Swannanoa Gap

Used by Indians and

pioneers in crossing

Blue Ridge. General

Rutherford's expedition

against Cherokee passed

here, September, 1776.

Marker is on Yates Avenue near Kitazuma Road, on the right when traveling south.

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Pioneering Bacterial Genetics

College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Geneticist Joshua Lederberg was the first University of Wisconsin faculty member to receive the Nobel Prize. His discovery of conjugation in bacterial cells was a milestone in biology and ushered in the new field of ...

Replica 6.4 inch Brooke Rifled Canon

Confederate Naval Canon from the CSS Albemarle

The Brooke Rifle is named after its developer, Commander John Mercer Brooke (CSA), who served as Chief, Dept. of Ordnance and Hydrography. While closely resembling the popular Parrott Gun used by the Union, the ...

Toompea Loss

[Toompea Castle]

Aerial photo of the castle and surroundings

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Toompea Castle is the seat of the Parliament of the Republic of Estonia – the Riigikogu

The castle complex is made up of several parts: the west wall ...

Siege of Plymouth, NC

Union Forces

Under the command of General Henry Walton Wessells

Engaged and captured April 17-20, 1864.

"Plymouth Pilgrims"

16th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry

2nd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery - Companies G & H

12th New York Cavalry - Companies A & F

24th Independent Battery B New York Veteran ...

The Glebe of Fairfax Parish

The glebe was a 500-acre farm provided for the rector of Fairfax Parish, which included both Christ Church, Alexandria, and the Falls Church. The Glebe House, built in 1775, stood here. It burned in 1808 and was rebuilt in 1820, ...

Somerset Place

Antebellum plantation of Josiah Collins III, who grew rice & corn. Home in 1860 to 328 slaves. Located six miles south.

Marker is at the intersection of North Carolina Route 94 and Sixth Street, on the right when traveling east on ...

Mustpeade Maja

[Tallinn House of Black Heads]

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The Tallinn Brotherhood of Black Heads, established in 1399, leased the Pikk Street building in 1517 and added a big festive hall to it in 1531-32, the initial ornament paintings of ...

Charles Pettigrew

First Bishop-elect of Episcopal Church in N.C., 1794. St. David's Church, erected 1803 at his expense, and his home are ½ mile southeast.

Marker is at the intersection of St David Road and North Carolina Route 94, on the right when ...

James Johnston Pettigrew

Confederate General, famed for charge at Gettysburg. His grave is 8 miles south.

Marker is at the intersection of North Carolina Route 94 and 6th Street, on the left when traveling west on State Route 94.

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