Turkey Island

Soon after landing at Jamestown in May 1607. Captain Christopher Newport, while exploring the James River discovered Turkey Island (two miles south). He named it for the large number of wild turkeys there. In 1684, William Randolph purchased Turkey Island; ...

Major Winston's

"Fokhunters"

Major Joseph Winston's command mistakenly charged a hillside that was barren of Tories. Later, arriving here, they eagerly peered through the autumn leaves to see if they were mistaken again. They were not, and so entered the triumphant fight.

Marker can ...

Marne Post 370 Veterans Memorial

In Memory Of

Those Who Made The

Supreme Sacrifice

From Our Community

In The Service

Of Our Country

Erected By

Marne Post 370

American Legion

1947

Marker is on Gleneida Avenue (New York Route 52) 0.1 miles north of Stoneleigh Avenue (U.S. 6), on the right when traveling ...

Engagement at Malvern Cliffs

On 30 June 1862, as Gen. Robert E. Lee concentrated his troops to attack Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's retreating Union army at Glendale, Maj. Gen. Theophilus H. Holmes brigade of Confederate troops moved down New Market Road on Lee's ...

Paul Laurence Dunbar

1872 - 1906

Paul Laurence Dunbar, born on Howard Street in Dayton, was the first African American to be accepted into the discipline of American literature. The son of a fugitive slave, Paul was an eloquent poet, short story writer, and ...

Campbell's Covered Bridge

In the earliest of times the rock shoal upstream of the bridge was used as a ford until a flat bridge was built across Beaverdam Creek. In Monday, August 24, 1908 starting at 7:00 p.m., twenty inches of rain fell ...

Montgomery County Civil War Memorial

The Memorial of

Montgomery County to her Soldiers.

Dedicated July 31, 1884.

"The Federal Union

Must and Shall be Preserved"

The Republic Rests on the

Virtue, Intelligence and Patriotism

of its Citizens.

"Liberty and Union,

Now and Forever, One and Inseparable"

Marker is on Main Street (Ohio Route 48), in ...

The Birth of Aviation

In 1899, Wilbur and Orville Wright of Dayton built a kite to test a revolutionary flight control system, and in 1900, built their first airplane (glider). With promising results, the Wrights built man-carrying gliders and airplanes to refine their ideas. ...

Hokenson Brothers Fishery

Harvesting the Waters

In 1927, the Hokenson brothers (Leo, Roy, and Eskel) began life as fishermen. For more than 30 years, they met the challenges of fishing the largest lake in the world, relying on their skills, strength, and ingenuity to ...

The Sharkey Sisters

The Sharkey Sisters

Una and Lena

resided here. Leading

members of Cumann na mBan

during

War of Independence

Marker is at the intersection of French Court (National Road 5) and Elphin Street (Local Road 368), on the left when traveling east on French Court.

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