General Adam Stephen House and Triple Brick Museum

Founder of Martinsburg, First Sheriff of Berkeley County,

Statesman, Soldier, Surgeon

National Register of Historic Places Oct. 15, 1970

Marker is on East John Street, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Colonel Augustin La Balme

American Revolution

[Front Side of Marker];

With recommendation from Benjamin Franklin, Augustin de La Balme, former French Cavalry officer, came to America to assist in the American Revolution.

In November 1780, allegedly under secret orders from General George Washington, Colonel Augustin de La ...

Site of The Battle of Oriskany

August 6, 1777

Historic New York

Site of The Battle of Oriskany

August 6, 1777

The Battle of Oriskany was one of the bloodiest engagements of the American Revolution. British and Indians here ambushed the Tryon County militia as they were marching to the ...

Hanaka‘ape Bay & K?loa Landing

K?loa Heritage Trail — Ka Ala Hele Waiwai Ho‘olina o K?loa

In the mid 1800s, K?loa Landing was the third largest whaling port in all of Hawai‘i and the only port of entry for foreign goods. The sugar industry increased ...

Columbarium

In Czech:

Kolumbárium

Do choheb tohoto opevn?ní byly ukládaný lepenkové urny s popelem mrtvých v?z??. Všechny urny – bylo jich na 25 tisíc – esesáci koncem roku 1944 odvezli v?tšinu popela vysypali do ?eky Oh?e, ?ást zakopali do zem? ...

Civil War Lynchburg

Supplying Lee’s Army

Established in 1786, Lynchburg was a thriving commercial center famous for its tobacco and manufacturing industries when Fort Sumter, South Carolina was bombarded in April 1861 and the Civil War began. Lynchburg’s Fair Grounds and Camp Davis immediately ...

Burr Robbins Circus

This site served as the Spring Brook Farm winter quarters for the Burr Robbins Circus from 1874-1888. This show was once reported as the third largest circus in America. In 1874, Burr Robbins bought E.P. Doty's 100-acre farm and converted ...

13th Bomb Sqdn., 3rd Bomb Gp.

WWII - 7 Dec 1941- 2 Sep 1945

In honor of a very special group of young men who served their country so faithfully while enduring incredible hardships and dangers in New Guinea, the Philippines and Okinawa. Some lived and some ...

B.M. Denison House & 1880's House

B.M.Denison House - Located on the northeast corner of "D" and Curry Streets, this house was constructed entirely from cedar wood in 1898 by B.M. Denison. He planted the first commercial Barlett Pear orchard along Curry Street.

1880s House ...

Falls Bridge

By the 1890’s New Milford’s old wooden bridges had outlived their usefulness, considering their age, the increasing amount of traffic and the coming of the horseless carriage. A sturdy and very ornate iron bridge, built by the Berlin Iron ...