“. . . your sister is dead.”

On the morning of July 1st, Gettysburg resident Jennie Wade and her family fled their town home to this brick double house shared by her sister Georgia McClellan, to distance themselves from the fighting. The Union retreat to Cemetery Hill ...

Morris Canal

1824 - 1924

At this location the canal crossed Second River on a wooden aqueduct. The aqueduct and canal's five-foot depth made this a popular summer diving and swimming spot for Bloomfield's youth.

Marker is on Newark Avenue west of ...

5th Pennsylvania Reserves

34th Infantry

(Front):5th Pennsylvania Reserves

34th Infantry

3d Brigade 3d Division 5th Corps

Mustered in May 28 - June 12 1861

Mustered out June 11 1864

Recruited in Centre, Lancaster, Huntington, Lycoming,

Northumberland, Clearfield, Union, and Bradford Counties

Gettysburg 24 officers and 310 men

Wounded 2 men

Total enrollment 1050

Killed ...

Integration with Dignity, 1963

[Front]:

Clemson University became the first white college or university in the state to integrate on January 28, 1963. Harvey B. Gantt, a Charleston native wanting to study architecture, had applied for admission in 1961. When Clemson delayed admitting him, he ...

Rensselaer Power Plant

1939

Incorporated as a municipal

steam power plant in 1898.

Changed to diesel power in 1925.

Remodeled and enlarged in 1939.

Chas S Chamberlin • Superintendent

Louis C Ramp • Asst Superintendent

J W Moore & Son • Consulting Engineers

Howard S Garns • Architect

W R Dunkin & ...

Maplesville United Methodist Church

This structure is an excellent example of the one-room Gothic Revival - style church buildings which once were built throughout the South. It was originally located on a three-acre site that was deeded to trustees W. A. D. Ramsey, G. ...

Veteran's Memorial Building

Built 1931

Donated to Alameda County by Livermore Post, American Legion

City of Livermore Historic Preservation Heritage Site

Dedicated July 1996

Operated by Livermore Area Recreation and Park District

Marker is at the intersection of South L Street and 5th Street, on the right when ...

Outer Defense Line

News of Federal crossings of the Chattahoochee July 17, 1864 prompted the building of a defense line N & E of Atlanta, by the forces of Gen. Hood, C.S.A., who assumed command July 18. The E.-W. line crossed Howell Mill ...

Ranching from the High Point

This area of Albany and Laramie Counties is noted for its rich agricultural history. The forests and rolling hills were home to large sheep and cattle herds from the mid 1800s into the 1900s. After the Civil War, trees harvested ...

Early History of Devil's Lake

In 1911, Devil's Lake became the third State Park in Wisconsin.

Devil's Lake was created when the last glacier to visit this area began to retreat approximately 14,000 years ago. Glacial debris plugged both ends of the Devil's Lake Gorge as ...