Johnny Appleseed's Early Landholdings

This is the site of Johnny Appleseed's earliest known recorded landholdings. Appleseed (whose legal name was John Chapman) purchased two parcels from Joseph Walker on September 14, 1809: Mount Vernon town lot 147, upon which you stand, and lot 145, ...

Early Roads To San Felipe

During the mid-1820's, When Stephen F. Austin was founding this town, the only roads in the area were wagon ruts or beaten trails marked by notched trees. Within a decade, however, the village of San Felipe, one of the first ...

Early Trading Post

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At this point, just north of the safest ford in the Chattahoochee River, the first white settlers in this area built their campfires in 1822. A trading post was soon established on the site and Indians traded gold nuggets and ...

Pearl Harbor Survivors

In memory of those heroes

who made the supreme sacrifice

and to the survivors of

Pearl Harbor

Oahu, Hawaii

December 7, 1941

A day that will live in infamy

Dedicated

December 7, 2002

By

Penninsula Chapter Three

Pearl Harbor Survivors

Association, Inc.

Marker is on Kawana Circle 0.1 miles west of Biggins Circle, ...

Early Architecture

This one and a half story house is typical of the architecture during the period of early settlement of Lancaster, dating from 1730. Most of the local houses in 1800 were of this style.

Marker is on Water Street, on the ...

Early Transportation Routes

King Street

Throughout Lancaster City's history, king Street has been a major throughfare between Philadelphia and points west. In 1733 work commenced on the King's Highway, now Route 340. This highway began at the square extended eastward on King Street ...

Pearl High School

(Obverse)

Named for Joshua F. Pearl, the city's first superintendent of schools, Pearl was established in 1883 as a grammar school for Negroes and was located on old South Summer Street. It became a high school in 1897 when grades 9 ...

Early's Division

Second Army Corps

C.S.A.

Army of Northern Virginia

Second Army Corps

Early's Division Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early

Hays's Brigade Brig. Gen. Harry T. Hays

Smith's Brigade Brig. Gen. William Smith

Hoke's Brigade Col. Isaac E. Avery, Col. A.C. Godwin

Gordon's Brigade Brig. Gen. John B. Gordon

Artillery Battalion, ...

Early History of St. Simons Island

The Spanish established several

missions along Georgia's coastal sea

islands. Two missions were located on

St. Simons Island, called " Isla De

Guadalquini" by the Spanish: Santo

Domingo de Asajo (Guale) and San

Buenaventura de Guadalquini (Mocama).

San Simon and Ocotonico were Yamasee

villages that did not ...

Early Quarter Horse Shows

Prior to 1940, Quarter Horses, also called Steeldusts or Billys, did not have an official breed name. However, there were shows where horsemen brought their Quarter Horses to be judged. William Anson of Christoval, TX, sponsored and judged this type ...