First Rural Health Department

In 1912 Robeson County established first rural health department in U.S. three blocks N.

Marker is on 2nd (North Carolina Route 72) east of Elm Street, on the right when traveling east.

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Fort Runyon

Historical Site

Defenses of Washington

1861-1865

Fort Runyon

A half-mile to the southwest stood Fort Runyon, a large bastioned earthwork constructed in May 1861 to protect the Long Bridge over the Potomac. Its perimeter, 1484 yards, was about the same as that of the ...

Fishing Creek Church

Presbyterian church reportedly est. 1752. Present building, enclosed with brick in 1958, dates from 1785. Cemetery contains pioneer settlers and veterans of many wars.

Marker is at the intersection of Steele Village Road and Fishing Creek Church Road, on the ...

Home Site of Justice John Gaston

Two miles south, at Cedar Shoals on the south side of Fishing Creek, was the home of John Gaston, Esq., Justice of the Peace under both the Royal and State governments. Though advanced in years, he was the leading spirit ...

Westminster Presbyterian Cemetery World War Memorial Avenue of T

This Avenue of Trees,

preserved by

General Thomas Mifflin Chapter

D.A.R.

in memory of soldiers

of Juniata County who

gave their lives in the

World War

Dedicated November 11, 1940

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The Lee and Fairfax Family Cemetery

The Lee and Fairfax Family Cemetery is located on this ridge top overlooking the Occoquan Bay. The Lees established the cemetery with the death of Henry Lee II on August 15, 1787. His wife Lucy Lee, the only other member ...

Assistant Chief Michael J. Kilpatrick

Wisconsin State Firefighters Memorial Final Alarm Bell Tower

Dedicated to the memory of

Assistant Chief Michael J. Kilpatrick,

North Lake Volunteer Fire Department,

North Lake, Wisconsin.

Died in the line-of-duty October 7, 2004.

And all Wisconsin firefighters who have made the ultimate ...

North Bloomfield School

1872-73

Built at a cost of some 3,000 dollars, modeled after schoolhouses at nearby Sebastopol and Sweetland, it served the community until closed in 1941. Acquired from Washington School District, Nevada County, for public use and display. Restoration commenced in 1973 ...

Seaford

Settlement began here in 1636, when John Chisman patented 600 acres on Crab Neck, a peninsula bounded by Chisman Creek and Back Creek, a tributary of York River. The neck then lay in Charles River Parish in York County, one ...

Indians at the Falls

For Native American people, the Falls of St. Anthony was a landmark and sacred place. The river was a major highway for trade and travel. Although no Indian villages have been recorded here, oral traditions suggest frequent visits for fishing ...