The Jacob Wirt House

At approximately 8:00 a.m. the head of Kilpatrick's Union Cavalry Division halted on Frederick Street. When Reverend William K. Zieber, pastor of Emmanuel Reformed Church learned about the hungry cavalrymen, he encouraged the crowd of townspeople to feed them. For ...

Switzer Covered Bridge

Franklin County's only covered bridge spans North Elkhorn Creek and is 120 ft. long and 11 ft. wide. It was built by George Hockensmith circa 1855. each entrance has a sawtooth edge; the lattice is pinned with trunnels (treenasil). Restored ...

Lambert-Gallier Inn of Court

Lambert & Lambert, Attorneys at Law

In 1836, renowned New Orleans architect James Gallier built these two buildings, 631 & 635 St. Charles Avenue along with the one on the right and the one that was on the corner of ...

General Robert H. Milroy

General Robert H. Milroy, 1816–1890, was appointed colonel of the 9th Indiana Infantry, later promoted to brigadier and major general. He saw extensive action in western Virginia. After the war he served as Indiana agent in State of Washington.

Marker is ...

Robert E. Lee

1807 – 1870

Commander in Chief

Confederate States of America

1861 – 1865

Placed by

Julia Jackson Chapter No. 4

Children of the Confederacy

Marker is on Lee Circle near Howard Avenue.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Wellsburg's Giant Sycamore

This giant Sycamore tree stands at the top of the Wellsburg Wharf it was planted in the early years of the 19th century by Dr. Albert Wheeler who practiced medicine in Wellsburg until his death in 1864.

It was under this ...

Boundary Marker

Northwest

The Western Reserve

41° N. Latitude

120 Miles

Northwest

Boundary Marker

of the Connecticut Western Reserve.

Conveyed to the United States, September 11, 1786

Marker is on East Moores Dock Road 0.1 miles west of North Cliff Road, on the left when traveling west.

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Bank of Louisiana in New Orleans

The original Bank of Louisiana in New Orleans was chartered by Governor Claiborne in 1804 and its board included Julien Poydras and John McDonogh. The bank was formed after the Louisiana to provide the currency for the citizens of Louisiana ...

N. B. Forrest Camp 215 Sons of Confederate Veterans

On June 28, 1900, a group of over 100 sons and grandsons of Confederate veterans met in Memphis to organize a local chapter, or "camp" of the United Sons of Confederate Veterans, later known as the Sons of Confederate Veterans ...

Wellsburg Wharf

In the 1790's, flatboats left here with their cargoes for southern markets. To accommodate and store products, warehouses and wharfs were built along our river banks. This wharf, which was established in the 1800's, extended twenty feet out in the ...