Episcopal Church of the Redeemer and Graveyard

(Front)

Anglicanism was established in Orangeburg Township about 1750. After a period of no recorded activity, efforts were made to rekindle the Anglican tradition resulting in establishment of Episcopal Church of The Redeemer, circa 1850. Catharine C. Palmer donated this ...

The Francis and Mary Usina Bridge

Named in honor of the St. Augustine and North Beach civic leaders, Francis E. and Mary Borum Usina.

Just as the bridge spans the North River to connect the St. Augustine mainland with Vilano and North Beach, so too the Usinas ...

Darlington District Agricultural Society / The Mineral Spring

Darlington District Agricultural Society

On May 5, 1846, a society was organized for "mutual improvement in agriculture and to promote the planting interest of the country." Most of the annual meetings since that time have been held at this spring. ...

General Matthew B. Ridgway

(1895-1993)

U.S. Army officer; he rose to the rank of general, 1951. In World War II, commanded 82nd Airborne Division (famed for its invasion of Sicily), 1942-44; and 18th Airborne Corps, 1944-45. Supreme commander, United Nations forces in Korea, 1951-52, and ...

The Sycamore Tree

This tree was planted from a cutting of the old sycamore tree that stood several hundred feet west of here on the historic Two Notch Road. Local tradition holds that there had been a succession of sycamore trees at that ...

Mariner’s Bethel United Methodist Church

During the spring of 1779, Methodist pioneer Freeborn Garrettson visited this area to bring the message of his faith to the people. Garrettson’s efforts were favorably received, and a number of local Methodist “societies” were organized. Among these was the ...

The Great Lakes Football Team

Great Lakes History Trail Stop 9

Throughout WWI and WWII, athletic opportunities for recruits included swimming, basketball, hockey, water polo, boxing, wrestling and track & field. But, it was in WWI football that Great Lakes achieved national prominence. Among the thousands ...

The American Crisis

Thomas Paine – December 1776

These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and ...

The Remarkable One-Armed Joe Forkey

This is

the flagpole

of

Plattsburgh Barracks

erected

by

the Remarkable One-Armed Joe Forkey

under the direction

of

Colonel Horace Jewett

21st Infantry

Commanding

this flagpole was used from

1894 to 1964

Marker is on U.S. Oval.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Mormon Plot in Concordia Cemetery

The leaders of The Church of Jesus-Christ of Latter-Day Saints were looking to Mexico as a possible colonization site. By the spring of 1875, nearly 100 pages of selected passages from the Book of Mormon had been translated into Spanish ...