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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6A1_big-kill-devil-hill_Kill-Devil-Hills-NC.html
Before construction of the memorial could begin, it would be necessary to stabilize the dune from which the Wright Brothers conducted their glider experiments. Twenty-five years of steady winds had moved Big Kill Devil Hill 450 feet southwest of i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6A0_pitch-roll-and-yaw_Kill-Devil-Hills-NC.html
At the turn of the century, this large hill and the three hills surrounding it were known as the Kill Devil Hills. Wilbur and Orville Wright performed thousands of experimental glider flights here between 1900 and 1903. The culminatino of those te…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM69Z_historic-ground_Atlanta-GA.html
This modern tv station, WAGA-TV stands in land lot 57 of the 18th District of the original Henry, now DeKalb County, near the south fork of Peachtree Creek, was erected in 1966.
In July, 1864 the present Briarcliff Road was the route of the Fed…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM69Y_logans-15th-a-c-line_Atlanta-GA.html
July 20, 1864. Maj. Gen. John A. Logan's A.C. having camped at Decatur, moved toward Atlanta on this rd. M.L. Smith's (2d) div. was in advance; Woods' (1st) & Harrow's (4th), in reserve. At this point, 2.75 mi. from center of Atlanta, Smith's intr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM69X_4th-a-c-at-durands-mill_Atlanta-GA.html
July 19, 1864. In deployment of Federal forces approaching Atlanta, it became necessary to fill a gap between those on Peachtree Rd. at the creek & Schofield's 23d A.C. on Pea Vine Cr. at the Paden plantation (Emory University). Sherman directed T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM69W_graniteville-mill_Graniteville-SC.html
This mill, the largest textile mill in antebellum S.C., was chartered in 1845 and opened in 1847. It was founded by William Gregg (1800-1867), a Virginia native and advocate of industrial development who chose this site for its proximity to waterp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM69V_william-bartram-trail_Augusta-GA.html
William Bartram Visits Augusta1773 for Indian Ceded Lands Treaty.1775 said . . . ."Augusta would becomethe Metropolis of Georgia"
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM69U_william-bartram-visited-augusta-1773_Augusta-GA.html
"The village of Augusta." wrote the celebrated American naturalist and botanist of his visits in 1765 and 1773, "is situated on a rich and fertile plain of the Savanna River; the buildings are near its banks and extend two miles. The site of Augus…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM69T_mattapany-street_St-Marys-City-MD.html
The first road built by the colonists in Maryland. It led from "St. Marys" to "Mattapany" on the Patuxent River. Referred to in 1639 as the "Mattapany Path."
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM69S_fight-at-the-fenceline_Jacksonville-VA.html
From the left and rear came wave after wave of Confederates. At that moment the only troops facing them were two regiments of Ohio infantry taking cover behind the rail fence. (The Ohioans knew what was coming: they had witnessed the few surviving…