Old Van Wert Polk County

County seat of Paulding when that county was created in 1832; inc. 1838. Named for Isaac Van Wert & John Paulding, two of the captors of Major Andre.

Polk County was organized in 1851 from parts of Floyd and Paulding; this ...

Mexican War Midshipmen's Monument

Mexican War Monument

[Southwest side of Monument]:

To passed Midshipmen

H. A. Clemson.

and

J. R. Hynson

lost with the U. S. Brig Somers

off Vera Cruz

Dec. 8th, 1816

[Northeast side of Monument]:

To Midshipmen

J. W. Pillsbury.

and

T. B. Shubrick.

the former drowned off Vera Cruz

July 27th, 1816

the latter killed at ...

Army of the Tenn. At Dallas

May 25, 1864. McPherson’s Army of the Tenn., [US] marching from Wooley’s Bridge (Etowah River), via Van Wert, reached Pumpkin Vine Cr., Logan’s 15th A.C. [US] camped near Pumpkin Vine Church, 2 mi. S.

May 26, Dodge’s 16th A.C. [US] ...

Red Lodge Commercial District

Rapid growth of the young town of Red Lodge coincided with the arrival of the Northern Pacific Railroad’s branch line in 1889. The area became Montana’s leading coal mining region. Town lots were platted by the secretary of the Rocky ...

County Named, 1779

For Henry Knox, U.S. Sec. of War, 1785-96. Born Boston, 1750. Joined Continental Army, 1775. Battles of Bunker Hill, Brandywine, Yorktown, and others. Command of artillery, 1775. Commissioned Major-General, 1781. Proposed a military academy in 1779, first commandant at West ...

Army of the Tenn. To Dallas

May 24, 1864. McPherson’s 15th & 16th A.C. [US] left Euharlee Creek (at Aragon, Polk County) & passed through Van Wert, his route being present State Highways 101 & 6 Turning E. (toward Yorkville, Paulding Co.), camp was made at ...

North River Bridge

Covered bridge instrumental in Valley Campaign

The road seen across the river was the original route into the village from the north and west. Early visitors crossed North River by means of a ford, later a ferry, and finally a bridge. ...

Methodist Church

Monticello, N Y

Organized in Districts 1804; present church built 1844.

Marker is on Broadway (New York Route 42) east of Landfield Avenue, on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Fort Edward Johnson

On April 19, 1862, General Johnson, with General Lee’s approval, moved our regiment from Allegheny Mountain to Shenandoah Mountain. To protect ourselves from Yankee bullets, we dug about a mile of trench in this rocky ground. We then opened our ...

Battle of Rivers' Bridge

Feb. 2-3, 1865

The End is Near

The Union Victory broke the main Confederate line of defense in lower South Carolina. McLaws' troops retreated to another line behind the Edisto River about 20 miles northeast of here, then continued to fall ...