Ledbetter Salt Works CSA

Located 8 miles southwest on Salt Prong, Hubbard Creek. Discovered 1861 by trail drives. W. H. Ledbetter began extensive development of deposits in 1862 with increased Civil War demand for salt. A large furnace was built, kettles and materials for ...

Alexander Post No. 158 G.A.R. Civil War Memorial

In Memory of

Our Dead

Comrades.

They Stood Shoulder

to Shoulder

in Defence of

Our Country.

“With malice

toward none, with

charity for all,

with firmness

in the right.”

Erected by Alexander Post

No. 158 G.A.R.

Dep't of

Ohio 1884

United Spanish War Veterans

In Memoriam

United Spanish War Veterans

1898 - 1902

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Near Disaster

On this hill on December 13, 1862, Confederate General Robert E. Lee twice nearly met personal disaster. While firing its 39th round of the day, a 30-pounder Parrott Rifle (like the one in front of you) burst, sending chunks of ...

Lindley Sign Post Forest

2,835 miles to Watson Lake’s

Signpost Forest

First sign placed by Carl K. Lindley of Danville, Illinois

1942

Presented to you by the Town of

Watson Lake

to mark the opening of Your

Signpost Forest in 2010

Marker is on East Harrison ...

Lee's Command Post

This hill served as General Robert E. Lee's command post during the Battle of Fredericksburg. Before the fighting started, Confederate pioneers cut down trees on the front slope of the hill, giving the Confederate leader a better view of the ...

Captain Adam Bettin

In memory of

Captain Adam Bettin

Shot in the Mutiny

Jan.1, 1781.

Erected by the

Morristown Chapter

D.A.R.

Marker is on Jockey Hollow Road, on the left when traveling south.

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Hickory Grove Baptist Church and Cemetery

(Front text)

This church, founded by 1869 with Rev. G.D. Kinard as its first pastor and 22 charter members, was admitted to the Barnwell Association that year. The congregation first met in a brush arbor, then built a log church ...

Lee's Headquarters

The hill in front of you, once called Telegraph Hill but now known as Lee's Hill, served as General Robert E. Lee's headquarters during the Battle of Fredericksburg. Throughout the afternoon of December 13, 1862, Lee and his generals watched ...

To the Goldfields!

In the 1860s, the fabulous Cariboo goldfields were a lure to thousands. Miners, traders, and adventurers, many afoot, some with wheelbarrows, shared the pioneer route with mule trains, plodding oxen, freight wagons, and swaying stage-coaches.

Havens for man and beast were ...