Revolutionary War Stables

The northern

90 feet of this

building erected

on Hamilton lots

were stables

during

the Revolution

for the

equestrian uses

of Washington’s

Army

Marked by

the Lancaster County

Historical Society

1932

Marker is on N. Duke Street, on the left when traveling south.

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Banking Crisis of 1819

[Marker Front]:

To provide direction and stability to the economy, Congress created the nation's largest lending agency in 1816, the Second Bank of the United States. Branch banks were established around the country, two of them in Ohio-Chillicothe and Cincinnati. The ...

Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg, S.T.B.

Here rest the bones of

Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg, S.T.B.

who, as a true shepherd, tended this congregation

with the Gospel of Christ for 35 years.

His spirit joyfully escaped its shell,

which collapsed here on the

23rd of May, 1815, in the 62nd year of ...

Abrams' Big House

With the Division Act of 1800, the U.S. Congress divided the Northwest Territory at a line essentially the present boundary of Indiana and Ohio. The Indiana Territory stood west of the line. The name Northwest Territory was retained for the ...

Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg

Sacred to the memory of

Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg

who was born on the 1st day of January, 1750

and departed this life

on the 4th day of June, 1801

Aged 51 years, 5 months and 5 days

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Lutheran Pastor in Colonial America

Continental Congress 1779-80, Pennsylvania ...

Barker's Store

Built in 1847 by John Barker.

Operated Continuously As A

Store Until 1945. Believed

To Have Been A Stop On The

Underground Railroad.

Marker is at the intersection of Military Road and North Shore Road (County Route 4), on the right when traveling south on ...

Battle of Ramsour's Mill

Whig Victory over Tories, June 20, 1780. Scene 400 yards west.

Marker is on North Aspen Street south of Dixon Street, on the right when traveling south.

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Battle of Swift Creek

"Brave to Madness"

You are standing in the middle of the Union line that faced the Confederate route of attack up the Richmond Turnpike on May 9, 1864, during Union Gen. Benjamin F. Butler's Bermuda Hundred Campaign. Here, along Swift Creek, ...

Battle of Wyboo Swamp

During the American Revolution, the Bridges Campaign began March 6, 1781, with the Battle of Wyboo Swamp. Colonel Watson and British troops from Fort Watson were sent to crush General Marion. Marion’s Militia challenged them on the 1/4 mile causeway ...

"Brave to Madness"

Nearby on 9 May 1864, Brig. Gen. Johnson Hagood's South Carolina Brigade attacked advancing elements of the Union X and XVIII Corps. As they 11th S.C. Infantry Regiment engaged the Federals across Swift Creek near Arrowfield Church, the 21st and ...