Elfers

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Once an Indian hunting ground called "Alafia," this area was surveyed by Samuel Hope in the 1840's and was successively known as "Alfiers," "The Neck," "Sapling Woods," and "Elfers" -- a variation of the Indian name. Fishing, timber and ...

Fort Duquesne

This marks the exact site of Fort Duquesne, built by the French in 1754

The Fort was destroyed by the French on the approach of the English Army in 1758

Marker can be reached from Three Rivers Heritage Trail.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton

Born in Steubenville in 1814, Edwin McMasters Stanton studied at Kenyon College and opened his law practice in Cadiz in 1836. The grandson of North Carolina slaveholders, Stanton opposed slavery. A successful railroad attorney and War Democrat at the beginning ...

The Forks of the Ohio

Has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark

Under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935. This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating and illustrating the history of the United States.

Marker can be reached from Three Rivers ...

Confederate Navy Yard

Begun in 1862, the Confederate Navy Yard occupied both banks of the James River, including the community and port of Rocketts Landing on the north bank. The Yard was the base, construction site, and headquarters for the James River Squadron, ...

The University of Michigania

On September 24, 1817, the cornerstone for the University of Michigan's first building was laid near this spot.

Soon after the formation of the Michigan Territory in 1805, citizens and leaders of the state began calling for the creation of ...

First Church at Kecoughtan

Near here on the church creek stood the first church at Kecoughtan (later Hampton). Built on the Parish Glebe Farm about 1616, as the first church of the oldest continuous settlement of English origin in America, William Mease was the ...

Soldiers of Washington's Army

In memory of soldiers of

Washington's Army who

died in the old barn, used

as a hospital, five hundred

yards northeast from

this place, during the

winter of 1777-78

Erected Dec. 17, 1925

Marker is on Audubon Road (Pennsylvania Route 4041) 0.1 miles east of Pawlings Road (Pennsylvania ...

123rd New York Infantry

1st Brigade, 1st Division

(Front):123rd. New York

Infantry

1st. Brigade 1st. Division

12th. Corps

Historic.The 123rd. N.Y. was enlisted in Washington Co. in Aug. 1862; Mustered into the U.S. service Sept. 4; joined the Army of the Potomac and was engaged in the Battles of ...

Founded 1791 Boehms Chapel

Boehm's Chapel is the fourth oldest existing structure built for Methodist worship in America. It was erected on land donated by the Rev. Martin Boehm, an itinerant preacher and co-founder with the Rev. Phillip W. Otterbein of the United Brethren ...