Zebulon Pike

Brig. Gen. Zebulon Pike, explorer, born near here, 1779. Captured York, Canada, 1813, but killed in attack. Pike’s Peak named for him.

(on the bench beneath the sign)

N. J.

U. S. D.

1812

General Zebulon Montgomery Pike

Born in New Jersey January 5, 1779

Died April ...

Bisti Wilderness

The highly scenic badlands of the Bisti were created by the erosion and weathering of interbedded shale, sandstone and coal formations into unusual forms. The area is also rich in fossil flora and fauna. 3,946 acres of the Badlands were ...

Forbes Road

1758

"The Ovens"

Supply headquarters

Fortifications were erected

a few rods north of this site

The Forbes Road leads

northward to the

encampment at the foot of

Laurel Hill

23.5 miles from Fort Bedford

Marker is on Whistler Road (Pennsylvania Route 403), on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Old Barracks

Built in 1758 for British troops of the French and Indian War. Hessians were quartered here before the Battle of Trenton.

Marker is on Barrack Street just from Lafayette Street, on the right when traveling south.

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Battle of Harlem Heights

To commemorate the Battle of Harlem Heights, won by Washington’s troops on this site, September 16, 1776.

Erected by the Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York.

Marker is on Broadway north of 117th Street, on the ...

Battle of Upperville

“Thus Passes a Sunday in War”

(Preface): After Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's stunning victory at Chancellorsville in May 1863, he led the Army of Northern Virginia west to the Shenandoah Valley, then north through central Maryland and across the Mason-Dixon ...

Blackburn’s Ford

Guarding the Fords

By the early summer of 1861, Americans in both the North and South greeted the outbreak of war with patriotism and expectations of a quick decisive battle to end the conflict. In the North, the public clamored for ...

Forbes Road

1758

Tomahawk Encampment

At foot

of

Laurel Hill

the

Forbes Road

leads northwestward

to

Fort Ligonier

35.5 miles from Fort Bedford

Marker is at the intersection of Klines Mill Road and Sliding Rock Road, on the left when traveling west on Klines Mill Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Pueblo of Tesuque

The name Tesuque is a Spanish variation of the Tewa name Tetsugeh, meaninig "narrow place of cotton wood trees." The small Tewa speaking pueblo of Tesuque was established before 1200, and was first visited by Europeans in 1591. It is ...

Blackburn’s Ford

Guarding the Fords

By the early summer of 1861, Americans in both the North and South greeted the outbreak of war with patriotism and expectations of a quick decisive battle to end the conflict. In the North, the public clamored for ...