Folck's Mill

Confederate Raid

Late in July 1864, Confederate Gen. John C. McCausland led his two cavalry brigades (about 2,800 men) northward into Pennsylvania and Maryland to capture Chambersburg and Cumberland and either collect a ransom or burn the towns. McCausland burned Chambersburg ...

Folck's Mill

Here in Evitts Creek Valley

on August 1, 1864,

General McCausland's Confederate

cavalry, returning after burning

Chambersburg, was surprised by

General Kelley's Union troops from

Cumberland. The Confederates

were repulsed and retreated across

the Potomac at Oldtown.

Marker can be reached from Ali Ghan Road NE.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Confederate Defense of Mill Creek Gap

Feb. 25, 1864. Stewart’s and Breckinridge’s divs. in the gap, repulsed the attacks of the Federal 14th A.C., from the N.W., while Hindman's A.C. drove back Cruft's and Bard’s divs. in Crow Valley E. of Rocky Face Ridge and N. ...

Matoaca Mill Site

Originally named the Providence Manufacturing Company, Matoaca Manufacturing (Mill) had its beginning here late in the 1700s on land then known as Olive Hill Plantation. Initially operated as a grist mill, by 1838 it was producing cotton cloth and paper. ...

Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Planing Mill

Built in 1912 at the Santa Fe rail yards in Temple, this planing mill was part of a complex of buildings that housed repair facilities for the railroad. Workers at the mill manufactured replacement parts for wooden elements of the ...

Adrian Lane's Grist Mill

Site of Adrian Lane's Grist Mill

C. 1710

First Mill In Readington

Marker is at the intersection of Readington Road and Hillcrest Road, on the right when traveling east on Readington Road.

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Sutter’s Mill Site

This rock monument marks site of John A. Sutter's saw mill in the tailrace of which James W. Marshall discovered gold, January 24, 1848, starting the great rush of argonauts to California. The Society of California Pioneers definitely located and ...

The Davis Mill

Built in 1864 by

William A. Davis First stone mill with carding machine in this vicinity. A sawmill and gin were added in 1866. French burrs, Leffel water wheel and silk bolt brought from Galveston by wagon in 1871. Made flour ...

Allen Miller House

Allen and Clarissa Miller had their house built shortly after purchasing this double lot in 1855 for $650. They and their three young children shared the house with Clarissa's brother, James Keys, and his wife. At the time, Miller was ...

Dredging Amana's Millrace

The Amana Millrace begins 6.5 miles west of here at the Iowa River. Workers from the seven Amana villages first began construction in 1865 using hand tools and oxen-drawn scrapers and wagons. The earthen levees were reinforced with wood posts ...