Studley

Birthplace of Patrick Henry

Only archaeological remnants of Studley survive today, but in the 18th century this was the site of an impressive two-story brick house. Studley was built by John Syme in the 1720s for his wife Sarah Winston. After ...

South Branch Historic District

The site of homesteads settled early in the 1700's

Marker is on Rockafellows Mill Road, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Talladega Courthouse Square Historic District

The City of Talladega was incorporated in 1835. Not long after the founding of Talladega, the Square became the town center. The Talladega Courthouse was built in 1836 and is the oldest courthouse in continuous use in Alabama. The courthouse ...

The Lincoln Highway / The "Ideal Section"

The Lincoln Highway

United States' first transcontinental highway, constructed 1913-1928, from New York City to San Francisco. Dedicated to the memory of Abraham Lincoln. Conceived by Carl G. Fisher to encourage building "good roads." Sponsored by Lincoln Highway Association and supported ...

Woodies Comes to F Street

Civil War to Civil Rights

"Alvin, Washington, D.C. is the place for us."

So wrote Samuel Walter Woodward to his business partner, Alvin Lothrop, in 1879. The young entrepreneurs were looking for a new location for their innovative dry goods ...

Site of the home of James Dill

Born in Pennsylvania in 1770. Pioneer Indian trader. Recognized by the King of Spain as a public - spirited citizen. First Alcalde of Nacgodoches under the Mexican government in 1821.

Marker is at the intersection of North Street and Hospital Street, ...

German Methodist Episcopal Churches

of Chipmunk Coulee

In the mid 1800's immigrants from Bohemia and Germany began to settle the Chipmunk Coulee area. Some of the early settlers were the Belling, Bendel, Hiekel, Herold, Kunerth, Lorenz, Meyer, Neumann, Paudler, Preidel, Ringel, Ritschel, Starch, Tietze and ...

Trade Links – River Borne

About 11,000 years ago, Native people moved into what is now Wisconsin. In the Chippewa [Ojibwe] language, Wisconsin means "gathering of the waters."

The Native American found a land of many possibilities. Animals such as mammoth, mastodon, moose, and giant beaver ...

Confederate Monument

The Confederate Monument was erected on November 13, 1907 and dedicated May 2, 1908 by the Jasper Chapter No. 925 United Daughters of the Confederacy under the leadership of Elizabeth Cain Musgrove to honor the 1900 soldiers who served from ...

New Life For Dorchester Academy 1932-1940

Dorchester Academy

J. Roosevelt Jenkins, who was Dorchester

Academy's assistant principal, science

teacher and athletic director, replaced

Elizabeth Moore as principal after her death

in 1932. He continued to strengthen the

school's curriculum and the thriving

athletic programs. During his administration,

Dorchester Academy was in its academic

prime. In ...