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Tripp Baptist Church TX6238
Pioneers arrived in this area as early as 1845, establishing small settlements that developed over time into the Tripp, Long Creek, Hatterville and New Hope communities. By 1882, Tripp residents attended church services in the local schoolhouse. C.J. Washmon, who owned a local grocery store, served as an early pastor for what became Tripp Baptist Church. In 1906, the congregation began collecting donations to build a new sanctuary, and in 1916 Kaufman County resident Richard Linn donated the property. The building, dedicated in 1918, was also used by the local Assembly of God congregation. In 1954, the Baptists remodeled the original white frame structure, adding a brick façade as well as three classrooms, a pastor's study and a nursery. Later additions included a bell tower. Early church activities included summer revivals held under brush arbors, often in conjunction with other churches, and baptisms conducted in area creeks, ponds and cotton gin tanks. Over the years, congregation members have also participated in dinners, Christmas nativities and educational programs, and the church has regularly contributed to home, state and foreign missions, and continued in service to its members and its community. In the 1950s, Tripp consolidated with the neighboring towns of Long Creek, Hatterville and New Hope to form the city of Sunnyvale. For decades, the communities had shared resources, including the Long Creek Cemetery, where many church members are buried. Today, the history of Sunnyvale is comprised of the stories from each community, including the long-standing institution that is Tripp Baptist Church.
Corinth Shiloh Cemetery TX7248
Physician and lay preacher Thomas A. Ball and his wife, Nancy (Yeats), came to Denton County from Missouri soon after the Civil War ended in 1865. They settled with their family on land that would become the community of Corinth. The Ball family donated land already in use as a graveyard to the Primitive Baptist Church at Shiloh. The first marked grave is that of William Garrison (d.1870). In 1880, the Wichita & Dallas Railway named the settlement Corinth. An additional land donation in 1953 enlarged the cemetery to 2.5 acres. The community called the burial ground Shiloh Cemetery for many years until a cemetery association formed in 1959 and members adopted the name Corinth Shiloh Cemetery. Features of the early cemetery include native sandstone markers and decorative mussel shells harvested from nearby creeks. Today, Corinth Shiloh Cemetery chronicles the history of area settlers. Descendants and friends reunite for annual decoration days to clean and decorate the graves of those buried here.
Cyrus Griffin's Birthplace J78
Four and Half miles southwest was born Cyrus Griffin, July 16, 1748. Educated in England, her served in the Virginia House of Delegates, 1777-8, 1786-7. He was a member of the Continental Congress, 1787-1788, in which last year he was president of the body. Griffin was president of the Court of Admiralty, Commissioner to the Creeks, 1789, and a United States District Judge. He died at Yorktown, December 14, 1810.
Shiloh Baptist Church TX11016
The noted Baptist missionary Z.N. Morrell and others formed the Trinity River Association in this area in 1848. On August 5, 1854, in the community of Shiloh, which had been established by 1840, seven men and women joined together to organize the Shiloh (Shilo) Baptist Church of Christ. Of the members, Thomas Eaton became the first ordained pastor, A.W. Mauk the first clerk and William Clark the moderator. Clark and Clay Cobb served as the first deacons. In addition, George Fullen, Charlotte Cobb and Susannah Cobb were charter members. In 1856, Bryant W. Cobb donated two acres of land to the church, and it affiliated with the Trinity River Association. Members conducted early baptisms in tanks and creeks, and the church grew as others joined the congregation over the next decades. Families active between 1854 and 1909 included the Andersons, Barnetts, Boltons, Cobbs, Mauks, Neeleys, Packs, Smiths and Youngbloods. Church minutes from 1911 until 1940 are missing, but it is known that the congregation moved in the 1920s to land donated by the Barnett family. In the early 1950s, a church building committee made plans to construct a new sanctuary, which members dedicated at this site on April 10, 1955. Over the years, they added other facilities, including a family life building and a baptistry. During its long history, Shiloh Baptist Church has contributed to many local, state and international causes, including the Buckner Baptist Benevolences and foreign mission work. Members have been active in community functions, and the congregation remains a spiritual support center for the surrounding area.
Battle of Talladega AL3
Battle of Talladege November 9, 1813 Here Andrew Jackson led Tennessee Volunteers and friendly Indians to victory over hostile "Red Sticks". This action rescued friednly Creeks besieged in Fort Leslie. Creek Indian War 1813-14
Who Is Daniel Boone? MO355
Two hundred years ago, the real Daniel Boone was sixty-five years old. He and his family had just recently moved to the wilderness area west of the Mississippi River, and settled along the Missouri River. At that time he was already recognized as one of America's foremost legends. He personally knew George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, and ranked only behind Washington in recognition as one of America's early heroes. In the years since Daniel Boone's arrival, memories of who he was and what he did have faded into oblivion. Myths have been created to replace the truths, and the important historic events in our history books have been replaced by modern revisionist history. Instead of protecting our heritage records with accurate history, America's history scholars have failed to search out the history facts. As a result of all of these things, we now know much less about Daniel Boone than was known two hundred years ago. Well, he was a man of nearly impeccable character. He had courage to a fault (ignored fear), was very compassionate, totally honest, and because he knew the ways of the Indians and the Indian's means for survival in the wilderness, people on the frontier were totally willing to trust him with their lives. He was the quiet-type, natural leader along the frontier. Daniel Boone was America's first non-European explorer. He was an exceptional hunter, marksman, path-maker and pathfinder, the epitome of man's challenge with nature, the colonizer, soldier, civil servant, and humanitarian. He is noted in accepted accounts for being captured several times by Indians and escaping, for healing the wounded, for rescuing children taken into Indian captivity, for rescuing white men who had been lost, and for relating to Indians as friends in peaceful times. In all things Daniel Boone represented a good image for others to follow. Famous persons who came along later, such as Andrew Jackson, Davey Crockett, and Abraham Lincoln, all found some degree of acceptance and recognition as backwoods images due to the earlier acceptance of Daniel Boone. In Boone's image and way of life, and the legendary recognition of it, we still see his influence in how we hunt, camp, and explore in nature, and when we travel we still follow Boone's trails with our modern highways. As an example of his influence, much of the image and character traits of Daniel Boone were instilled into the Sons of Daniel Boone in 1905. Soon after this group was united with a YMCA group called the Tribe of Woodcraft Indians, to form the foundation for the Boy Scouts of America. The Many counties, creeks, streets, towns, and other locations across America weren't created in the image of Walt Disney's Daniel Boone TV show, they were created many years earlier based on a respect for the legendary Daniel Boone, in who's example and image many Americans continue to accept life's challenges.
Texas County Missouri MO143
Texas County, largest county in Missouri, is 998.06 Square miles of Ozark Highland. Rugged hills, springs, creeks, rivers and caves abound. The area was part of the 1808 Osage Indian Land cession. Though named for the second largest of the fifty states, it exceeds the smallest Rhode Island. Formally organized on February 14, 1845, it was named for the Republic of Texas. The county seat of Justice was laid out in 1846 near the center of the county and named Houston for the first president of the Texas Republic. The Civil War period was a time of turmoil in Texas County. The populace was predominantly southern. The courthouse was occupied during the war by the Union Army. Houston was an important place on the route between federal headquarters in Springfield and Rolla. Some skirmishes were fought here. Confederate soldiers stormed the town, burning every building. Before the courthouse burned, the county records were taken to a cave on Arthurs Creek. All the books were safely returned after the conflict. Pioneers came to Texas County in the 18020's from Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and the Carolinas. Some setting up sawmills along the Big Liney River. The timber industry has always played a very vital part in the economy of the county. In the northern part of the county some 48,000 acres are now part of Mark Twain National Forest, also several acres in the southeast part of county are part of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways Park. They homesteaded the fertile valleys and soon log cabins dotted the county. Small family farms are still a major part of the landscape. The first Federal Census of Texas County in 1850 was 2,312 citizens. The pioneer raised his own provisions and with his trusty gun he could shoot various wild game. He hunted, trapped and sold furs to traveling buyers. Livestock was limited. In the early 1900's farmers grew small crops, a few cattle, hogs, etc. It is now beef and dairy county with some feeder pig production. Early social activities centered around church and school. Community activities included old time hoedowns, candy pullings, corn huskings, barn warmings, quilting bees, and log rolling. Arts and crafts continue to enter into lives of many. People still gather for church activities, auctions, musicals, square dancing and sports of all kinds. Like the early pioneers, fishing and floating our rivers are very much a part of living in our county. Hunting is enjoyed by many and the county is one of the leading counties statewide for deer and turkey. Small game is abundant. Education has always been very important to county residents. The rural one room school houses have vanished. Students are transported to one of the ten school districts serving the county. College courses are offered in our communities. Incorporated communities are the Cities of Cabool, Houston, and Licking, parts of the Cities of Summersville, and Mountain Grove, and the Village of Raymondsville. The 1990 Federal Census of Texas County was 21,476 citizens. Texas County with it's moderate climate has become a place many people come to retire. Its rural environment, fine education systems, good churchs, great hunting and fishing, community spirit, businesses, industry, and the beauty of the area make this a desirable place to live. Texas County people are a different breed, the most friendly and caring people in God's universe.
Lewis and Clark - Montburn Tavern MO121
"Rained all last night Set out at 6 oClock after a heavy Shower, and proceeded on, passed a large Island a Creek opposite on the St. Side Just abov a Cave Called Monbrun Tavern & River...we Made 14 miles to day, the river Continue to rise, the County on each Side appear full of Water." Shortly after leaving camp on the morning of May 30, 1804, the Lewis and Clark Expedition passed by a well-known river landmark called Montbrun (or Monbrun) Tavern that was located at the mouth of the Little Tavern Creek. This was the second "Tavern" that the expedition had passed. On May 23, Captain William Clark had been set ashore at a river landmark called Tavern Cave; Clark saw Indian pictographs and the names of French explorers painted on its walls. The expedition did not stop at Montburn's Tavern, although members were aware of its existence. It is unclear why both this shelter cave and Tavern Cave were called "Taverns." River travelers probably used them as camping shelters whose spacious and dry interiors provided protection against the elements. Given the sparse populations along the lower Missouri, it is unlikely that either shelter was a business establishment. The site appears on a map Lewis and Clark had with them that had been prepared by James MacKay and John Evans. Tavern and Little Tavern Creeks, in today's Callaway County, were probably named after Montbrun Tavern. Montbrun Tavern was described two decades later, in 1833, by Duke Paul of Württemberg, a German naturalist who made several trips up the Missouri River. Duke Paul described a 300-foot-high bluff next to the creek with a 30-foot overhang: "The lowest level is most deeply hollowed out, forming a long, commodious chamber, which extends crescent-shaped some hundred feet along the creek and the Missouri. In the space thus created, several hundred persons could seek shelter from the rain and bad weather...I found many traces of Indian painting on the walls of the bluff...very well preserved." The cave was probably named after Etinne Boucher de Monbrun, a retired militia officer. Sadly, Montbrun Tavern, or Cave, does not exist today. Most likely it was destroyed by the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad during track construction in the 1890's, or during quarrying by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the 1930's. A few smaller overhangs still exist along the creek bluff. The Lewis and Clark Expedition continued upriver another 15 miles before camping opposite present-day Mokane. [On this marker from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, a gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.; a painted scene by George Catlin of the Missouri River with its collapsing alluvial banks, snags, and rafts of debris. To point out that neither the Ohio nor Mississippi rivers prepared the expedition for the perils that lay around every bend of the Missouri River.] The Missouri River not only looked different in 1804, but also was far more difficult to navigate. The main channel tended to be relatively free of debris, but the current there was too strong for the expedition's three boats, a 55-foot long keelboat and two smaller pirogues. The Corps of Discovery was forced to hug to one shore or the other where the water was less swift. Near the shore, their boats were vulnerable to other hazards including shifting sandbars, collapsing banks, floating mats of logs (called embarras by the Franch) and snags and sawyers (trees with one end embedded in the bottom of the river). Lewis and Clark hired experienced French boatmen such as Pierre Cruzatte and François Labiche specifically to deal with navigating the keelboat through this dangerous obstacle course. In May and June 1804, the river was fast and high from heavy rains. Above the Grand River in central Missouri, the Missouri was even more treacherous. Pierre-Antoine Tabeau, who traded extensively with Missouri River Indians, wrote that "...it is only by unbelievable efforts and precautions that the Missouri can be navigated. The extreme rapidity of the water over a bottom none too firm makes navigation difficult as well as perilous."
Main Street VA1706
This street followed a ridge of high land in the original town site, which was almost an island. It was laid out in the division of the fifty acres of Town Lands in 1682, and the angles in it were made to avoid the two creeks. Dunmore's ships lay along Main Street when they bombarded Norfolk, January 1, 1776.
Chippewa River and Menomonie Railway WI90
"Crooked, Rough and Muddy" During the middle 1870's, when the great logging era of northern Wisconsin was in its infancy, the Mississippi River Logging Company attempted to float pine logs down the Soft Maple and Potato creeks to the Chippewa River but the streams were too shallow and crooked. To solve the problem the first logging railroad in Wisconsin was constructed in 1875-76 from Potato Lake to the Big Bend of the Chippewa River with a later extension northward. The town road which can be seen to the immediate west of this site follows that railroad grade. Sleds pulled by horses carried the locomotive, cars, and tracks overland from Chippewa Falls. In July 1884, this railroad and a subsequent line constructed through the Blue Hills were formally organized as the Chippewa River and Menomonie Railway Company. Display # 1 - 10 of 86 |