Father Divine Birthplace

Middle Lane

Father Divine was an influential and charismatic religious leader and founder of the International Peace Mission Movement.

Father Divine was born in 1879 on Middle Lane as George Baker, Jr. and attended the Rockville and Jerusalem M.E. Church. He later ...

Battle of Day’s Gap

April 30, 1863

Here Gen. Forrest (C.S.A.) overtook larger force of Col. Streight (U.S.A.)

Forrest attacked three times. Streight fled toward Rome to destroy Confederate railroads.

Marker is on U.S. 31, on the right.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Battleground

Named after a Civil War Battle fought April 30, 1863, between Confederate troops commanded by General Nathan Bedford Forrest and Union troops commanded by Colonel Abel D. Streight. Confederates lost 50 to 75 men killed or wounded. Union lost 30 ...

Woman’s Club of Aransas County Building

In March 1948, Mrs. Fred B. Hunt issued a call to organize the Woman’s Civic Club. One of the club’s major early activities was financing a permanent building for the organization. Later that year the recreation building for Humble Oil ...

30-Pounder Battery

Positioned here at the end of a towering plateau, this fortification was the first earthen battery built on the mountain by the Federals in the fall of 1862. Facing south, its guns "commanded perfectly the summits of Loudoun Heights as ...

Royal Yacht Britannia

Here docked the Royal Yacht Britannia

for the official visit to Harbour Island

by

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh

May 12, 1991

Marker can be reached from South Harbour Island Boulevard, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy ...

Brandywine Village

Around 1740 water-powered mills began to appear in this area where the Brandywine River ends its journey falling 124 feet in its final five miles. Small vessels carrying grain from nearby farms sailed directly to the mills. Other ships laden ...

Bucknell University

Organized in 1846 as the University at Lewisburg by the Baptist Church. Named Bucknell University in 1886, honoring William Bucknell, donor and trustee. Degrees first conferred upon women students in 1885.

Marker is at the intersection of Westbranch Highway (U.S. 15) ...

The Rough Riders Rode By Here

1898

The intersection of Seventh Avenue and Twentysecond Street was a sandy cross-road connecting three army encampments in the Ybor City area during the Spanish-American War.

At this cross-road was located a water-trough where the Rough Riders watered their mounts.

Col. "Teddy" Roosevelt ...

Claggett's Mill Bridge

This three-arch bridge over Antietam Creek was completed by John Weaver in 1840 for $2,800. It was near the mill operated for generations by the Claggett family. The house, barn, and outbuildings of the Claggett estate, "Valentia," stand nearby. This ...