New London War Dead

Gratefully dedicated to those who gave their lives in the service of our country in order to preserve its ideals of liberty and democracy1961

Marker is at the intersection of Williams Street and Broad Street, on the left when traveling north ...

Moore's Mill

Phillip Moore purchased a steam saw mill on Meshack Creek from S. A. Moore, 1874. Phillip's son Joel and 4 grandsons eventually moved mill here. In 1929 the expanded lumber mill was among first mills in area to operate at ...

Arroyo de Juan Lorenzo

Name used by Spaniards of Presidio de San Saba (in existence from 1757 to 1770) for this stream now called Celery Creek.

Stone to build Presidio was quarried from bluffs along the creek, and deep banks let hostile Indians approach undiscovered, ...

Monroe County - Tompkinsville

The only county of the 2,957 in the United States named for a President where the county seat is named for the contemporary Vice-President. County formed in 1820; named for James Monroe the fifth President, author of the Monroe Doctrine. ...

Famous Tree / Indian Creek Church

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Famous Tree

In 1894, a huge Tulip Poplar tree was felled about 1-1/2miles south of this site. It measured 11 ft. in diameter, 35 ft. in circumference. Two six-foot saws were welded together to cut it. A four-foot log from the ...

William G. Bray

William G. Bray

1903 - 1979

Born Mooresville; LLB IU Law School; Morgan County Prosecuting Attorney and lawyer; Resided Martinsville.

WW II Colonel Armoured Group Pacific Theatre: Awarded Silver Star. Served Military Government Korea 1945-46; Organized tank battalion Indiana National Guard.

U.S. Congress 1951-75. ...

Menhaden Fishing Industry

The Atlantic Menhaden is a small herring-like fish found in the coastal waters of the Eastern United States. Used by Native Americans to fertilize crops, these oily fish were also used by European settlers to produce fuel for lamps. In ...

Courthouse Burned

Twenty-two Kentucky courthouses were burned during Civil War, nineteen in last fifteen months: twelve by Confederates, eight by guerrillas, two by Union accident. See map on reverse side.

Courthouse and other buildings in Tompkinsville burned by CSA force, April 22, ...

Gen. John Armstrong

“Hero of Kittanning,” Revolutionary officer; member of Continental Congress, County Judge, lived in a house on this site. Died at Carlisle, 1795. Buried in Old Graveyard, two blocks south.

Marker is at the intersection of High Street (Pennsylvania Route 74) and ...

La Baye Burial Place

"La Baye Cemetery"

La Baye burial place 1720 - 1835

Land donated by Domitille de Langlade

Grignon - Langevin

Marker is at the intersection of Washington Street and Adams Street on Washington Street.

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