PPG Industries in Barbeton

1900 - 2000

Attracted by the availability of raw materials and railroad transportation, the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company (PPG) built a plant here in 1899 to make soda ash for the company's glassmaking operations. This plant began production in 1900 as ...

Fort Number Four

Fort Number Four

of the exterior defenses of

Fort Washington and King’s Bridge

constructed by the American Army

under General Washington

1776

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The Daughters of the Revolution

State of New York

erected this memorial

1914

Marker is on Reservoir Avenue, on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Fortifying Bolivar Heights

"...the heights became dotted with tents, and at night...the neighboring hills were aglow with hundreds of watchfires..."

Joseph Barry, Harpers Ferry resident

October 1862

After the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862, General Lee withdrew his Confederate army back into Virginia. Instead ...

Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra

1946 - 1963

Yankee manager 1964, 1984 - 1985

Elected to the Hall of Fame in 1972

"It ain't over 'til it's over"

Three time MVP 1951-54-55

Selected to A.L. All-Star Game 15 consecutive years

Hit most Home Runs by a Yankee catcher

Outstanding clutch ...

Charles Herbert "Red" Ruffing

New York Yankees

1930 - 1942

1945 - 1946

US Army Air Division 1943 - 1945

The Yankees' all time leader in wins by a right hand pitcher with 231. The only pitcher in franchise history to ...

Milam's Bridge

The covered structure over the Etowah here, was burned by Jackson´s [CS] Cav. May 21, 1864, the day after Johnston´s [CS] passage of the river at State R.R. Bridge.

May 23rd, the 2 pontoon bridges intended for the passage of ...

Washington – Rochambeau Revolutionary Route

Washington – Rochambeau Revolutionary Route

Hartford

French General Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, and thousands of French ground and naval forces arrived in Newport in July of 1780 to assist the Americans in the War for Independence. ...

The Grand Army of the Republic Hall

Central Park Law Building

Built in 1892 by Union veterans of the Civil War

to replace an earlier structure

destroyed in the Johnstown Flood of 1889

has been placed on the

National Register of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is at the ...

West Salisbury Little League 2007 Mid-Atlantic Champions

In the summer of 2007, eleven boys from West Salisbury Little League embarked on a spiritual journey that captured the hearts and minds of our town and surrounding communities. The journey began in June 2007, where they were assembled together ...

Liberty Tree

During the American Revolution, a large white oak called "the Liberty Tree" stood near this place, which was then near the edge of a field. Beacons warning of trouble in Rhode Island could be seen by watchers at nearby Horton's ...