Forks of The River Cemetery Park

Established in 1976 as a community bicentennial project, this park is significant because it is both the final resting place for several early settlers and decision makers and it is one of the last undeveloped areas that was part of ...

The Millpond

1636

Used for water, fish, power

and skating lay south and west

of this spot. April 19, 1775

British troops dumped captured

cannon shot, musket balls and

barrels of flour into the pond.

The militia later recovered most

of the ammunition and a good part

of the flour from ...

Theodore Roosevelt / William Howard Taft

Theodore Roosevelt

Former President Theodore Roosevelt

addressed a large crowd from

these steps on May 16, 1912.

He was introduced by C. B. De Weese.

William Howard Taft

President William Howard Taft

was the first sitting President to

visit Sidney. He spoke from this

location on May 23, 1912.

Taft ...

The Willamette Stone

This short trail leads to the Willamette Stone, the surveyor's monument that is the point of origin for all public land surveys in Oregon and Washington. The landmark was established on June 4, 1851 by John B. Preston, Oregon's first ...

Forgotten Lives; Working Class Families of the Canal Era Reveale

The Champlain Canal/Bemis Heights site is a residential site first occupied during the 1830s soon after the construction of the Champlain Canal. The highway (NY 32) was developed during the eighteenth century as a north-south passage between the heights to ...

The Burning of Chambersburg

During the Gettysburg campaign, Confederate troops were restrained, under orders, from destroying non-government property. By the time of the Rebels’ next raid into the North, however, the policy had changed.

On July 30, 1864, Brigadier General John McCausland and 2,800 ...

The Congressional Medal of Honor - Apache Campaign 1872 - 1873

The following named individuals were assigned, either permanently or temporarily, to Camp Verde, Arizona Territory. While stationed here their personal action in combat was above and beyond the call of duty, earning them the nation's highest award.

The Congressional Medal of ...

The Red River Campaign

March 1864

"I trust some future historian will treat this matter as it deserves to be treated, because it is a subject in which the whole country should feel an interest..."Rear Admiral David D. Porter May 16, 1864

Assembling the Troops

In March ...

The Samuel House Plantation

The large brick residence built in 1857 by Samuel House (1798-1873) was a prominent landmark during military operations by Federal forces on the Atlanta front in July, 1864.

Cox’s division of Schofield's 23rd A.C. reached this vicinity July 18; Schofield, in ...

The Nona Mills Lumber Company

Organized in 1898, the Nona Mills Lumber Company of Nona, Texas established a saw mill at Leesville in 1899. Company officers were Pres. F.L. Carroll, Vice Pres. G.R. Ferguson, Sec. Treas. J.N. Gilbert, and Asst. Treas. L.B. Pikin. Serviced by ...