Duncan College Preparatory School for Boys

Marvin T. Duncan, a graduate of Webb School (Bell Buckle) and Vanderbilt University, founded Duncan School in 1908 at this site on 25th Avenue S. He and his wife, Pauline, taught at the school until it closed in 1952. The ...

Hillsboro-West End

This classic streetcar suburb was developed on farm land as Nashville grew south and west in the late nineteenth century. Built in Bungalow, Tudor, and Colonial Revival styles, many homes from the 1910s and 1920s still stand. The Hillsboro-West End ...

Commercial National Bank

The Commercial National Bank of Beeville traces its history to January 1893 when several prominent citizens met to organize a financial institution. Elected as officers were Dr. L.B. Creath, A.G. Kennedy, John I. Clare, and D.C. Stone. The bank opened ...

General William Orlando Butler

Born in Kentucky

April 19, 1791 - August 6, 1880

Transylvania University 1812

War of 1812 - Aide De Camp to Andrew Jackson

River Raisin - Pensacola - New Orleans

Mexican War - Major General of the Volunteers

Commanded 1st Volunteer Division of the Army of ...

Corbit’s Charge

Here June 29, 1863, Captain Charles Corbit led Companies C and D, First Delaware Cavalry, against General J. E. B. Stuart’s cavalry division. Though repelled by overwhelming force, the attack delayed Stuart, and was a factor in his failure to ...

Battle of Glendale

Charge of the 69th Pennsylvania Infantry

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In April 1862, Union forces under Gen. George B. McClellan began a major campaign to capture Richmond, marching west from Fort Monroe up the Peninsula between the York and James rivers toward the Confederate capital. ...

Robert Strawbridge House

Here Robert Strawbridge formed the first Methodist class in America about 1763. Nearby he built the first log meeting house. Although without official sanction American Methodists first received Baptism and Holy Communion by his hand. Named national historic Methodist Shrine, ...

Strawbridge Log Meeting House Site

Built in 1764 by Robert Strawbridge, the first Methodist place of worship erected in America. Successors are Stone Chapel (1783) 3 miles northeast, and Bethel (1821) 1 mile south.

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Marker is on Marston Road (Maryland Route 407) 0.3 miles east of ...

Ernest R. Ball

1878-1927

The composer of "When Irish Eyes are Smiling", "Mother Machree", "A Little Bit of Heaven" and hundreds of other songs well known today. He also wrote musical scores for Broadway shows.

Marker is on Euclid Avenue (U.S. 20).

Courtesy ...

Portuguese Bend

The Palos Verdes Peninsula is an up lifted block of land forced out of the sea at a rate of about 0.4 millimeters per year over the last 2 million years. Once an island, the peninsula is encircled by thirteen ...