The Civil War at Ferry Farm

George Washington's Ferry Farm, seen here from the opposite side of the river, was in the middle of the Union lines during the Battle of Fredericksburg in December 1862. On December 11th Union engineers began building a pontoon bridge at ...

The Great Ford of the Mohawk

40 mile route taken by Gen. Herkimer Aug. 3-6, 1777 for the relief of Fort Stanwix. The Battle of Oriskany Aug. 6, between Herkimer's men and St. Leger with his Indians was the turning point of the Revolution.

1500 feet east ...

The Ferries

The Washington plantation was located at one of the main river crossings. A ferry was established in 1726 a few hundred yards downstream from here. This ferry was the setting for one of the most enduring stories about Washington's childhood. ...

The Famous Czech Composer

Antonin Dvorak

Lived in a house on this site

from 1892 until 1895

In memory of his 100th birthday

and for future generations of

free Czechoslovakia, the

grateful government in exile

caused this inscription to be

erected initially on

December 13th 1941

Longing for his Czech

home, yet happily inspired

by the ...

Crawford

Crawford sprang up as a tent city on land owned by homesteader/newspaper correspondent William E. Annin in 1886 when the Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad pushed through the Nebraska Panhandle. To Incorporate the town, editor William Edgar supplemented civilian ...

Friends of Monmouth County 9/11 Memorial

On September 11, 2001, many came to this site to witness the horrific tragedy just a few miles away in Lower Manhattan, and, for days afterward, they continued to come to view the smoke spiraling up from the site, most ...

The Site of Old Fort Schuyler

1758

[Text on north side of marker]:

The Site of

Old Fort Schuyler

1758

[Text on south side of marker]:

The historical and patriotic

societies of Utica place this

stone to mark the site of one

of a chain of fort's built to

protect the northern frontier

from the French and ...

Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity

[ Upper Panel ]

Phi Delta Kappa

Fraternity

[ Lower Panel ]

Founded in Marion Ind.

June 7, 1902

by

Ray L. Neal

George B. Nottingham

Loftis T. Jones

James L. Reed

Paul R. Martin

Louis Elliott

Zach C. Sanderson

Marker is on South Washington ...

New Albany and Plain Township Veterans and First Responders Memo

New Albany and Plain Township Residents having served their country in times of war.

Men who died in action while serving their country during war

World War II

William Lee Bigony

Edward Carson

Orris Needles

Herbert Sines

Vietnam War

Mike Butsko

Iraq War

Capt Shawn English

Plain Township Volunteer Fire Department

“They ...

Twelfth Army Corps

Tyndale's Brigade, Greene's Division

U.S.A.

Twelfth Army Corps.

Tyndale's Brigade, Greene's Division

Lt. Col. Hector Tyndale, 28th Penn. Infantry, Commanding.

Organization.

5th Ohio Infantry,

7th Ohio Infantry,

66th Ohio Infantry,

28th Pennsylvania Infantry.

September 17, 1862.

Tyndale's Brigade, on the right of the division, reached this point about 8 a.m., relieved ...