Morris Canal Bridge No. 2

This bridge marks the western limit of Morris Canal property acquired by the state under agreement, November 29th 1922. The canal was chartered December 31st 1824, and opened for business in 1831. Two miles west of this point, at the ...

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 ...

Battle of Minisink

Entrance to Battlefield

where July 22, 1779, N. Y.

and N. J. Militia attacked

Mohawk and Tory raiders of

Minisink (Port Jervis).

Marker is at the intersection of New York Route 97 and Minisink Battle Ground Road, on the right when traveling north on State ...

Overland Emigrant Trail

Approximately 1 ¼ miles east of this site is the historic Johnson’s Crossing. This was the first settlement reached west of the Sierra and the last stop on the Overland Emigrant Trail. Used as a camping spot for the pioneers, ...

Phillipsburg Civil War Memorial

Erected in the memory of the Soldiers and Sailors of Phillipsburg, N.J. and vicinity who served in the Civil War 1861 - 1865

Marker is at the intersection of S. Main Street and Sitgreaves Street, on the left when traveling east ...

Greenville County Courthouse - The Willie Earle Lynching Trial

[Front]

This Beaux Arts building, built in 1916-18, was the fourth Greenville County Courthouse, from 1918 to 1950. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. The largest lynching trial in U.S. history was held here ...

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 Shenandoah ...

Road Versus Rails

The Rivalry Begins

Ellicott City’s Main Street is the National

Pike, part of the road system that moved

Americans west. Only two decades after the

road was constructed, a new transportation

rival appeared. In 1831, America’s first

railroad, the Baltimore & Ohio, introduced

steam engines to the ...

Andrew Mellon Building

Andrew Mellon Building

has been designated a

National

Historical Landmark

This site possesses national significance

in commemorating the history of the

United States of America.

1977

National Park Service

United States Department of the Interior

Marker is at the intersection of 18th Street, NW and Massachusetts Avenue, NW, ...

Stack-Bickett Law Office

Erected in 1888, this building has served as the law office of attorney Amos M. Stack, who was elected Superior Court Judge in 1922, and his partner, attorney Thomas W. Bigkett, who was governor of North Carolina 1917 – 1921; ...