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A Fight at Midnight

On the afternoon of April 30, 1863, Confederate General Martin E. Green posted his brigade near Magnolia Church to defend this route to Port Gibson. Just after midnight, Green's pickets, stationed...

On the afternoon of April 30, 1863, Confederate General Martin E. Green posted his brigade near Magnolia Church to defend this route to Port Gibson. Just after midnight, Green's pickets, stationed...

  • mississippi
  • civil war

Reconciliation and Reunions

After the war this house became a symbol of reconciliation between North and South. Although Confederate veteran A.K. "Kell" Shaifer Jr. lost his wife and two sons during the war and had his home...

After the war this house became a symbol of reconciliation between North and South. Although Confederate veteran A.K. "Kell" Shaifer Jr. lost his wife and two sons during the war and had his home...

  • mississippi
  • civil war

The Shaifer Farmstead

From here you see where the nineteenth century path intersects with the auxiliary "plantation road." During the battle, this road provided the Union command a direct link with their left flank...

From here you see where the nineteenth century path intersects with the auxiliary "plantation road." During the battle, this road provided the Union command a direct link with their left...

  • mississippi
  • civil war

Myrtle Grove Cemetery

Circa 1837  Myrtle Grove Cemetery was once known as the "Protestant Cemetery." In April 1837, the City of Opelousas named a two man-committee to locate four arpents (an old French unit of land...

Circa 1837  Myrtle Grove Cemetery was once known as the "Protestant Cemetery." In April 1837, the City of Opelousas named a two man-committee to locate four arpents (an old French unit of...

  • louisiana
  • cemetery
  • opelousas

Don Diego

    La Bufadora

    El nombre de "La Bufadora", con el que se conoce este sitio turístico, se escogió en alusión al maravilloso fenómeno natural que aquí sucede, y que solo se puede aprecia en pocos lugares del...

    El nombre de "La Bufadora", con el que se conoce este sitio turístico, se escogió en alusión al maravilloso fenómeno natural que aquí sucede, y que solo se puede aprecia en pocos lugares...

      Kimberlin on the Brazos Ranch

      Kimberlin on the Brazos Ranch Established 1855 by Oliver Loving, Dean of Texas Trail Drivers and Pioneer Cattleman   Settled this Loving’s or Big Valley Ranch in 1855 and was granted a Homestead...

      Kimberlin on the Brazos Ranch Established 1855 by Oliver Loving, Dean of Texas Trail Drivers and Pioneer Cattleman   Settled this Loving’s or Big Valley Ranch in 1855 and was granted a...

      • texas
      • cattle drives
      • oliver loving
      • charles goodnight
      • larry mcmurtry
      • lonesome dove

      Kenny Rothbart, A World of Rules

      *Location is approximate* -- definitely in Boonton but I do not recall exactly where. It was in a park near a body of water but may not have been Grace Lord Park. This plaque was on a park bench....

      *Location is approximate* -- definitely in Boonton but I do not recall exactly where. It was in a park near a body of water but may not have been Grace Lord Park. This plaque was on a park...

        I. J. (John) Sundseth

          The CBJ Natural History Project

            Hokey Pokey

              Statue of Liberty Plaza

                Will Rogers Highway

                Will Rogers Highway, Dedicated 1952. to Will Rogers, Humorist, World Traveler, Good Neighbor. The main street of America, Highway 66 was the first road he traveled in a career that led him...

                Will Rogers Highway, Dedicated 1952. to Will Rogers, Humorist, World Traveler, Good Neighbor. The main street of America, Highway 66 was the first road he traveled in a career that led...

                • highway 66
                • western movie stars
                • will rogers

                La Maison du 15e Siecle

                  To Commemorate the Raising of the Bear Flag