Angel’s Flight

Built in 1901 by Colonel J. W. Eddy, lawyer, engineer, and friend of President Lincoln, Angel's Flight is said to be the world's shortest incorporated railway. The counterbalanced cars, controlled by cables, travel a 33 percent grade for 315 feet.

Freedom Park

Dedicated July 4, 1991

To those from

our community that have

defended our

Country's freedom

with honor and distinction

Marker is on County Complex Court, on the left when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Harmon Field

This playfield was made ours

through the assistance of the

Harmon Foundation

1927

Dedicated forever to the plays

of children, the development of

youth and the recreation of all

"The Gift of Land is the Gift Eternal"

Marker can be reached from Harmon Field Road (North Carolina Route ...

Battle of Monocacy

The Battle that saved Washington

Here along the Monocacy River on July 9, 1864, was fought the battle between Union forces under General Lew Wallace and Confederate forces under General Jubal A. Early.

The battle, although a temporary victory for the ...

Dodge's Grove and Fort Union

Arriving in Dodgeville in 1827, Henry Dodge, later renowned as a Black Hawk War military leader, territorial governor and state senator, began his Wisconsin career as a miner. In circa 1830, Dodge established living quarters and a large two-furnace smelting ...

This Boulder Overlooks the Monocacy Battlefield

and is in memory

– of –

The Southern Solders

who fell in the battle

fought July 9, 1864

which resulted in

a Confederate victory

———

Erected July 9, 1914

by the

Fitzhugh Lee Chapter

United Daughters of the Confederacy

of Frederick, Maryland

Marker is on Urbana Pike (State Highway 355), on ...

New Petersburgh Fort

A stockade built and used

by the pioneers of Schuyler

prior to and during

the American Revolution

Marker is on Hwy 5 (New York Route 5) 0.2 miles west of Moss Road, on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Hillsdale Fire Department Monument

Dedicated to the

Memory of Our

Departed Members

Hillsdale

Fire Department

1977

"Honor Roll" marker:

In Memorium

O.S. Trall 1924 • H.H. Herring 1927 • G.W. Saul 1927 • J.H. Westphal 1928 • A.H. Storms 1929 • C. Potter 1932 • T.C. Demarest 1933 • L.C. Meyer 1934 ...

Tomb of Dr. E.L. Hazelius

At this site is the grave of the Reverend Ernest L. Hazelius, 1777-1853, Lutheran clergyman, Doctor of Divinity, teacher, and author of several books on church history and theology. From 1834 to 1853, he was professor of theology in the ...

Dumfries - Love’s Tavern

Dumfries, an important Potomac River port chartered in 1749, became strategically significant in the autumn of 1861 when Confederate forces built batteries along the Potomac River nearby to blockade Washington, D.C. Gen. William H.C. Whiting, commanding Confederate forces, established his ...