Stuart's Ride Around McClellan

J.E.B. Stuart, on his famous ride around McClellan's army, June 12-15, 1862, arrived here in the early night of June 13, coming from Hanover Courthouse. He rested here several hours and then pressed on to the Chickahominy River, rejoining Lee's ...

To All Pioneers Who Passed This Way to Win and Hold the West

Route of Sublette cut-off from Big Sandy to Bear River. Traversed after 1843 by emigrants to Oregon and California.

Marker is on U.S. 191 just north of Old Luman Road, on the left when traveling north.

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Bell Tavern

To mark the site of

Bell Tavern

used as a

Recruiting Station

during the War of 1812

Erected by the Dorothy Payne Madison Chapter

N.S.U.S. Daughters 1812, VA

Marker is at the intersection of East Main Street and North 15th Street, on the left when traveling east ...

Confederate Memorial Day in Macon

On Thursday, April 26, 1866, the graves of Confederate soldiers in Rose Hill Cemetery and in the cemetery at 7th and Cherry Streets were decorated with flowers by the members of the Ladies’ Memorial Association, organized in March 1866 with ...

St. Peter's Church

Two miles northeast is St. Peter's Church, built in 1703 in English bond. David Mossom, rector there for forty years, was the minister who married George Washington. According to one tradition, the wedding took place at St. Peter's Church.

Marker is ...

Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad

On April 22, 1833, the Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad was granted a charter by the Legislature of the Territory of Michigan and was built and in operation a year before Michigan was a state. It was to connect Toledo (then ...

The Glen Echo Park Yurts

How they got here and what goes on inside them.

Yurts Around the World. These interesting and unusual buildings function as studios and classrooms in Glen Echo Park. Yurts have a long history. In Mongolia, yurts have been practical homes for ...

Pronghorn Antelope and the High Cold Desert

Dominated by sagebrush grasslands, the "high cold desert" provides habitat for one of the largest pronghorn antelope herds in the world. This region is home to 40,000 to 60,000 antelope, known as the Sublette Herd. The pronghorn has keen eyesight ...

Battery H, 3d Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery

Battery H

3d Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery

1st Brigade 2d Division

Cavalry Corps

Mounted as a battery of light artillery May 6 1863

Second Section Participated in the Battle

Mustered in

January 19 1863

Mustered out July 25, 1865

Temporarily attached to

the 1st Brigade 2d Division

Cavalry Corps

from June 28 to ...

The De Forest Depot

Built in 1871

The DeForest Depot was built in 1871, at the time of the construction of the railroad line which connected Madison to Portage. Land for a depot was donated to the railroad by Isaac DeForest. Recognizing the importance of ...