Site of Fort Andross and Fort George

To mark the site of

1688 Fort Andross 1694

and

1715 Fort George 1737

Also the earliest burial place

where are buried

Benjamin Larrabee

Agent of the Pejepscot Proprietors and

Commander of Fort George. Also

Robert and Andrew Dunning,

killed by the Indians

Courtesy hmdb.org

Site of Fort Jackson

In June, 1832, an alarm spread throughout the mining region that Black Hawk and his band were on the march north from Illinois. Hastily built stockades were erected throughout the lead region. Fort Jackson was built on this site using ...

Fine Meadows

Where... Droves of Buffaloes and Elks were Feeding

Where were these "Buffaloes and Elks?" Wyoming? Montana? No, they were feeding in the prairies along the banks of the Chippewa River, roaming as far north as Chippewa Falls.

The dry conditions of prairies ...

Mountain Warfare Training Center

U.S. Marine Corp

Was established in 1951, in cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service. One of the Corps most remote and isolated posts. The mission was providing cold weather training for Korea bound replacement personnel. The name changed to “Marine Corp ...

Birthplace of a Confederate Hero

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William Thomas Overby was born on this site in the 1840s. He enlisted May 31, 1861, in Co. A, 7th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, C.S.A. Later served with the 43rd Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, Mosby’s Rangers, and participated in many raids ...

Francis Scott Key

Thomas Johnson

Barbara Fritchie

Francis Scott Key

Author of

“The Star Spangled Banner”Born in Frederick County, Maryland, 1779. Died in Baltimore 1843 and there buried. Removed to Federick 1866 and interred in family lot.

In 1898 the remains of Francis ...

Site of Howard Ranch and Inn 1865

The Log Cabin Inn was rebuilt and renamed, Bassett House, by Mary and Jacob H. Bassett in 1871. This stopover was used by state and freight teams between Truckee, Sierraville, Gold Lake, and Downieville until 1906. No wayfarer ever went ...

Capture of Harpers Ferry

No. 2

September 15, 1862

No. 2

Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Jackson, with his own Division and those of Maj. Gen. A. P. Hill and R. S. Ewell, left Frederick on the morning of September 10 and passing through Middletown and Boonsboro ...

The Great Flood of 1932 and Engine No. 3834

On September 30th torrential rains flooded Tehachapi Creek, undermining the tracks under Santa Fe Engine No. 3834 which was waiting out the storm about ½ mile east of Woodward Station. The engine disappeared into the raging water below. It remained ...

Jefferson Hotel

[Front]:

The Jefferson Hotel, designed and built by Columbia entrepreneur and contractor John Jefferson Cain (1869-1929), stood here at the corner of Main and Laurel Streets from 1913 until 1968. The hotel (also sometimes called the Hotel Jefferson) was built in ...