Federal Entrenchments

The intrenchments of which vestiges are visible from here were constructed by the Federal garrison detailed to guard the Federal Army hospital which was situated a short from here. This construction took place following the fighting around Chattanooga which resulted ...

Colt Barn [at] Anna Dean Farm

Ohio Columbus Barber, a wealthy Ohio businessman and founder of Barberton, retired in 1905 to develop his Anna Dean Farm. Built in 1910, the colt barn was a part of this 3000-acre estate. Although originally intended for bulls, the building ...

Main Gatehouse of Ohio C. Barber's Anna Dean Farm

1909 to 1970

On this site stood the Main Gatehouse of the Anna Dean Farm, estate of Barberton town founder and industrialist Ohio C. Barber. The Anna Dean Farm was not only a lavish estate but also a farming showcase built ...

Curfew Bell

Erected by the town of Veedersburg in memory of Cal Scherer who used old Curfew Bell over 30 years.

—Board of Trustees: Leon L. Ewbank, L. R. Owens M.D., Leon Wiggins.

Marker is on West Fifth Street, on the left when traveling ...

Chinese Freemasons Building

City of Vancouver Heritage Building

The Chi Kung Tong, later the Chinese Freemasons, purchased this building in 1907. It included meeting rooms, a male dormitory and a Chinese school - uses common to Chinese Society Buildings. The Chi Kung Tong assisted ...

Casualties of War

"...We enter the barren wast of Bolivar Heights...a windswept deserted moorland...except its populous graveyard."

James E. Taylor, war correspondent

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper

August 10, 1864

Military discipline for desertion seldom resulted in execution during the Civil War. But in the last months of ...

Moffettsville / Moffettsville Postmaster Appointments

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At this site once stood the town of Moffettsville, originating with the establishment of Moffett's Mills Post Office on February 16, 1818. By 1883, the town had a population of twenty-five with a physician and general store. Mail service here ...

Birthplace of the Pennsylvania Rifle

Martin Meylin, 1670–1749, gunsmith of Switzerland settled here in the Pequea Valley in 1710 and made in this gun shop the earliest known Pennsylvania or so called Kentucky Rifle.

He was the first of a group of Lancaster County rifle makers ...

Vernon "Lefty" Gomez

New York Yankees 1930 - 42

Known for his excellent wit as he was fast with a quip and a pitch. Set World Series record with 6 wins and no defeats. Has four 20 win seasons leading Yankees to seven pennants ...

Battle of Wyse Fork

Hoke's Attacks

The yellow sidebar in the upper left of the marker provides a brief synopsis of the Carolinas Campaign. It states:

The Carolinas Campaign began on February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman led his army north from Savannah, ...