F/A, NASA Tail Number 842

This F/A-18 Hornet (bureau Number 161214) is a pre-production A-Model airplane whose first prototype rolled out of the McDonnell Douglas Plant on September 13, 1978. The Carrier-based Navel strike fighter did not become operational for several years after that. Derived ...

Nicholas Gibbs

Born in Germany in 1733, he served in the French and Indian War, later in the Revolution. He took up a homestead of 450 acres here in 1792 and built the log cabin which stands about 1/2 mile east. A ...

Francis Preston Blair

This plaque marks the home of

Francis Preston Blair (1791-1876)

Founder and Editor of

The Globe (1830-1845)

A newspaper which championed

Democratic causes and vigorous journalism

notably during the administration of

President Andrew Jackson

in whose "kitchen cabinet" Blair loyally served

marked by Sigma Delta Chi

Professional Journalistic Society

1969

Marker is ...

The Donald D. Hill County Administration Building

County Commissioner 1969-1996

Dedicated November 16, 1996

Marker can be reached from the intersection of 2nd Street and Park Place, on the left when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Woodburn: The Governor's House

This house was built for Charles Hillyard III ca. 1798. At the time, it was considered one of the grandest in Kent County. When Hillyard died in 1814, his son-in-law, Dr. Martin W. Bates purchased the house. Bates lived here ...

Bethlehem Methodist Episcopal Church

Built 1787 - Rebuilt 1857

The original chapel was built on this site which was donated by Moses and Elizabeth LeCompte. The deed, dated September 15, 1787, is the oldest one on record for Methodist Episcopal Church land in Dorchester County. ...

Pueblo Grande de Nevada

Indians of a highly developed civilization lived throughout Moapa Valley from 300-1100 A.D. Several hundred ancient pithouses, campsites, rockshelters, salt mines and caves of "Anasazi" people make up what is commonly known as "Lost City." These people cultivated corn, beans ...

Rutledge's Tennessee Battery

Statham's Brigade - Breckinridge's Corps

C. S.

Rutledge's Tennessee Battery

Statham's (3d) Brigade, Breckinridge's Corps,

Army of the Mississippi.

This battery, of six guns, was in action here about noon April 6, 1862. It was advanced to Peach Orchard and then reported to Ruggles.

Marker can ...

Chalmers' Brigade

Withers' Division - Bragg's Corps

C. S.

Chalmers' (2d) Brigade,

52d Tenn., 5th Miss., 9th Miss., 7th Miss., 10th Miss.,

Withers' (2d) Div., Bragg's Corps,

Army of the Mississippi.

The three right regiments of this brigade, 10th, 7th and 9th Miss., charged and captured the camp ...

Gettysburg Campaign

Invasion & Retreat

After stunning victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Virginia, early in May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee carried the war through Maryland, across the Mason and Dixon Line and into Pennsylvania. His infantry marched north through the ...