Roll of Honor

A tribute to the men of

Athens Borough and Athens Township

who made the supreme sacrifice

in the wars of our country

World War IArnold Floyd E. • Hatch, Archie T.

Campbell, Leon E. • Pond, Roy

Delaney, Howard • Santee, Clyde H.

Hadlock, Frederick • Morley, ...

Francis Wilkinson Pickens

April 7, 1805 - January 25, 1896

From 1858 to 1860 he was

U.S. Minister to Russia. As

Governor, his order to fire on

a Union Ship in Charleston

Harbor led to the start of the

War Between the States. He

lived at Edgewood, one of

Edgefield's greatest ...

Fort Golgotha

This cemetery

Huntington’s First Burial-Place

was opened about 1700.

Within its limits, in 1782,

Fort Golgotha

was built and occupied by British troops.

Here rest the early town’s patriot dead,

soldier and civilian,

among them

Silas Wood

author of the First History of Long Island.

Remove not the old landmark.

...

Ohio-Erie Canal and Locks / The Columbus Feeder Canal

Ohio-Erie Canal and Locks

The Ohio-Erie Canal was built between 1825 and 1832 and extended 308 miles from Lake Erie at Cleveland to the Ohio River at Portsmouth. The greatest engineering achievement in Ohio up to that time, the canal gave ...

John Fatjo House

1786 Catherine Street

This unique Greek Revival Pioneer style farmhouse was built around 1860 by John and Teresita Fatjo. The square turret and ornate veranda are later Vicorian additions.

The Fatjo family were prominent merchants in Santa Clara. John’s father Antonio founded ...

A Fighting Chance

John Ridgeway [sic] & Chay Bylth

rowed the Atlantic in English Rose III

from Orleans to Kilronan, Aran,

Ireland 4th June 1966 - 3rd Sept. 1966

Na laga dia iad

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Death of Maxcy Gregg

General Maxcy Gregg fell mortally wounded near this spot on December 13, 1862. Fiery and uncompromising on the issues of slavery and states’ rights, the South Carolina lawyer had been an early and ardent proponent of secession. When war came, ...

Senator Franck House Site

1155 Washington Street

First home of State Senator Frederich Christian Franck, 1826-1902. Came from Baveria in 1855. He was a civic leader & town trustee for eight consecutive years; member of the volunteer fire department from 1856, and elected Chief Engineer ...

First Friends Meeting

Here in 1675, William Edmundson convened the first recorded meeting for worship of Friends (Quakers) within present Pennsylvania. This was at the home of Robert Wade, who in 1682 greeted William Penn upon his arrival in Chester.

Marker is at the ...

Port of Cold Spring

District of New York

Last U.S. Custom House

circa 1890 – 1913

Reuben Hall Surveyor

Marker is at the intersection of Shore Road and Spring Street, on the right when traveling north on Shore Road.

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