Battle of Kolb's Farm - June 22, 1864

A costly Confederate attack here stopped the Union army's attempt to bypass Kennesaw Mountain.

On June 22, 1864, Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston sent Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood's 13,000 troops down Powder Springs Road to stop the Federal army's threat ...

Site of Offices of Russell, Majors, and Waddell

A Famous Freighting Firm

In the years 1855-1861 this firm was a major factor in the settlement of the West. Using thousands of teams, and both wagons and stagecoaches, it hauled supplies and passengers to Army posts and settlements west of ...

Historic Site in Journalism

Cyrus H. K. Curtis

Who was a major magazine publisher, here he founded the Ladies Home Journal in 1883 and rejuvenated the Saturday Evening Post as a magazine of national influence

Marker is at the intersection of 6th Street and ...

Russell, Majors & Waddell

Historic Wayside Tour #6

Before you stands the manufacturer's bank building; once headquarters for the freighting firm of Russell, Majors and Waddell. Fort Leavenworth's strategic location made it the logical logistical supply center to support the U.S. Army throughout the ...

Commodore John Barry, U. S. N.

Father of the Navy

of the

United States

Born in Wexford, Ireland

1745

Died in Philadelphia

1803

Presented to the

City of Philadelphia

by the

Friendly Sons of St. Patrick

1907

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Stanhope, NJ

Stanhope was a major port of commerce on the Morris Canal in Sussex County, enabling the expansion of the ironworks industry. The Morris Canal, a man-made engineering achievement, operated 1831-1924, and linked the Hudson and Delaware Rivers, primarily transporting anthracite ...

Sussex Borough, New Jersey

Sussex Borough was settled by Peter Decker about 1742. It was incorporated from Wantage Township as the Borough of Deckertown on October 15, 1891. The name was changed to Sussex Borough on March 2, 1902. The Sussex Presbyterian Church, the ...

John Harrington Stevens House

Built in 1850, this was the first house on the west bank of the Mississippi, located at Saint Anthony Falls near the present-day Minneapolis Post Office.

John H. Stevens received permission to occupy the site, a part of the Fort Snelling ...

James Clark

James Clark, who was born April 10th 1785 and died May 15th 1832, was, during the many years of his residence in the Village of Kinderhook, a public-spirited citizen, actively engaged in commercial pursuits and always foremost in every enterprise ...

J. Monteverde General Store Museum

Typical of old country stores at the turn of the century. Opened in 1898. Over its counter and from its shed, the Monteverde Family offered for sale all manner and description of merchandise. The emporium served as a meeting place ...