Fraser's Battery - Cabell's Battalion

McLaws's Division - Longstreet's Corps

Army of Northern Virginia

Longstreet's Corps McLaws's Division

Cabell's Battalion Fraser's Battery

The Pulaski Artillery

Two 10 pounder Parrotts, Two 3 inch Rifles

July 2 Took position here 3.30 p.m. and opened fire on Peach Orchard and the Union batteries east ...

The Fountain House Inn, 1717

The Fountain House Inn, which took its name from the ample supply of water flowing from its nearby spring, was built in 1717 at this location. The Inn's site was strategic to the distance a team of horses could travel ...

To the Memory of the Pioneers

Ward Massacre Memorial

To the memory of the pioneers who were massacred by Indians near this spot August 20, 1854.

This monument is dedicated by Pioneer Chapter

Daughters of the American Revolution Boise, Idaho

William Ward Age 44

Margaret Ward " 37

Mary Ward " ...

Fixed Signal

This railroad signal device is a semaphore, originally located in Maitland on the main line of what is now the CSX Railroad. In 1880 the South Florida Railway built a narrow gauge railway between Sanford and Orlando running through ...

Northern Limit of Old Norfolk

This marks the Northern limit of the fifty acres constituting the original town of Norfolk. It was bounded on the North by Town Back Creek and Dun-In-The-Mire Creek. The land was purchased as a port for lower Norfolk county for ...

Fort Mifflin

Laid out in 1771 by the engineer John Montrésor. Heroically held by the Americans under British siege until they were forced out, Nov. 15, 1777. Rebuilt 1798-1800 according to L’Enfant’s design and enlarged in the 19th century. A U.S. military ...

Peaceful Trading Turns Hostile

Ward Massacre

In the 1830's, local tribes, including the Shoshone, Paiute, and Bannock began trading with Euro-American fur trappers and missionaries passing through southern Idaho. Peaceful exchanges beneficial to both groups increased in 1842 when wagon trains crossed southern Idaho on ...

Falling Creek Iron Works

1619-1622

Vanished now but for a trace, Falling Creek is the site of the first industrial ironworks in the New World. The close proximity of iron ore, wood for fuel and power provided by the falling water made the Falling Creek ...

University of Denver

Meyer Womble Observatory

Mt. Evans, Colorado

Elevation 14,125 ft.

“The World’s Highest Operational Observatory”

Building Dedication August 19, 1996

“...for educational purposes in astrophysics and astronomy...”

Marker can be reached from Mt. Evans Road south of Colorado Highway 103.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Battlefield Center

From this position (Belle Grove Mansion is west of here) most of the VI and XIX U.S. Corps camps were visible on 19 October 1864. The XIX Corps camped close to their earthworks along the ridge to the south. VI ...