The Hufford House

Long time residence of S. Dwight and Ethel Jewett

Donated to Utica Historical Society for use as a meeting place and museum by the family of Ned B. Hufford, Utica resident and businessman who died December 12, 1993

June, 1997

Marker is on ...

Army of the Potomac

July 3, 1863

First and Second Brigades First Cavalry Division marched from Taneytown to Westminster, the Reserve Brigade of First Cavalry Division from Emmitsburg to the field of Gettysburg, and the Second Brigade Second Cavalry Division from Manchester to Westminster.

Battle of ...

Campsite of The Army of Louis XVI, King of France

Commanded by

General de Rochambeau

during their march

to victory

at Yorktown

August 31, 1781

Marker is at the intersection of Stockton Street and Bayard Street on Stockton Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Stephen F. Austin's Cabin

Replica of

Stephen F. Austin's Cabin

This structure is a replica of the only Texas home of Stephen F. Austin, “Father of Texas.” The chimney contains bricks from original (1828) cabin. Other materials were made as authentically as possible.

Austin (1793-1836) opened the ...

Salt River Before the Dam

The Salt River begins high in the White Mountains as runoff from melting snow, finding its way into streams and creeks that eventually form the White and Black rivers. The confluence of the two rivers marks the beginning of the ...

Tampa Salutes MacDill AFB

A Look at Over 60 Years of Growth and Change

On January 14, 1941, Col. Clarence Tinker landed a twin-engined B-18 Bomber on the first MacDill Field runway and a new era for Tampa was born. Soon after, the U.S. would ...

Site of DuPont Airfield

In 1924, a private airfield was established here by Henry B. duPont. Charles Lindbergh landed here in October 1927. With Richard duPont’s purchase of controlling interest in All-American Aviation, and Henry duPont’s establishment of Atlantic Aviation in 1938, the airfield ...

Coming of the Railroad

Near here took place the historic meeting of John C. Moomaw and C. M. Thomas that led to the termination of the Shenandoah Valley Railroad at Big Lick (now Roanoke), April, 1881. This was the beginning of the city of ...

Fredericksburg Campaign

December 11, 1862. The peacetime bridges having been destroyed, engineers of Burnside’s Federal Army began laying pontoons across the Rappahannock. Here, overlooking the upper pontoon site, Confederates of Barksdale’s Mississippi Brigade, sheltered in houses and cellars along this street, stopped ...

Aftermath of Battle

Hospitals and Graves

After the cavalry engagement here on June 29, 1863, Westminster’s citizens cared for dozens of wounded of both sides. Besides the human toll, shattered and broken cannons, gun carriages, and caissons lined both sides of Court Street to ...