Decorative Lions Heads

1907-1978

These decorative terra cotta lions heads, typical of the ornamentation used in commercial style architecture in the early part of the 20th century, were utilized by the First National Bank of Montgomery on the cornice of their 12 story building ...

Wilson Chapel And Cemetery

("The Little Brown Church in the Wildwood")

Wilson Chapel was built in 1916 as a memorial to James and Frances Wilson by their daughters, Rosa Wilson Eubanks and Minerva Wilson Constantine. At the time of its construction the area was developing ...

Woodland Community Veterans Memorial

World War I

James A Forbes •

Frank L. Gaddis •

Walter Kalahan •

Alfred Earl Wells •

Tom C. Bair •

Fred S. Millard

World War II

Elmer Beebe •

Harold R. Chilcoat •

Harry A. Lillard, Jr. •

Elmer Mattila • ...

The Military Road

The Military Road, built in 1835, became the first highway to cross the state. Congress appropriated $5,000 to connect the St. Lawrence and Mississippi River basins.

The troops at Fort Crawford constructed the road from Prairie du Chien to Portage; those ...

John Jackson—Traditional Musician

John Jackson, Piedmont guitar master and influential traditional musician, was born near here on

25 Feb. 1924. One of fourteen children of tenant

farmers Suddy and Hattie Jackson, Jackson learned

songs on the guitar and banjo from his parents,

traveling and local musicians, and ...

First Presbyterian Church of Oxford

Resolution

On motion by Mrs. Dickey, seconded by Mr. Miller the following resolution was unanimously adopted by the Board of Chosen Freeholders of the County of Warren at a meeting held March 9, 1994.

Resolution honoring the membership of the First Presbyterian ...

Confederate Skirmish

On May 1, 1865, cadets from the Arsenal Academy at Columbia, under Capt. John Peyre Thomas, who were en route from Greenville to Newberry to be disbanded, met a band of Stoneman's raiders near here in one of the last ...

Alexandria Presbyterian Church

Congregation was formed c1752. Original log structure

replaced in 1802. Present Greek Revival Church built in 1843.

Marker is on Mt. Pleasant - Everittstown Road, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Wethersfield Settlers Memorial

To The Memory

Of The Adventurers From

Watertown, Massachusetts

Who Settled Wethersfield

In 1634

John Oldham • Robert Seeley • John Strickland • Andrew Ward • John Clarke • Leonard Chester • Nathaniel Foote • Abraham Finch • Robert Rose • William Swayne

Erected By

The Wethersfield ...

Blendon Township War Memorial

Dedicated to the Glory of

Almighty God in memory

of the men and women

who by their unselfish

patriotism have so

gallantly advanced the

American Ideals of

Freedom and the

Universal Brotherhood

of All Mankind

Dedicated this 25th day of May 1981

————

Killed in Action

during American Wars

Blendon Township Residents

Wilburt Alden Gooding

Homer ...