First Pecan Trees Grown Here About 1840

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Grown from pecan nuts found floating at sea by Capt. Samuel F. Flood and planted by his wife, nee Rebecca Grovenstine, on Block 47.

The remainder of these nuts were planted by St. Joseph Sebastian Arnow in the north half ...

Gettysburg Campaign

Entrenchments still visible by the roadsides were prepared in June, 1863, by militia under Col. J.C. Higgins against threatened Confederate attack toward the railroad at Altoona. The march of troops toward Gettysburg on June 30-July 1 ended the danger and ...

Chemistry Laboratory

Building 2

In 1887 this building was one of the best-equipped chemistry laboratories in the world. Within its walls, Thomas Edison and his chemists experimented on everything from phonograph records to rubber. “Grand science, chemistry,” Edison once said, “I like it ...

Lake Tahoe Outlet Works and Gatekeepers Cabin

The first outlet works were constructed in 1870 by Colonel A.W. Von Schmidt. The stone and timber crib structure soon passed to the Donner Lumber & Boom Co. who continued to regulate, for a fee, the water flow for floatation ...

Martin Boots

In memory of

Martin Boots

The first white man to

enter land in Marion

and the donor of

the ground upon which

this boulder stands.

Marker is on South Washington Street south of West 3rd Street, on the left when traveling south.

Courtesy ...

Colonel James Robertson

In honor of

Colonel James Robertson

Born 1742 in Virginia

Died 1814 in Tennessee

He came from eastern North Carolina to the Watauga Settlement in what is now eastern Tennessee 1769-1770, where he was a leader in Civil and Indian Affairs.

Conducted the "Land Party" ...

Battle of Averasboro

Sherman’s Left Wing Departs Averasboro

(Preface):The Carolinas Campaign began on February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman led his army north from Savannah, Georgia, after the “March to the Sea.” Sherman’s objective was to join Gen. Ulysses S. ...

Old Arch Bridge

The restored stone bridge opposite was built in 1813. It was part of the turnpike from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh. The arch is without a keystone.

Marker is on Business U.S. 22, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Broughton’s Expedition

Captain George Vancouver in a voyage of exploration to the Northwest coast of America ordered by the British Admiralty Office assigned Lieutenant William Robert Broughton, Commander of H.M.S. Chatham, to explore the navigable waters of the Columbia River with boat ...

Coalburg

Here was the home of W.H. Edwards, naturalist and explorer, who led an important expedition to the Amazon in 1846 and was one of the chief authorities on butterflies and moths. He was a descendant of renowned Jonathan Edwards.

Marker is ...