Gettysburg Campaign

The Union Army 1st Corps camped here June 30, 1863, on the way to Gettysburg. Followed later by the 11th and 3rd Corps, they marched next morning to relieve Buford's cavalry, already in action west of the town.

Marker is ...

Gettysburg Campaign

The Union Army 12th Corps arrived here the afternoon of July 1, 1863; and later moved into battle line on Culp's Hill. On July 2, the 6th Corps arrived by this same road, and the 5th Corps by the Hanover ...

Lewisburg

Side A

Site of Fort Savannah, built in 1755. Here at Camp Union Gen. Andrew Lewis mustered troops which participated in the Battle of Point Pleasant 1774. Lewisburg was incorporated in October, 1782, by the Virginia Assembly.

Side B

Presbyterian Church established 1783. ...

Battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862

Bloodiest One-Day Battle

in American History

As the thundering of artillery and rifle gave way to darkness of night, 23,000 killed and wounded Union and Confederate soldiers covered the fields around Sharpsburg. This inconceivable total gives Antietam the tragic distinction of having ...

The Beginning of the Lincoln Highway

The Lincoln Highway was the first coast-to-coast highway built in 1913. A group of visionary businessmen from the automotive industry, led by Henry B. Joy and Carl Fisher, formed the Lincoln Highway Association.

The Association successfully spearheaded the creation of ...

Battlefield Landmark

One of few natural landmarks of the battle fought here Aug. 31, 1864, is the deep gully S. of marker -- the bed of a small stream flowing W. to Flint River. N. of, & parallel to it, was the ...

British – American Friendship

"We are now friends with

England and with all Mankind."

Written by Benjamin Franklin, American Peace

Commissioner in Paris, following the signing of the peace

treaty ending the American Revolution

September 1783

With American and British flags flying overhead, a Quit Rent Ceremony is reenacted each ...

Site of School House and Burial Ground

German Society of Franklin Twp

Lutheran Calvinist Reformed

and

Mennonite Congregation

1795-1908

Marker is at the intersection of Old Route 30 (U.S. 30) and Flohrs Church Road, on the right when traveling west on Old Route 30.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Birthplace of Union Oil Company of California

Birthplace of

Union Oil Company of California

Founded October 17, 1890

Presented by the City of Santa Paula, California

to

Union Oil Company of California

In Commemoration of the Company's 50 years of Service to the West

August Twenty-Four, Nineteen Hundred Forty

Marker is at the intersection of ...

The Blowhole

This blowhole - a crevice in the earth's crust that appears to breathe - is one of several found in the Wupatki area. It connects to an underground passage - size, depth, and complexity unknown - called an earthcrack. Earthcracks ...