Margaret Moffette Lea Houston

April 11, 1819 - December 3, 1867

Margaret Moffette Lea was born on her family’s farm in Pleasant Valley, near Marion, Alabama. She graduated from Judson Female Institute in Marion in 1837, and in 1839 she met General Sam Houston. Houston, ...

The Last Camp of Hi Jolly

Camel Driver, Packer, Scout

Last Camp

of

Hi Jolly

Born somewhere in Syria

about 1828

Died at Quartzsite

December 16, 1902

Came to this country

February 10, 1856

Camel Driver - Packer

Scout -

Over Thirty

Years a faithful aid

to the US Government

Marker can be reached from Cemetery Street (Business U.S. 10) 0.1 ...

The First Settler

The first actual settler in Lake City was Jacob Boody who came in the Fall of 1853. His brother and Abner Dwelle came the next year. Samuel Doughty built the first substantial home and blacksmith shop in 1855. That same ...

Capture of Harpers Ferry

No. 3

September 15, 1862

No. 3

Col. Dixon S. Miles, Second U. S. Infantry, commanded the Union forces at Harpers Ferry. After Gen. White joined from Martinsburg, September 12 and Col. Ford from Maryland Heights on the 13th, Miles had about 14,200 ...

John F. Bianchi

In Memory Of

John F. Bianchi

1921 - 1976

In Recognition Of

His 26 years of Service

To the Little League

Marker is at the intersection of Pease Street and Whiting Drive, on the right when traveling west on Pease Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The First Presbyterian Mission in the Maumee Valley

On this ground was established

In the year 1822

The first Presbyterian Mission

In the Maumee Valley

—————

Rev. Joseph Badger,

Missionary, 1805 - 1812.

Rev. Isaac Van Tassell,

Its first superintendent, 1822 - 1834.

Marker is on West River Road (Ohio Route 65) north of Middleton Pike (Ohio ...

Star Fort

Guardian of Winchester

Three times during the Civil War, Star Fort played a major role in the defense of Winchester. Union Gen. Robert H. Milroy’s troops began constructing the fort in January 1863 on the site of artillery emplacements Confederate Gen. ...

John Fox House

Built on this site c. 1832, this vernacular farm house was home to the family of John Fox (1805-1884), whose plantation, The Point, was located 3 miles northwest of here. Fox served as Sheriff, Clerk of Court, Representative, and Senator ...

Site of the Methodist Church

1789–1817

Francis Asbury, Father of American Methodism, founded a Methodist Society in Annapolis in 1777. They built a meeting house in 1785 within the present grounds of the Naval Academy. In 1789, the “Old Blue Church” moved to this site and ...

Fruitvale School / Country School Era in Western Placer

Fruitvale School

Fruitvale School District, formed in 1888, bought a one and half acre site from Jeremiah and Elizabeth Fowler on which this school was built in 1889. Lewis Gage was the first teacher here. Additions to the structure were made ...