The National Guard patrolled St. Catherine Street on September 3, 1965, not long after the August 27 bombing that nearly killed George Metcalfe, president of the local chapter of the Natchez Association for the Advancement of Colored People . . . — — Map (db m115639) HM
The National Guard patrolled St. Catherine Street on September 3, not long after the August 27 bombing that nearly killed NAACP President George Metcalfe. The crowd stands in front of the Dr. John Banks House (above), then headquarters of the . . . — — Map (db m286373) HM
Side A Red Bay is nestled in the northwest corner of the state in Franklin County. The oak trees, planted by the Garden Club in 1937, issue a Main Street welcome through the “tunnel of trees.” Originally inhabited by Chickasaw . . . — — Map (db m41133) HM
Built by Thomas Foster as a one room log house in 1768 in the community of Scotia, located 5 miles south of the present town of Roxie in Franklin County, Mississippi. About 1789 a "dog trot" was added to connect a second room. The upstairs was added . . . — — Map (db m265792) HM
After the Battle of New Orleans in 1815, General Andrew Jackson proposed this road as a shorter and improved route for military movements between Nashville and New Orleans. The U.S. War Department authorized Jackson to appoint an engineer and . . . — — Map (db m83401) HM
Tennessee native Khleber Miller Van Zandt moved to east Texas as a child. After serving as a major in the 7th Texas Infantry Regiment, C.S.A., he came to Fort Worth in 1865. A merchant, banker, and rancher, he was instrumental in making the city a . . . — — Map (db m264157) HM
Born in Tennessee on October 22, 1818, Charles Womble was the son of Amos and Sarah (Jarman) Womble. By 1850, Womble owned a farm near the town of Frankfort, which he helped select as the new seat of government for Franklin County, Alabama. Involved . . . — — Map (db m192076) HM
Apalachicola Bay is considered one of the least polluted, most undeveloped, resource rich systems in the U.S. The Apalachicola drainage basin includes upland, floodplain, riverine, estuarine, and barrier island environments all of which are . . . — — Map (db m276187) HM
In 1783 the Oconee River basin was the western boundary of the new United States of America. The first U.S. frontiersmen included surveyors, mapmakers, native guides, and naturalists.
To entice farmers to the new territory, the U.S. . . . — — Map (db m206381) HM
1936 The Rural Electrification Act (R.E.A.) signed by President Franklin Roosevelt provided loans for the purpose of construction of rural electrical generating plants.
1937, Feb. 10 - The Federated R.E.A. was incorporated forming together . . . — — Map (db m172575) HM
Central Ohio was home to Native Americans as early as 10,000 years ago. While we don't know what they called themselves, archaeologists call a group of the earliest peoples, “Mound Builders”. Their society left nearly 200 burial and . . . — — Map (db m30023) HM
Columbus Feeder Canal
Col. Nathaniel McLean removed the first earth for the Columbus Feeder Canal not far from this site, April 27, 1827. The earth was wheeled away by Ralph Osborn and Henry Brown, auditor and treasurer of the state, amid . . . — — Map (db m88254) HM
The Alabama Territorial Legislature created Franklin County on
February 6, 1818, from lands ceded two years earlier by the
Chickasaw and Cherokee nations. The county was named in honor
of Benjamin Franklin. The first sheriff was James Frazier. . . . — — Map (db m285558) HM
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February 13, 1818 — Gin Port - west of Amory, MS on Tombigbee River
December 16, 1819 — Henry Grier House, near Columbus, MS - first designated courthouse
Late 1820-1822 — Military Ford Court - under . . . — — Map (db m96791) HM
Old Auxvasse Presbyterian is one of the oldest congregations west of the Mississippi. But this hill on which the congregation first met in 1828 in a log church earlier hosted travelers along the Trial, some of whom likely were buried here before . . . — — Map (db m216974) HM
The Civil War divided Missouri, but in Callaway County more soldiers served with the pro-Southern Missouri State Guard (MSG), the Confederate Army or irregular partisans. The MSG was a state-sanctioned force, organized in May 1861 to defend . . . — — Map (db m70386) HM
The John B. Busch Washington Brewery And Malt House
In about 1854 John Baptiste Busch together with his older brother, Henry Busch, and a friend, Fred Gersie, started the Washington Brewery and Malt House at Jefferson and Eighth Street. John . . . — — Map (db m268728) HM
The Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery was established by joint resolution of Congress in 1866, among the first burial grounds officially designated in the wake of the Civil War. Under the care of the Veterans Administration, the facility is . . . — — Map (db m124986) HM
From June 24th to June 27th, the Union Army of the Cumberland had moved flawlessly to maneuver the Confederate Army of Tennessee out of its position south of the Highland Rim. As Rosecrans would later say, only heavy rains had prevented a complete . . . — — Map (db m207282) HM
Chesterfield
Chesterfield established in 1879, is an early Mormon settlement on the Oregon Trail.
The town features 23 historic brick buildings built between 1884 and 1904, including the old Chesterfield store.
Chesterfield is on the . . . — — Map (db m109912) HM
The South Arch
This memorial honors Pennsylvania's military heroes of the Civil War (1861-1865). A pair of arches topped by tall pillars, the project involved 12 noted sculptors over a 15-year period. It is considered one of most ambitious . . . — — Map (db m191697) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
