Holding the High Ground

Today’s landscape makes it difficult to appreciate the many strengths of the Union position. The charging Confederates faced more obstacles than they could overcome: open fields, steep slopes, a broad and swampy creek, Union infantry using a millrace for protection, ...

Pactola Dam & Reservoir

Flood Control, Irrigation & Recreation

Construction of Pactola Dam began in 1952 and was completed in 1956. At times nearly 200 men worked on the dam. Unskilled workers earned $1.25 an hour and skilled workers $2.75 an hour. The men ...

Charles Standfield Taylor

Land commissioner of East Texas, 1883. A signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836. Chief Justice of Nacogdoches County, 1837. District Attorney, 1839. Rio Grande land commissioner, 1854. Born in London, England 1808. Died November 1, 1865.

His Wife

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Yorktown World War II Monument

In Memory

Of Those Who Gave

Their Lives

And

In Honor

Of Those Who Served

In World War II

1952

Marker is at the intersection of Underhill Avenue (New York Route 131) and Saw Mill River Road (New York Route 118), on the right when traveling north on ...

Confederate Battery

In 1861, Confederate battery positions on Jekyll Island were equipped with one 42-pounder gun and four 32-pounder navy guns en barbette, each having about 60 rounds of shot and shell. Casemates, hot shot furnace and magazines are recorded, also. Of ...

Yorktown Korean and Vietnam Wars Monument

Dedicated To

The Men of Yorktown

Who Served

With

Honor And Courage

In The

Korean and Vietnam Wars.

To Those Who Gave Their Lives,

We Are Particularly Indebted

For Their Supreme Sacrifice,

And Establish This Memorial

In Tribute

November 11, 1968

Marker is at the intersection of Underhill Avenue (New York ...

You Had to Wear a Tie

City within a City

You are standing on Washington’s historic Black Broadway–the heart of African American life in Washington, D.C. from about 1900 to the 1950s. Duke Ellington, its most famous native son, grew up, was inspired, trained, and played his ...

Yorktown World War I Monument

In Honor Of

The Men of Yorktown

Who Rendered Service In

The World War

1917 – 1919

David E. Ackerman • John F. Anders • Harry E. Anderson • J. Colridge Archer • William M. Archer • Jesse W. Barger • Harrison S. Barnes • ...

153rd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers

1st Brigade, 1st Division

153d Regt. Penn. Vol.

1st Brigade, 1st Division

11th Corps. Engaged at

Chancellorsville

May 1.2.3. & 4. 1863.

Gettysburg.

July 1.2. & 3. 1863.

Erected by the survivors.

Marker is on Wainwright Avenue, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Bryden Road Historic District

Bryden Road is named after James Bryden, a city councilman and county commissioner who owned 135 acres here in the 1840's. By 1900 Bryden Road was known for its stately homes, canopy of elms, and the electrically lit metal arch ...