Allenton Iron Bridge

Town of Addison, Wisconsin

After purchasing the bridge from the Milwaukee Bridge and Iron Works for $796, it was constructed by local men in 1896. The bridge was the main access to Allenton from the west until a larger concrete bridge ...

Battle of Rowlesburg

April 26, 1863

Cheat Bridges Become TargetSince 1861, a special target for destruction by order of both President Jefferson Davis and Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, General Robert E. Lee, Rowlesburg was the only town or outpost in western ...

Mt. Tabor Church / Mt. Tabor Cemetery

Mt. Tabor Church Side A:

The first Mt. Tabor Church, a log meetinghouse, was erected on this site in 1816. It stood on land originally selected by Griffith and Martha Evans for a graveyard at the death of their ...

Dorothy & Newport News Shipbuilding

The 90-foot tugboat Dorothy, Hull Number One, was delivered by Newport News Shipbuilding in 1891. As Dorothy plied her trade over the next 73 years, her reputation for dependability became a maritime legend. The little tugboat was recognized as a ...

Great Britain

As early as the 1730's, a few British traders lived among the Chickasaw in this area, but Great Britain's brief ascendancy on the Lower Mississippi did not began until 1763. In that year, the British defeated France in the Seven ...

The Blowing Rock

This 250 million year old cliff formation is

North Carolina's oldest travel attraction.

Located at 4,000 feet above sea level,

The Blowing Rock is the town's namesake.

The phenomenon is so called because

the rocky walls of the gorge form a flume

through which ...

Dorothy – Hull Number One

The first vessel constructed by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company was delivered in April, 1891. The 90-foot iron tugboat was designed by Horace See and built near present-day Dry Dock 2.

Named for the daughter of former Secretary of ...

Colonel Robert Patton

1737-1807

Revolutionary War Soldier and Patriot

SC Militia under General Thomas Sumter

Justice of the Peace

Tax Inquirer & Collector

Member Committee of Elections

Member, 1st & 2nd Provincial Congresses

Member, General Assemblies

Marker can be reached from the intersection ...

Birdsboro World War I Memorial

Roll of Honor

World War 1917-1918

[Died in service]

Clymer Green

J. William Lutz

[Names of others who served follows]

Erected & Dedicated Dec. 13, 1919

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (Pennsylvania Route 345/724) and Mill Street, on the right when traveling west on ...

In Memory of the Brave Soldiers of the Continental Army

who died in this building when it was used by order of General Washington as a military hospital from Dec. 19, 1777 to Aug. 28, 1778. This tablet is erected by the Lititz Moravian Congregation

of the 450 men quartered here, ...