The Bell Route

The Trail of Tears

Bell's Route of the Cherokee Trail of Tears in Tennessee, Arkansas, and Oklahoma, 1838-1839 Overview

The detachment headed by John Bell differed from the parties under Cherokee Chief John Ross's supervision. Bell's detachment was composed of approximately 650-700 ...

Voorhees College

[Front Text]

Voorhees College, founded by Elizabeth Evelyn Wright

in 1897 as the Denmark Industrial School, was an

effort to emphasize a vocational curriculum for

rural African American students on the model of

the Tuskegee Institute. The school, with funding

from philanthropist Ralph Voorhees, was ...

The Trail of Tears Interpretive Center

The Trail of Tears Interpretive Center Popularly known as the Rock Church, this beautiful chapel of Gothic architectural design was constructed by native limestone and was dedicated as the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church on August 10, 1941. A significant financial ...

The Courthouse Today

Part of a Complex of Local Services

The need to centralize the county’s government and to provide adequate jail facilities prompted local officials to take measures to build a new complex. A dedication of the new court facility at Parham and ...

In Commemoration of the Treaty Between Great Britain and the Rus

28 February 1825, Demarcating Canada's Western Boundary

[English]

In Commemoration of the Treaty Between Great Britain and the Russian Empire, 28 February 1825, Demarcating Canada’s Western Boundary

[Russian]

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[French]

Commémorant ...

The Courthouses in Richmond

Growth and Consolidation

The 1752 Henrico Courthouse, a colonial-style brick structure, was built in Richmond in the middle of 22nd and East Main streets. The Declaration of Independence was read publicly for the first time from its steps on August 5, ...

Hiram Rodney Burton House

The land upon which this house now stands was acquired in 1675 by Helmanus Wiltbank, a prominent early

resident and property owner of Lewes. The oldest portion of the present structure is believed to have been constructed by Cornelius Wiltbank ...

The Early Courthouses in Varina

Establishment of Justice

During the 1620s, Henrico court meetings were referred to as the Court of Upper Charles City. After the establishment of the county in 1634, the gentlemen justices of Henrico assembled for their monthly sessions either at the home ...

Lost River’s First Church

300 yards east is the first Lost River Valley Church. Built of logs, prior to 1797, on land deeded by Anthony Miller, 1831, to the Baptists and Presbyterians “to hold in common for a meetinghouse and graveyard.”

Marker is at the ...

Antioch Christian Church

Organized in 1833 by Dr. and Mrs.

W.R. Erwin and Mrs. U.M. Robert,

this was the second Christian

Church (Disciples Of Christ)

founded in South Carolina.

Dr. J.D. Erwin, II, served

as minister for forty years.

The present building was used

as a court house in 1865.

Courtesy ...