Battle of Lenud's Ferry

Here, on May 6, 1780, Col. A.M. White was routed by Tarleton with the loss of two officers and thirty-six men killed and wounded and seven officers and sixty dragoons taken; Tarleton lost 2 men. Two boys, Francis Deliesseline and ...

Grapewood Farm Engagement

Pursued by Union detachments after raiding a train north of Catlett Station on 30 May 1863, Confederate Col. John S. Mosby and 50 of his Rangers (43rd Battalion Virginia Cavalry) made a stand on a hill just to the north. ...

Francis Hopkinson House

Francis Hopkinson House

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 or illustrating

the history of the United States

U. S. Department of the Interior

National Park Service

1971

Marker is at the ...

Fort Worth's First Telephone Exchange

On this site in September 1881 Fort Worth's first telephone exchange was founded by Southwest Telegraph and Telephone Company. It initially served 40 customers and employed three local employees. One hundred years later telephone service is supplied by Southwestern Bell ...

Site of Viewmont

Built before 1744 by

Col. Joshua Fry

1699-1754

Surveyor, Mathematician, Pioneer

Commander-in-Chief of Virginia Forces

French and Indian War

George Washington Inscribed over his Grave

“Here lies the good, the just

and the noble Fry.

Marker is on Scottsville Road (Virginia Route 20) ½ mile south of Frys ...

Chester Vietnam Conflict Monument

Dedicated to the

Men and Women

Of Chester Who

Served Their

Country in the

Vietnam Conflict

Erected by the

Citizens of Chester

Dedicated May 27, 1974

[ Left Panel ]

Adams ...

National Farmer's Bank of Owatonna

Banker Carl Bennett wanted more than a prominent new building to house his family's business. He wanted a work of art. Bennett's search for an architect led him in 1906 to Louis Sullivan, one of the country' most inventive designers. ...

The Detection of the Neutrino, 1956 / The Nobel Prize In Physics

The Detection of the Neutrino, 1956

On August 27, 1956, at the Savannah River Plant (now Savannah River Site), Drs. Clyde L. Cowan, Jr. (1919-1974) and Frederick Reines (1918-1999) used P Reactor to detect the neutrino, a sub-atomic particle hypothesized ...

Fort Edwards

Troops from this fort under Captain Mercer were ambushed in 1756 and many were killed. The French and Indians later attacked the fort but the garrison, aided by Daniel Morgan and other frontiersmen, repulsed the assault.

Marker is on U.S. 50, ...

166th Infantry 42nd Division World War Memorial

“In Memoriam”

This plot dedicated to the

Boys of the Rainbow Division

166th Inf. World War 42nd Div.

A list of names is included on the memorial. It is unclear whether this list includes all members from the Lancaster Chapter who served, or those ...