Cresap's Fort

Thomas Cresap settled here about 1730 on lands claimed by Lord Baltimore of Maryland. Forcibly evicted in 1736 by Penn agents who burned his "fort", Cresap moved to Western Maryland, where he continued active in frontier affairs and died about ...

Bank of Fort Scott

1886

Constructed, owned and

operated by C.F. Drake

as the Bank of Ft. Scott

from 1886 to 1905.

Later used as real estate,

commercial & retail offices.

Marker is on Wall Street near Main Street, on the left when traveling east.

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First Major Action

On Sept. 13, 1862 Stonewall Jackson’s forces approaching from the west were shelled by 2 Union artillery guns under Col. Miles from this position. On Sept. 14, Gen. A.P. Hill outflanked these Union troops while Jackson swept past this location. ...

Union Pacific Depot

The Union Pacific Depot was built in 1886 and given to the community or Cheyenne in April 1993 by the Union Pacific Railroad Company.

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Battle of Bentonville

Johnston's Confederates checked Sherman's Union army, March 19-21, 1865. Historic site 2½ Mi. E.

Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 701 and Harper House Road (County Route 1008), on the left when traveling south on U.S. 701.

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Rutherfoord’s Mill

Thomas Rutherfoord, a Scottish immigrant, built a flour mill on this site around 1800, using water power from the James River and Kanawha Canal. The ruins of the stone foundation can still be seen. Grain milling was the earliest industrial ...

C. F. Drake Building

1886

Const. as a mercantile

building by Charles F. Drake

and occupied by a variety

of retail stores and

professional offices

since 1886.

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and Wall Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.

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York Furnace Bridge

Site of York Furnace Bridge, last of the wooden bridges to be erected across the Susquehanna between Harrisburg and tidewater. The bridge was built by Black & Huber in 1856. During construction four spans of the section between Bair Island ...

Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom

Township of Lyndhurst Veterans Alliance

Frank Jiosi, Sr., USMC • Robert Sammarone, USMC • Robert Bozik, USMC • Scott Devlin, • Michael Brown, USA • Michael Tooey, USN • Carmine Giangeruso, USAF • Doug Dowson, USMC • John Thompson, USA • ...

Union Artillery at the Morris Farm

A point approximately 400 yards in front of you marks the center of a line of Union cannons positioned on the Morris Farm on March 19, 1865. These massed guns played a significant role in blunting the final Confederate attacks ...