Battle of Pine Bluff

During the morning and early afternoon of October 25, 1863, Colonel Powell Clayton commander of federal troops occupying Pine Bluff, successfully repulsed a three-pronged confederate attack of forces of General John S. Marmaduke. Cotton bales hastily placed around the courthouse ...

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park. The canal and towpath are dedicated to Justice William O. Douglas of White Ferry.

Marker is at the intersection of Whites Ferry Road (Maryland Route 107) and River Road, on the left when ...

Quercus lyrata (Overcup Oak)

This tree is planted as a living

memorial to the faculty and students who

lost their lives in the April 16, 2007

tragedy at Virginia Tech.

Marker is on Calhoun Drive, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Auguste La noir de Serville

To honor

Auguste La noir de Serville

Hero of the American Revolution

French Marine served under Count de Grasse

Wounded Yorktown, VA Oct. 14, 1781

Died Jefferson Co. Ark. Dec. 30, 1828

Marker is on West Barraque Street just from North Main Street, on the ...

White’s Ford

Crossing the Potomac

A wing of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia commanded by Gen. James Longstreet, as well as part of Gen. J.E.B. Stuart’s cavalry, crossed into Maryland just south of here on September 5-6, 1862. Other parts ...

Rural Electrification

On November 14, 1935, the rural electrification movement got its start in Piqua with the installation of the first electric pole financed by the Rural Electrification Administration (REA). In partnership with the Miami Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc., the pole was ...

White’s Ford

Crossing the Potomac

A wing of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia commanded by Gen. James Longstreet, as well as part of Gen. J.E.B. Stuart’s cavalry, crossed into Maryland just south of here on September 5-6, 1862. Other parts ...

Dr. Robert Mitchell

(1786-1863)

Outspoken opponent of slavery, Mitchell was widely known as an abolitionist. In September 1845, he harbored five fugitives from slavery on his property here. Following a raid by bounty hunters, two men escaped; three were returned to slavery. Mitchell was ...

Bridge

Built by John A. Roebling,

builder of Brooklyn Bridge,

to support D. & H. Canal

aqueduct by which boats

crossed Delaware, 1848 – 98

Marker is at the intersection of New York Route 97 and Minisink Road, on the left when traveling north on State ...

Grover’s Attack ? Union Bayonet Charge

Second Battle of Manassas

Grover’s troops waited for the Rebels to fire, then charged up the ten-foot embankment. With no time to reload, Confederates were caught hugging the rear slope. The charging Federals stabbed with bayonets, crushed skulls with musket butts, ...