First Presbyterian Church

Organized in 1800. The original building, begun in 1816, rebuilt on same walls after fire of 1831, stands one block east.

Marker is at the intersection of Green Street and Bow Street / Maiden Lane, on the left when ...

Battle of Petersburg

25 April 1781

About midday on 25 April 1781, Maj. Gen. William Phillips discovered that the right flank of the American militia, on the edge of Blandford was vulnerable to attack from the south and rear. He ordered Lt. Col. John ...

The Bulldozer Press

The earth-moving machine we call a "bulldozer" got its name from this type of press. This bulldozer press made by Williams and White, shapes and straightens pieces of metal.

Marker can be reached from Tredegar Street 0.1 miles from South 5th ...

Baldwin #7717 Steam Locomotive

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Baldwin #7717 Steam Locomotive

This Baldwin 2-6-0 mogul steam engine – builders #7717 – road #6 – 36" gauge locomotive, was built for the North Western Coal & Navigation Co. in 1885. It was originally used to carry bituminous coal on ...

First Presbyterian Church

Organized in 1800. The original building, begun in 1816, rebuilt on same walls after fire of 1831, stands one block west.

Marker is at the intersection of Person Street and Bow Street, on the right when traveling west on ...

Steuben Memorial

Historic New York

Historic New York

Steuben Memorial

(Three miles northwest of Remsen, Oneida County)

Home and grave of Baron Frederick William von Steuben

(1730-1794)

Drillmaster of the American Revolution

Arriving at Valley Forge in February, 1778, this German-born officer found "an army of skeletons...naked, starved, sick, ...

Cattle Cabin

This cabin was built by cattlemen who had acquired much of the Giant Forest land for grazing purposes prior to the establishment of Sequoia National Park in 1890. After the park’s establishment, the land was leased to men who supplied ...

Battle of Petersburg

25 April 1781

On 24 Apr. 1781, Maj. Gen. William Phillips’s force of 2,500 British regulars landed at City Point, 12 miles to the east on the James River, as part of a major campaign to disrupt the American force’s main ...

The Richmond-Petersburg Railroad Bridge

The expansion of railroads in the 1830s fueled the growth of iron works like Tredegar, and by the Civil War, five railroads had come into Richmond. The Richmond-Petersburg was the first railroad bridge in the city. It was built by ...

Lowe Building

Site of W.T. Fluker Gun

Smith (1867-1877) and

Fluker & Brother Cotton Gin Manufactory

(1875-1895).

Also the location of

W.T. Johnson's first store.

A hardware store has been located here

since 1884

Marker is on East Robert Toombs Avenue (Business U.S. 78) west of Jefferson Street, on the ...