Pepper School

Pepper School, established in 1914-15, was built on land donated "for the children of my community" by William A. Pepper (1829-1914). The school, with three teachers and about 75-100 students in grades 1-7 for much of its history, closed after ...

Kings Mountain Battleground

Kings Mountain Battleground

York County

South Carolina

Marker is on Kings Mountain Park Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Prince Frederick's Chapel

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The first church on this site, known as Prince Frederick's Chapel, Pee Dee, was built in 1848 on a site donated by the Rev. Hugh Fraser in 1834. Most of its parishioners were rice planters along the Pee Dee ...

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Five miles south lies the main campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, founded in 1872 as a land-grant college specializing in agriculture and mechanical arts. The land-grant college system initiated scientific agricultural and industrial instruction in the Commonwealth. ...

First Physician

Henry D. Palmer, M.D. (1809-1877) located at this site in 1836. First physician in Lake County, he was also counselor to the pioneers for 40 years and member of the underground railroad aiding escaped slaves.

Marker is on 73rd Place, on ...

Hill of Three Waters or the Triple Divide

A triple point, or triple divide, is the place where two continental divides intersect and water drains into three different watersheds. Five widely-recognized triple divides exist in the United States, including: Triple Divide Peak, Montana, The Hill of Three Waters, ...

Across the Harbor: Remembering September 11th

On September 11, 2001 two hijacked planes were flown into the two towers of the World Trade Center. As the towers collapsed, nearly 3,000 people were killed. Today, this site – less than a mile from where the towers ...

Allegany County Library

Cumberland Free Public Library

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Name of Cumberland Free Public Library changed to Allegany County Library July 1, 1960

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1798 • First public school in Western Maryland incorporated under Act of 1798 as "Visitors of Allegany County School."

1824 • School name changed to ...

First Cabin in Rensselaer

This tablet marks the site of

the first cabin in Rensselaer

Built and occupied by

Joseph Yeoman and wife

December 1836

Marker is at the intersection of Washington Street (U.S. 231) and the Iroquois River, on the left when traveling west on Washington Street.

Courtesy ...

Westover Church

A short distance south is Westover Church. It was first built on the James River near Westover House early in the Seventeeth century. About 1730 the site was changed and the present building erected. Defaced in the campaign of 1862, ...