Jefferson County / Berkeley County

Jefferson County. Formed, 1801, from Berkeley. Named for Thomas Jefferson. Home of Gens. Gates, Darke, and Charles Lee. Here four companies of Washington’s men organized. Shepherdstown was strongly urged as the seat of the National Capitol.

Berkeley County. Formed from Frederick ...

Dobbs Ferry Veterans Memorial

Erected In Memory

Of Those Who Died

Serving Our Country

World War I

April 6, 1917 – November 11, 1918

Edward J. Condon

John C. Eberspacher

Emil Lang

Paul Schlutow

Michael Zanni

World War II

December 7, 1941 – September 2, 1945

William B. Arnard • Herbert Bachant • Herbert F. ...

Home of Abraham Rothrock, M.D.

First President of the

Mifflin County Medical Society

Birthplace of

Joseph Trimble Rothrock, M.D.

1839 - 1922

Physician - Conservationist

The Father of Forestry in Pennsyvania

This tablet erected April 9, 1956

Marker is on Market Street near Criswell Street, on the left when traveling south.

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The Brumback Library

When local banker and businessman John Sanford Brumback left a large bequest to Van Wert County for the purpose of establishing a countywide library in 1897, such institutions did not yet exist, and Ohio had no legal provision for a ...

Aaron Burr

Born February 6, 1756,

Died September 14, 1836

A Colonel in the Army of the Revolution.

Vice-President of the United States from 1801 - 1805.

Placed by The Aaron Burr Association

September 1995

Marker can be reached from Greenview Avenue, on the left when ...

Cobb's Kentucky Battery

Trabue's Brigade - Breckinridge's Corps

C. S.

Cobb's Kentucky Battery,

Trabue's (1st) Brig., Breckinridge's Corps,

Army of the Mississippi.

This battery, of six guns, went into action here about 11.30 a.m. April 6, 1862. At 12 m. its horses were all killed and guns taken. ...

Newton Booth

1852 - 1892

State Senator 1862

Governor 1871

United States Senator 1873

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

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The Battle of Cowpens: Prelude to Victory

On this field on January 17, 1781, Daniel Morgan led his army to a brilliant victory over Banastre Tarleton's force of British regulars. One of only a few sccessful double envelopments in history, this battle is recognized by historians as ...

John Burns

"My thanks are specially due to a citizen of Gettysburg named John Burns who although over seventy years of age shouldered his musket and offered his services to Colonel Wister One Hundred and Fiftieth Pennsylvania Volunteers. Colonel Wister advised him ...

Italian Workmen's Club

1922/1936

One of the few buildings remaining from the original Italian community in Greenbush, the Italian Workmen's Club was constructed by volunteer labor in 1922, with a major renovation in 1936. John Icke, local contractor and benefactor of the Italian community, ...