Birthplace of Johnny Appleseed

Near this site was born

John Chapman

known as

Johnny Appleseed

Sept. 26, 1774 — Mar. 18, 1845

Marker is on Johnny Appleseed Lane 0.3 miles south of Mechanic Street, on the left when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Braggs Corners

Solomon Bragg with son Nathan were first settlers west of Barre Center. Blazed forest trail to this place where they built a cabin in 1818

Marker is at the intersection of West Barre Road (County Route 99) and Bragg Schoolhouse Road, ...

KUM BA YAH (Come By Here)

Gravesite of Rev. Marvin V. Frey (1918-1992), composer of Kum Ba Yah; He is Lord; Peace Like a River; Isn't He Wonderful; Alleluia.

Marker is on West Barre Road (County Route 99) 0.1 miles east of Eagle Harbor Road (County Route ...

Bennett Place

The End of War

(Preface, upper left): The Carolinas Campaign began on February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman led his army north from Savannah, Georgia, after the “March to the Sea.” Sherman’s objective was to join Gen. Ulysses ...

Bethania

Founded 12 June 1759

First planned Moravian Village in N. Carolina. Colonial and antebellum trade and agricultural center. Only remaining continuous, independent Wachovia Settlement. Contains unique remnants of original medieval style plan where families lived in a central village and the ...

“Mount Lubentia”

(Patented by Ninian Beall as “Largo,” 1686) Known as “Castle Magruder” where lived Rev. Jonathan Boucher, tutor to “Jackie” Custis.

George and Martha Washington, Nelly and John Parke Custis, Benedict Calvert, and Robert Eden, last royal governor of Maryland, were here ...

Sound Barrier Cracked

On October 14, 1947 42,000 feet above this

monument, Captain Chuck Yeager, USAF, piloting a Bell X-1 rocket airplane named Glamour Glennis, became the first person to exceed Mach 1. With this flight, the era of supersonic aviation was born.

This monument ...

Outlaw Battle

Site about 1 miles S.E.

A battle at Ingalls, Sept. 1, 1893, between a Dalton-Doolin gang and U.S. marshals was a climax in bringing law and order to Oklahoma and Indian territories. Three marshals and two residents were killed; several persons ...

First Honeybees in California

Here, on the 1,939-acre Rancho Potrero de Santa Clara, Christopher A. Shelton in early March 1853 introduced the honeybee to California. In Aspinwall, Panama, Shelton purchased 12 beehives from a New Yorker and transported them by rail, “Bongo” pack mule, ...

Immanuel Presbyterian Church

Erected in 1873 and designated in 1969 as a landmark of the City of Milwaukee by the Milwaukee Landmarks Commission in recognition of its architectural and historical significance to the community.

Marker is on North Astor Street 0.1 miles south ...