Battle of Philippi

Talbott's Hill

(Preface):In the spring of 1861, Union forces rushed into northwestern Virginia to secure the vital Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, protect important turnpikes, and support Unionists against Confederates. The two sides fought numerous engagements between June and December. They included ...

General Lee’s Beloved Traveller

In Memory of

General Lee’s Beloved Traveller

Rarely has an animal captured so much affection.

Traveller, first called Jeff Davis and later Greenbrier, was born in 1857 near Blue Sulphur Springs (now in West Virginia). In 1862, Lee purchased him and renamed ...

Occupied Beverly

Caught in the Midst of Conflict

Life in Beverly changed following the Union victory at Rich Mountain on July 11, 1861. Many of the community’s outspoken Southern sympathizers fled south. Some of those who remained resented the hardship that came with ...

John Darby, Lot 14, 1786

John Wolfe, 1795

Jacob Shaffer, 1815

Thomas Reynolds

Robert McCoy

D.M.B. Shannon, 1856

Dr. John Kuhn, 1905

Dr. William Grove, 1950

James W. & Carol W. Smith, 1972

Marker is at the intersection of N. Main Street and E Seminary Street on N. Main Street.

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President Buchanan’s Home

1796 – 1829

Marker is on N. Main Street (Pennsylvania Route 16) north of E Seminary Street, on the right when traveling north.

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Pioneer Burial Ground

Established in 1793 by

Col. Charles Williamson

For his little daughter

who died of Genesee Fever

Village of Bath

Marker is on West Steuben Street just west of Exchange Street, on the right.

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Champion Beech Tree

This stately Beech is one of the largest and oldest trees in the State of Missouri. A registered "champion" tree, it is approximately 200 years old. Quite possibly it was alive at the time of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.

The ...

Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company

Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company

One of the most unusual WWI Mississippi River transportation stories concerns the Manitowoc [Wisconsin] Shipbuilding Co., the nation's only inland builder of submarines.

In December 1940, the U.S. Navy contracted with the company to construct 10 Gato class submarines.

Subsequently, ...

Stony Batter

To Stony Batter

the birthplace of

James Buchanan

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James Buchanan

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Born April 23, 1791.Passed his school-boy days in Mercersburg, became a lawyer, member of legislature and of Congress, Minister to Russia, member of the United States Senate, Secretary of State, Minister to Great Britian ...

President James Buchanan

“The incorruptible statesman whose walk was upon the mountain ranges of the law.”

Life long friend Jermiah S. Black

U.S. Attorney General 1857-1860, U.S. Secretary of State 1860-1861

This park commemorates the birthplace of James Buchanan, the 15th President of the ...