The Pratt Through-Truss Bridge

Patuxent Branch Trail

History: Railroad expansion in the 19th century required strong, dependable bridges to carry trains over ravines and rivers. Early bridges were built of stone that was sturdy but expensive. Timber bridges often had to be replaced as wood ...

Making Steel

In 1875, the Lackawanna Iron & Coal Company installed Bessemer Converters in order to convert their pig iron into steel. The steel works was located across Cedar Avenue where the General Dynamics plant now stands.

The Bessemer process involved charging a ...

The Harvey House

In the late 1800’s to 1930’s, rail travel was considered the choice of transportation, Fred Harvey had set up a string of dining rooms and boarding housed for Santa Fe passengers.

In 1911, Mr. Harvey opened million dollar “Casa Del Desierto”. ...

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 ...

Phillipsburg & South Main Street

Maps dated 1654 by a Dutch engineer show an Indian village called "Chinterwink". Phillipsburg was first found on a 1749 map named after Indian Chief Phillip, whose tribe made this rich fising and hunting ground their home.

Phillipsburg was settled ...

The Granite Quarries

Patuxent Branch Trail

Granite was quarried in the Guilford area beginning in the 1830s and continuing until 1925 - a span of almost a century. As the nearby cities of Baltimore and Washington expanded, there was a need for quality building ...

Bowman S.C.

Memorial

James Edward Easterlin

Born Apr. 8, 1892

Lost on U.S.S. Cyclops, Mar. 4, 1918.

—–—

John Wesley Weathers

Born Apr. 17, 1895

Lost on U.S.S. Cyclops, Mar. 4, 1918.

—–—

John Moorer Livingston

Born Mar. 28, 1895.

Died Camp Sevier

Greenville, S.C. Nov. 24, 1917

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Samuel Dibble, Sr.

Founder of Bowman

Sept. ...

Habersham Memorial Hall

Joseph Habersham Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution was organized February 12, 1900 at the Executive Mansion. Mrs. William Lawson Peel, first Regent and Mrs. Allen D. Candler, wife of the governor, were among the five founders. The ...

The Banking Firm of Pioche et Bayerque

On this site in the mid-1850's Francois L.A. Pioche built an office building which housed the banking firm of Pioche et Bayerque, one of the most important financial institutions in the West during the two decades after the Gold Rush. ...

Old St. Paul's Church

In 1831,a Methodist Society was organized in this community. The congregation was incorporated as Cantwell's Bridge Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832. A small meeting house known as "Brickbat Church" was subsequently constructed on land provided by Joseph C. Griffith. Dedicated ...