Home of Governor E. D. Rivers

(1895-1967)

Eurith Dickinson Rivers was governor of Georgia from 1937 to 1941. He actively supported President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal Program. Rivers’ innovative leadership produce Georgia’s first Department of Public Welfare, free school books, the State Highway Patrol, and modernization ...

Route of Washington’s March

Route of Washington’s march by night from Trenton to Princeton and victory January 3, 1777

Marker is at the intersection of Quakerbridge Road and Hughes Drive, on the right when traveling north on Quakerbridge Road.

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Jacob J. Vandergrift

(1827-1899)

A leader in transforming the shipment of oil - by river, by rail, and ultimately by pipeline. Vandergrift arrived in Oil City, 1861, as a river captain. Beginning in 1868, Vandergrift, Forman & Co., laid miles of pipe to move ...

Route of Washington’s March

Route of Washington’s march by night from Trenton to Princeton and victory January 3, 1777

Marker is on Youngs Road 0.1 miles west of Quakerbridge Road, on the right when traveling east.

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Route of Washington’s March

Route of Washington’s march by night from Trenton to Princeton and victory January 3, 1777

Marker is on Quakerbridge Road 0.2 miles north of Flock Road, in the median.

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History of Treck Through Mountains

U.S. Mormon Battalion Trail

On November 28, 1896 the Mormon Battalion of the U. S. Army West crossed these mountains near this summit enroute to California during the Mexican War. Col. Cooke had dispatched scouts ahead to find the best route. ...

Fallen Soldiers Memorial

This memorial is dedicated to all the Military Veterans of our Country, the Men and Women who gave their time, often their lives, to preserve Our American Way of Life. To them we say, "Thank You!"

Marker is on Grand Avenue ...

Birthplace of Bristol

The town of Bristol was planned and laid out by Joseph Rhea Anderson in 1852. Development began on this site in 1853 with the erection of Anderson's combined home and business. The building served as the community's first store, post ...

The Incidental Cause of the Star-Spangled Banner (1814)

Following the Battle of Bladensburg and the sacking and burning of Washington, D.C., during the war of 1812, British troops reentered the town of Upper Marlboro on August 26, 1814. It was at this point that some stragglers were arrested ...

Kilfenora Cathedral and High Crosses

Ardeaglais agus Ardchrosanna Chill Fhionnúrach

Kilfenora was the diocese of the Kingdom of Corcomroe and was the smallest diocese in medieval Ireland.

Although a monastery was founded here more than 500 years earlier by St Fachtna, Kilfenora only became significant when it ...