Gettys Crossroads and Tavern

Here the Shippensburg-Baltimore and the Philadelphia-Pittsburgh Roads crossed. Near the crossroads, stood the tavern of Samuel Gettys. In 1775, troops gathered here for Continental service.

Marker is on York Street, on the right when traveling west.

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Dixville Crossroads

Perryville

During the Battle of Perryville, the Dixville Crossroads, the intersection in front of you, was a crucial tactical point on the battlefield.

Here, the Benton Road (now called Whites Road), which runs to Dixville in Mercer County, intersects the Perryville-Mackville Road ...

Delaware Crossing and the Grinter Ferry

Just east of this marker, at a point where an old Indian trail led to the water's edge, Moses Grinter established the first ferry on the Kansas River. The year was 1831, and Grinter became the earliest permanent white ...

Lewis and Clark Expedition Across Missouri

“we Set out early… Passed the mouth of … Blue water river…[and later]… a bad Sand bar, where our two rope twice…. Came to and Camped in the Point above the Kansas River. I observed a great number of Parrot ...

Historic River Road and River Crossing

Route of Continental Army of Morristown after Battle of Princeton, Jan. 3, 1777. Route also of armies marching from New York to Yorktown, VA. Aug. 30-31, 1781.

Marker is on Griggstown Causeway just east of Millstone River Road, on the left ...

Burnside's Expedition Crossing Hatteras Bar/The Burnside Expedit

Side A:Burnside's Expedition Crossing Hatteras BarOn January 11, 1862, the Burnside Expedition left for Fort Monroe, Virginia destined for Hatteras Inlet 120 miles to the south. Two days later, the fleet of over eighty vessels was struck by a strong ...

Battle of Brice's Cross Roads

In Memory

of the Men of the

Confederate

and the

Federal Armies

who took part in the

Battle of

Brice's Cross Roads

or Tishimingo Creek

June 10, 1864

which resulted in

a victory for the

Confederate forces

under Brigadier

General N. B. Forrest

Marker is at the intersection of Bethany Road (Mississippi Route 370) and ...

Battle of Brices Cross Roads

June 10, 1864

When General Sherman advanced on Atlanta, General Forrest sought to destroy the Union supply line between Nashville and Chattanooga. He had nearly reached the Tennessee River when he had to turn back to meet a Union force marching ...

The Cross Farmhouse

The Alfred Judson Cross Farmhouse was built in 1905, replacing an earlier structure built by Cross's father and lost to fire earlier that year. The house was rebuilt on the same foundation using timber cut on the farm and sawn ...

Muddy Creek Camp and Crossing

?The Muddy Creek Camp, which was northwest of this marker and on the west side of the Muddy Creek was used by Brigham Young's first group of Mormon pioneers who arrived here on July 9, 1847. Thomas Bullock reported that ...