Coulterville Toll Road

“This was the first road into Yosemite Valley. Originally a county road it became a toll road and later again a county road. Opened in 1874 as an improved toll road, it has served continuously since that time. Beginning in ...

This Monument Marks The Old Natchez Trace

over which pioneers traveled through Lawrence County, Tennessee, which was organized Oct. 21, 1817.

The county seat, Lawrenceburg, was created on Nov. 23, 1819, and named in honor of Capt. James Lawrence, naval hero of the War of 1812.

Erected May 15, ...

Confederate Fort Gregg

“Men, the salvation of Lee’s army is in your keeping.”

– Maj. Gen. Cadmus Wilcox to the defenders of Fort Gregg, April 2, 1865

On the afternoon of April 2, 1865, after a morning of bludgeoning attacks all along the Petersburg ...

The First Methodist Meeting House

The first Methodist Meeting House in Petersburg was a theatre on West Old Street near the river rented by Gressett Davis. Robert Williams, a follower of John Wesley, came to Petersburg to preach in 1773 at the invitation of Davis ...

Todd Beamer

This building

is named in

honor of

Todd Beamer

By act of

congress

P.L. 107-129

January 16, 2002

Marker is on North Main Street 0.1 miles from Plainsboro Road, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Peabody-Williams School

Petersburg, Virginia

Disrupted by the convulsions of the First World War, efforts to replace the increasingly inadequate Peabody School on Fillmore Street stretched out from 1913 until 1920, when the new Peabody-Williams School opened on Jones Street. Charles Robinson, who designed ...

Battery Dantzler

May 1864-April 1865

First named Ft. Howlett, the battery was renamed after Col. Olin M. Dantzler, who was killed on June 2, 1864, in an attempt to capture Ft. Dutton. Leading the 22nd South Carolina Inf. the attack failed. Battery Dantzler ...

The Birthplace of George McDuffie

From these humble and obscure Georgia pinelands, assisted by the plantation-owning South Carolina Calhouns, George McDuffie rose to become Congressman, Senator, and Governor of South Carolina.

McDuffie's political prominence involved him in a renowned political dispute when his loyalty to John ...

Battlefield Landmarks - West and North

July 3, 1863 - Third Day

"...The whole plain was covered with unarmed rebels, waving coats, hats, and handkerchiefs in token of a wish to surrender."

Lt. Col. Franklin Sawyer, U.S.A.

8th Ohio Infantry

You are standing at the Union position on Cemetery Ridge, ...

Martinsville Speedway

H. Clay Earles (1913-1999) opened Martinsville Speedway in 1947 with seating for 750. The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) first raced here in 1948. Martinsville Speedway was one of eight tracks to host the inaugural 1949 season ...