Bettis Academy

Established as a result of the inspiration and efforts of the Reverend Alexander Bettis, this coeducational institution was incorporated in 1889 and provided elementary, high school, and junior college training for blacks. A.W. Nicholson succeeded Bettis as president and served ...

Mancha “Little Trammer” Battery Locomotive

The Mancha “Little Tramper” is one of the smallest mining locomotives manufactured by the Mancha Storage Battery Locomotive Company. It is powered by batteries, allowing it to be used deep within the mines without emitting toxic fumes. Although small for ...

Beloit College

Chartered by the Territorial Legislature of Wisconsin on February 2, 1846, Beloit College has had an uninterrupted life of service since its first class assembled on November 4, 1847. The main College grounds, and this first building, Middle College, were ...

Flanking of Hays' Brigade

On this ridge, the Union brigade of Brig. Gen. William Hays, supported by artillery, temporarily stopped the Confederate advance across the ground below you. A member of the 12th New Jersey described what happened next: "We were in open sight, ...

Booth Hall

To the Glory of God

and

In loving memory of

The Rev. Arthur E. Booth

by whose devoted and untiring efforts

this Parish House was erected

Marker is on Courthouse Road (Virginia Route 208), on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Soldiers’ Barracks

1798

Report from the Fort

21 January 1802 • Major J. J. Ulrich Rivardi

One side of brick barracks, 117 feet long, 28 wide and very divided into seven rooms, five of which could accommodate 25 men…the other side is ...

Mt. Bethel Meeting House

Historic Baptist church and Revolutionary War burial grounds built in 1761 on the Old Quibbletown Gap Road. Chartered in 1767. Moved to the present location in 1785. One of the oldest surviving Baptist buildings in New Jersey.

A state and national ...

Confederate Breakthrough

At about 7:00 a.m. on May 3, a dangerous gap in the Union line opened near the Orange Turnpike, 1/4 mile to your right. Federal troops on your right, led by Hiram Berry, retreated about 1/2 mile and established a ...

Lynchburg

Early and Hunter

In early May 1864, while Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee confronted the Union Army of the Potomac west of Fredericksburg, Union Gen. U.S. Grant sent Gen. Franz Sigel’s army to destroy Lee’s supplies in the Shenandoah Valley. ...

Bridgeport Wood Finishing Company

1881 – 1927

About Bridgeport Wood Finishing Company . . .

The New Milford site at Great Falls was one of the best unused waterpower sites in Connecticut with three principal advantages when Bridgeport Wood Finishing Company began acquiring property in ...