Monument to Women of the Confederacy

(South face)

Our Mothers

To the women of the Confederacy “Whose pious ministrations to our wounded soldiers soothed the last hours of those who died far from the objects of their tenderest love, whose domestic labors contributed much to supply the wants ...

McCrory's Civil Rights Sit-ins / "Friendship Nine"

McCrory's Civil Rights Sit-ins

This building, built in 1901, was occupied by McCrory's Five & Dime from 1937 to 1997. On February 12, 1960, black students from Friendship Jr. College in Rock Hill were denied service at the McCrory's lunch counter ...

Captured English Cannon

This English cannon cast in 1798 captured during the War of 1812 by the Salem privateer "Grand Turk" bought by Swampscott fisherem in 1835 for use as a fog signal and last discharged on July 4, 1857 is now ...

Two River Towns: McConnelsville and Malta

McConnelsville and Malta are two towns that prospered because of the locks and dams built on the Muskingum River from 1836 to 1841. Settlers came to both towns in 1817. In the 1820s and 1830s, flatboats carried grain, lumber, and ...

Juan Avenenti Building

Juan Avenenti, an Italian immigrant who came to Arizona about 1870, purchased this property in 1886 from Frank M. Griffen. Previously, it had belonged to Florence pioneers Levi Ruggles and Charles Douglas. Avenenti, a grocer, butcher and rancher, built the ...

Daughters of the Utah Pioneers

Jane Hatch Camp dedicated in 1932

Construction began in 1930 by Jane Hatch, Lizzie Willis and Emma Kartchner. The building was neglected for several years and in the early 1950's seven couples agreed to save the home, which became the clubhouse ...

St. Andrew’s Rectory

Erected between 1852 and 1854, this large limestone dwelling housed the rector of nearby St. Andrew’s church and complemented the massive construction of that building. The rectory, built for the Reverend William Cockran was one of the first stone houses ...

Horseshoe Bend National Military Park

Who Were the Creek?

Horseshoe Bend National Military Park

The park offers activities designed to commemorate the events that occurred here on March 27, 1814. The Battle of Horseshoe Bend ended the Creek Indian War and added nearly 23 million acres of ...

250th Anniversary of the Bering- Chirikov Expedition

1741-1991

Commemorating the 250th Anniversary of the Bering-Chirikov Expedition

May the wheel of change forever turn with peace, justice and opportunity

White-McCarthy Lumber and Hardware Company

1914

This single-story commercial building includes a partial basement, wide-open interior spaces, and a tall, carefully detailed, Main Street store front of exposed, buff-colored, pressed brick. The other walls are composed of common red brick. A metal surface covers the flat, ...