The Story of K?lia

Chief Ma‘lik?k?hi, who reigned over the island of Oahu in the mid-1400s, resided in Waik?k? and used it as his seat of government. He was greatly loved by his subjects who enjoyed unprecedented peace and prosperity. Ali‘i (royalty) from all ...

Fisk University

Fisk University, founded in 1866 by the American Missionary Association, was chartered in 1867 to provide higher education for men and women regardless of race. Named for General Clinton B. Fisk, assistant commissioner of the Freedman's Bureau for Kentucky and ...

Duffy Brothers Grocery Store

Built 1912

Has been placed on the National Register

of Historic Places by the United States

Department of the Interior

Cormick E. Boyce built this large brick structure intending it to be used as a bank, although it served as a grocery store during ...

Homer E. Capehart / GOP Cornfield Conference

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Homer E. Capehart

Born into Indiana farming family 1897. Manufactured and pioneered sales of automatic phonographs, creating Capehart Corporation. Executive of Rudolph Wurlitzer Company 1933-1944. Organized 1938 Republican Party "Cornfield Conference" on Capehart farm land across the road. Became ...

The Bushong Farm

Caught in the Crossfire

On June 22, 1791, Henry Bushong patented a 260-acre tract in Shenandoah County that would be home for several generations of his descendants. Henry’s son, Jacob married Sarah Strickler in 1818. They took up residence in a ...

Battle of the Severn

On March 25, 1655, colonial Governor William Stone landed Maryland militia at the Puritan settlement of Providence, located at the mouth of the Severn River. He planned to subdue the settlers who had asserted their independence from the government in ...

Revolutionary War Invasion of British East Florida

In May 1777, Colonel Samuel Elbert's Continentals landed on the North End of Amelia Island at Oldtown Bluff, approximately one mile north of Florida. A patrol engaged in a skirmish with British troops on the south end of the island. ...

Audley Paul’s Fort

Nearby stood Capt. Audley Paul’s fort. built

in 1757 during the French and Indian War

(1754-1763) as one in a series of fortifications

to protect Virginia's frontier. Paul served as

a lieutenant in Maj. Gen. Edward Braddock’s

ill-fated expedition against the French at

Fort Duquesne in ...

Songs Of The Season

Songbird Migration – Wildlife Migration

Migrating songbirds fill the air with light melodies in the Spring and Fall. These international travelers stop to rest here and feed on insects and fruit during the flight from their tropical wintering habitat to their ...

Frederick House

The oldest building in

Acquackanonk can be found

in center of this house,

probably constructed in 1705.

Marker is on Alwood Road (County Route 602), on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org