st Lieut. M.S. McWhorter.

2nd Lieut. W.S, Hoge.

2nd Lieut. J.E. Stilwell.

2nd Lieut. W.A. Russell.

About 1 A.M. ...

The Bastion That Never Was

When army engineers originally designed the second Fort Smith in 1838, they planned for it to withstand attack. A key feature in achieving this goal was a stone wall about twelve feet high and from two to three feet thick. ...

Welcome to Davy Crockett Birthplace State Park

David Crockett: 1786 – 1836

When David Crockett was born on this site on August 17, 1786 he entered a new world surrounded by extreme poverty, danger, and uncertainty – the birthright of almost every frontier family in the late eighteenth ...