William Alfred Mensch Building

1922

has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is on Main Street (Oklahoma Route 66) near 3rd Avenue, on the left when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Edmunds Family History / Samuel Calhoun Edmunds

Edmunds Family History

1710-1961

Burial Ground 1.3 Miles S.E. —›

Officers:

Will Tom Edmunds, Pres

Joe F. Edmunds, Vice President

Robert J. Edmunds, Sec & Treas.

Mary Edmunds, Historian

The first record is of John Edmunds, born 1710 Virginia. Will probated Amherst County Va. 1764. He was father ...

First Battle of Winchester

Here Confederate Maj. Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson and his army, early on the morning of 25 May 1862, defeated Union Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Bank’s forces during Jackson’s Shenandoah Valley campaign. Banks, outnumbered and outflanked, hastily retreated north through ...

Fort McHenry

1814 - 1914

1776

Whetstone Point shore battery

1794

Star Fort begun.

Later named for Washington’s Secretary of War

1795

Reservation partly acquired by the United States

1814

Gallant defence during British bombardment inspired the writing of The Star-Spangled Banner

Flight of Richard C. duPont

Near this site on September 21, 1933, Richard C. duPont was launched from Afton Mountain in his Bowlus sailplane, Albatross. Four hours and fifty minutes later he landed at Frederick, Maryland, establishing a United States distance record for sail planing ...

Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine

As a guardian of Baltimore’s harbor, Fort McHenry is the site of the sucessful defense of the city by American Forces during the British attack on September 12–14, 1814 which inspired Francis Scott Key to write “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

Fort ...

Sassafras Mill

1920 - 1974

This is the boiler portion of the sassafras mill that operated in Hickory Valley. It took native sassafras roots and processed them into an aromatic oil used in medicine, perfume, and flavoring. A man with a mule regularly ...

Fort Necessity

Col. George Washington on June 29, 1754 began a fort here. July 4 he surrendered to a superior force of French. Fort Necessity Park includes the historic area and reconstructed fort.

Marker is on National Road (U.S. 40) 0.3 miles east ...

Battle of Sailors Creek

(Front):Battles of Sailors Creek

April 6, 1865

"My God! Has the army been dissolved?"

General R. E. Lee

Hillsman's Farm US 442 CS 3400

Marshall's Crossroads US 172 CS 2600

Lockett's Farm (Double Bridges) US 536 CS 1700

Totals include killed, wounded, missing and captured.

(Back):In remembrance of ...

Fredericksburg United Methodist Church

This church sanctuary was built in 1882, the fifth building to be used by the congregation, and the second on this site. Additions were constructed in 1912, 1924, 1951, and 1989. The reverend John Kobler, an early leader who raised ...