Codorus Furnace

Erected in 1765 by William Bennet. Operated by James Smith, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, during the Revolutionary War. this site is the oldest remaining landmark of the iron industry in York County.

Marker is at the intersection ...

84th Regiment Indiana Infantry

1st Brigade-Whitaker — 1st Division-Steedman

[Front Side of Marker]

84th Regiment

Indiana Infantry

1st Brigade-Whitaker

1st Division-Steedman

Reserve Corps-Granger

[Reverse Side of Marker]

Indiana's Tribute

To Her

Eighty-Fourth Regiment Infantry.

Colonel Nelson Trusler, Commanding.

First Brigade (Whitaker).

First Division (Steedman).

Reserve Corps (Granger).

September 18th, this regiment was engaged on the extreme left of the ...

Sheridan Fortifications

In August 1864, Gen. U.S. Grant ordered Gen. Phillip Sheridan to construct earth fortifications on Bolivar Heights. These forts faced northwest to protect against Confederate movements down the Shenandoah Valley to Harpers Ferry. This Sheridan trench is 300 yds. long ...

Codorus Furnace

Erected in 1765 by William Bennet. Operated by James Smith, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, during the Revolutionary War. It is the oldest remaining landmark of the iron industry in York County. The old furnace, now restored, is ...

Shelby Springs Confederate Cemetery

"Old Soldiers Grave Yard"

The Confederate Army established a soldier's home and hospital here (1863-1865) as a part of the CSA Camp Winn Training Site. Father Leray and the Sisters of Mercy staffed the hospital after fleeing Civil War destruction in ...

The Stratford Mill

When Thomas Lee Purchased this one-acre mill site in 1743, nothing remained but the “old mill dam.” By 1745, he had built a mill which operated-off and on-until the Lees sold Stratford in the 1820s. The names of Stratford’s millers ...

Rutherford World War I Monument

To Rutherford’s glorious dead in the World War

August 1, 1914

November 11, 1918

United States

declared war

April 6, 1917

Monument erected

May 1920

Herbert Alexander Barrows • John Frederick Bauer • Harry Clifford Bigelman, Jr. • Herbert Alyea Collins • Walter DeForest • Ferreol Girardey Dorsey ...

Stratford Landing: Significant Events

In 1744 the Lancaster Commission, headed by Thomas Lee and William Beverley, set forth from Stratford Landing to Lancaster, Pennsylvania to treat with the Chiefs of the Iroquois. Lee’s knowledge of the Indians and his arbitration skills contributed greatly to ...

Site of The Taylor Mansion

John N. Taylor, an owner of K.T. & K. Pottery Company built a three story Victorian mansion on this site and was once visited here by President William McKinley. The home was demolished to allow construction of the new City ...

Sperry Flour Mill Office

1888

This structure once housed the general business offices of the second largest flour milling operation in California. An addition to this building, matching the original Victorian Commercial architecture, was completed in 1917. Sperry & Company was founded in Stockton 1852

Stockton ...