Frederick Davis Patterson, M.D. / Patterson Hospital

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Frederick Davis Patterson, M.D.

April 16, 1867 – Dec.31, 1930

Dr. Fred Patterson was born in Stewart Co., Ga., attended South Georgia Agriculture College, Cuthbert, graduated Vanderbilt University School of Medicine 1890. He practiced in Lumpkin four years before moving to ...

Franklin Square - "Going into the country"

Civil War to Civil Rights

This urban oasis exists because President Andrew Jackson needed water. The site of excellent springs (a rare commodity in the early city when everyone was dependent on private wells), this square was purchased by the ...

Fort Webb

Constructed by CSA during early days of Civil War. One of numerous fortifications in Bowling Green area used by CSA and Union forces. Located at head of navigation on Barren and Green River systems, Bowling Green became an important stronghold ...

Fort Williams

Site of Civil War fort built in spring of 1863. Attacked Oct. 6 by Confederate Col. John M. Hughs and his 25th Tenn. Infantry. US troops under Maj. Samuel Martin surprised. Over 200 horses captured, part of fort burned, and ...

St. Paul Camp Ground

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This Methodist camp ground, one of four in Dorchester County, was established in 1880. African-American freedmen in this area held services in a brush arbor at the "Old Prayer Ground" nearby as early as 1869. By 1873 they ...

Old Mulkey Church

First church in this area located 200 yards from here. Formed, 1773, by Philip Mulkey, other settlers from Carolinas. Church grew till this larger house built in 1804. Building in form of the Cross, 12 corners for Apostles, 3 doors ...

John J. Pershing, General of the Armies (1860-1948)

The Western Front - The Meuse-Argonne Campaign

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On 6 April 1917, the United States entered World War I. With few regular forces, the task of training and transporting an effective army to fight in France was formidable. The U.S. Navy, ...

Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry

"We Have Met The Enemy And They Are Ours"

The original of this monument to Oliver Hazard Perry, hero of the Battle of Lake Erie on September 10, 1813, was created in marble in 1860 by New York Sculptor William Walcutt ...

John Marshall

Site of the residence of

John Marshall

Chief Justice of the United States

Plaque erected under the auspices of the

Columbia Historical Society

and

the Bar Association

of the District of Columbia.

[Inscription on wall below the marker plaque:]

John ...

Paso de la Santa Cruz

Spot where in 1753 Juan Galvan, Spanish explorer, put up a huge cross, to show his choice of site for Mission San Saba. Indians gathered at the cross, remaining to participate in the first known Christian worship service in this ...