Monocacy Battlefield

has been designated a

National Historic Landmark

This site possesses national significance

in commemorating the history of the

United States of America

1973

National Parks Service

United States Department of the Interior

Marker can be reached from Urbana Pike (State Highway 355), on the right when traveling north. ...

Father Caspar Rehrl / St. John the Baptist Parish

Father Caspar Rehrl

A priest, missionary, teacher, founder of churches and schools, and organizer of parishes, Father Rehrl was born in Salzburg, Austria, in 1809. He became a mission­ary to North America, arriving in the new diocese of Milwaukee in the ...

Statuary at the Shelby County Courthouse

Exterior statuary at the Shelby County Courthouse includes, most prominently, six seated figures carved from single blocks of Tennessee marble, representing Wisdom, Justice, Liberty, Authority, Peace, and Prosperity. Near the top of the north facade are six standing figures: Prudence, ...

The Battle That Saved Washington

The Battle of Monocacy took place on July 9, 1864, in the valley before you. The battle pitted North against South, and Washington, D.C., was the prize.

Richmond and Petersburg were endangered, but the Southern leader, General Robert E. Lee had ...

Col. Benjamin Church

This Tablet erected by the Rhode Island Society of Colonial Wars in recognition of the exceptional services rendered by Col. Benjamin Church

His fearless leadership and effective command during King Philip's war 1675-1676

Marker is on Commons St.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Bouquet’s Camp

On the hill north of here was made, in 1764.

The memorable treaty which brought almost continuous peace between the Indians and the Whites.

The expedition of 1500 men, under Col. Henry Bouquet, marched from Fort Pitt reaching the Forks of the ...

This Boulder Marks the National Trail

This boulder marks the National Trail over which traveled Gen. Edward Braddock and Lieutenant Colonel George Washington 1755.

Marker is on Old National Pike (Alternate U.S. 40) east of Urner Road, on the left when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Ambush at Ankers's Shop

"It was a complete surprise"

Samuel and Henrietta Ankers lived at this site during the Civil War. On the morning of February 22, 1864, just outside their front door, about 160 of Confederate Lt. Col. John Singleton Mosby's horsemen ambushed 150 ...

Big Diamond

A Circus Elephant

"Big Diamond", a circus elephant expired near here in 1927. His skinned hulk was buried. Years later, his bones were unearthed and speculation arose about a

Humboldt mastodon until investigators were enlightened

by people who'd seen the pachyderm's ignominious end.

Marker ...

Coloma Breweries

In the 1850’s and 1860’s Coloma had two breweries – the El Dorado and the Coloma – between Brewery Street and the river. An 1853 advertisement in Coloma’s newspaper stated: “Mr. Joseph Wellman would respectfully inform traders, hotelkeepers and the ...