The Jamestown Riverfront 1630-1690

Jamestown provided the colonists with a deep-water port in a defensible location. Because shoreline settlements and camps allowed for easier transportation and a ready source of food, the colonists and Virginia Indians both lived on or near major waterways.

The James ...

John Porter McCown

Born 1/4 mi.SE, Aug. 19 1815. Graduate USMA, 1840. Brevetted captain at Cerro Gordo, Mexican War. Resigned 1861 for the Confederacy; rose to rank of major general. Commanded at New Madrid, Madrid Bend, Island No. 10 and later East Tenn. ...

Joseph W. Jordan

Dedicated

to the

Memory Of

Lorton Little Leaguer

Joseph W. Jordan

* 1999 All Star *

Marker can be reached from Dutchman Drive.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Noman Monroe Cole, Jr.

1933 - 1997

An engineer who believed science must serve people; a citizen who believed one person could make a difference, and did.

The Potomac River in the 1960's was one of the most polluted waterways in the country. The major source ...

James L. Usry

Born in Athens, Georgia, this educator, mayor, professional athlete and longtime Atlantic City resident was affectionately known as “Big Jim.” He was a 6' 6" giant of a man who never raised his voice. Jim was a classroom teacher and ...

Robert Edward Flournoy, Jr.

September 30, 1930 - August 10, 2003

Lawyer, Legislator, Mayor, Judge Robert Flournoy moved to Marietta from Atlanta in 1957 to practice law. He served in the Georgia House 1963 – 1965, creating the Cobb State Court. Flournoy founded the Downtown ...

Second Baptist Church / James P. Poindexter

Historic Underground Railroad Site

Side A:

Second Baptist Church - Columbus' Oldest Black Baptist Church, 1836

Second Baptist Church cordially received its independence as a mission church from the First Baptist Church on January 7, 1836. Rev. Ezekiel Fields was chosen as ...

New Jersey Journal

During the Revolution, former

soldier Shepard Kollock printed

the New Jersey Journal on this

site “to maintain the cause of

freedom” and serve the army in

Morristown. The Journal, north

Jersey’s only wartime newspaper,

founded in 1779, later thrived

in Elizabeth from 1786 to 1991.

Morris County Heritage Commission

Marker ...

Andrew Jackson Downing

[Inscription on urn pedestal, 1856]:

This vase was erected by his friends in memory of

ANDREW JACKSON DOWNING

who died July 28, 1852, aged 37 years.

He was born, and lived, and died upon the Hudson River. His life was ...

Gen. John B. Gordon

General John Brown Gordon (1832-1904), CSA, lawyer, statesman, owned this farm, “Beechwood,” from 1888 until his death. Here he raised Texas ponies, goats, horses and cattle. For a time he lived in “the old John D. Mitchell home”; later, he ...