General Albert Maver Winn

Dedicated to

Gneral Albert Maver Winn

Founder of the Fraternal Order of

The Native Sons of the Golden West

and

To the California Pioneers

Rededicated and Restored

September 1969-April 1977-July 2004

Marker can be reached from Broadway, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Zion Baptist Church

Zion Baptist Church is home to one of the oldest African American congregations in Westmoreland County. Before slavery ended,

according to local tradition, services were

first held under a dogwood bush arbor on

Gawen’s Farm, near Tucker Hill, approximately

one and a half miles ...

Kirk's Brigade

McCook's Division

U. S.

Army of the Ohio.

Kirk's (5th) Brigade,

34th Ill., 30th Ind., 29th Ind.,

McCook's (2d) Division.

These regiments were engaged here at the close of

the battle of April 7, 1862.

Marker is on Corinth Road 0.2 miles south of Hamburg-Purdy Road, on the ...

The Burnt House Field

A mile and a half to the north is the Burnt House Field, a Lee family graveyard in which were buried Richard Lee of “Machotick,” Thomas Lee of “Stratford,” Richard Henry Lee of “Chantilly,” their wives, and others. These burials ...

Fort Worth Main Post Office Building

The Fort Worth Post Office was established in 1856 with pioneer settler Julian Field serving as Postmaster. The central offices were moved here in 1933 when this building was completed. Designed by the Fort Worth firm of Wyatt C. Hedrick, ...

Dobashi Market

“... you come upon the boiled eel, the quail’s eggs, the dried seaweed, and the squid like root called gobo, as well as the crinkly cabbage Japanese call napa and Korean pickled radishes packed in Hawaii and small cans of ...

The First Battle of Ironclad Ships, 1862

On March 8, 1862 CSS Virginia steamed past this point (1) to a battle which would forever change naval warfare. This ship had previously been a Union steam frigate, USS Merrimack, which had been destroyed near the Gosport Navy Yard ...

Ast Building

The photo shows the staff of Ast Hardware around 1915; Capt. Joseph P. Ast is second from left. In 1975, this half of the Ast building was demolished to provide an access ramp to the new parking garage, leaving 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 ...

St. Ignatius Academy Building

The first Catholic School in Fort Worth, St. Ignatius Academy was organized by the sisters of St. Mary of Namur in 1885. The first classes were held in a house purchased from Jacob Smith. This four-story limestone structure, used for ...