Birthplace of Thomas A. Hendricks

Vice President Thomas A. Hendricks was born at this site on September 7, 1819. While still a baby, Thomas' family moved to Indiana and he grew up and rose to prominence in the Hoosier State. Hendricks served consecutively in the ...

Fort Clark Historic Site

On this site are the remains of a large earthlodge village originally settled by the Mandan Indians (ca.1822) and the trading forts Clark and Primeau. Previous to the establishment of Fort Clark, an unnamed post was built in the area ...

First Lutheran Synod

Lutheran congregations formed in Perry County beginning in the late eighteenth to early nineteenth century. The Mother Synod, the Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania, sent missionary pastors to Ohio to preach to the growing number of Lutherans moving into the ...

The Confederate Line

at Ogeechee Church, No. 4 1/2, CRR

On Nov. 28, 1864, Maj. Gen. H.C. Wayne, Adj. Gen. of Georgia, with a small force (CS) composed of the Corps of Cadets, Georgia Military Institute, Warthen`s Washington County militia company and Pruden`s ...

Battle of Scary

Erected by the

United Daughters

of Confederacy

St. Albans Chapter

Marking the

Battle of Scary

July 17, 1861

Marker is on Winfield Road (U.S. 35) ½ mile south of Interstate 64, on the left when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Confederate Dead

Here rest -- known but to God -- more than 20 Confederate soldiers, most of whom died in the Confederate hospitals located in Fort Valley in 1864-1865. Some of these men were killed in the wreck of a troop train, ...

Roman Catholic Church of the Gesu

Designed by Henry C. Koch and Co., dedicated in 1894, and designated in 1975 as a Milwaukee landmark in recognition of its architectural and historical significance to the city.

Marker is at the intersection of West Wisconsin Avenue and North ...

The Connecticut Twenty-Ninth Colored Regiment, C. V. Infantry

[Center obelisk, west face:]

Bronze relief depicting soldiers in battle beneath the regimental colors of the "29th Reg't Connecticut Volunteers - QUI TRANSTULIT SUSTINE."

Battle Engagements

New Market Road - October 13, 1864

Darbytown Road - October 13, 1864

Kell House/Fair ...

1500 Former Army Rocket Test Area Historic District (1946-1989)

This area served as Picatinny’s rocket engine test facility where functional and performance tests were conducted. The following rockets were tested here: Redstone, Honest John (first U.S. tactical nuclear weapon), Loki, Nike Ajax, Shillelagh, Pershing I and the SAGE (Semi-Automatic ...

Fatal Duel

Frank Reid, guarding the approach to Sylvester's Wharf, where the vigilantes were meeting to restore law and order, shot "Soapy Smith" who failed to stop when challenged, July 8, 1898.

Marker is at the intersection of Second Avenue and State Street, ...