First Baptist Church

of Johnson City

In 1879, on July 19-20 or August 16-17, seven members formed the Missionary Baptist Church of Christ, present First Baptist Church. The Rev. James E. Bell (b.1843) held services in the schoolhouse. Lumber for the original church building, ...

1894 Blanco County Jail

Texas Sesquicentennial 1836-1986

Noting the unhealthy dampness of the basement where prisoners were first kept after the Blanco County seat was moved to Johnson City, the Commissioners Court ordered the construction of this jail facility in 1893. Completed the following year, ...

Col. James Burd

Tinian, home of Col. Burd, is still standing on the opposite hill. Burd was road-builder of Braddock's expedition. French and Indian War commandant at Fort Augusta. Patriot and a soldier in the Revolution.

Marker is on Pennsylvania Route 230 0.3 miles ...

Jacob Parrott

In Memory of

Jacob Parrott

buried here. Born July 17, 1843 in Fairfield County, Ohio. Died December 22, 1908. At 18 he enlisted in Company K, 33rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment and was the youngest member of the famous Andrews Raid. The ...

Gordon Browning

1889 - 1976

Governor Browning was born in Carroll County. After graduating from Cumberland Law School in 1915, he began practicing in Huntingdon. He commanded Battery D, 114th Field Artillery in France in World War I. In 1922 he was elected ...

Crampton’s Pass Tablet C.P. 1

Between September 4th and 7th, 1862, the Army of Northern Virginia, General Robert E. Lee, Commanding, crossed the Potomac near Leesburg, and occupied Frederick, Maryland. On the 10th a movement was made to surround and capture the Union forces at ...

The James Rumsey Bridge

Named in honor of the inventor, James Rumsey, who made successful demonstrations of his steamboat on the Potomac River here on December 3 and 11, 1787.

Opened and dedicated on July 15, 1939.

Marker is on North Duke Street / Shepherdstown ...

491st Bombardment Group (H)

Ringmasters

"No other 8th Air Force Group was

committed to action so fast -

flew so many missions in so short a time -

achieving such fine results."

14th CBW Final Report (1945)

Distinguished Unit Citation

26 November 1944

Air Offensive Europe • Normandy

Northern France • Rhineland

Ardennes • ...

Dresser's Battery

Battery D, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery - McClernand's Division

U.S.

Dresser's Battery,

"D" 2d Ill. Lt. Art., McClernand's (1st) Div.,

Army of the Tennessee.

This battery, with two guns, was engaged here from 11.30 A.M. to 2 P.M. April 6, 1862. It retired to left ...

Bull Run Battlefields

Just to the east were fought the two battles of Manassas or Bull Run.

Marker is on Lee Highway (U.S. 29), on the right when traveling east.

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