Northwest Academy

Soldiers' Home

From 1861 through 1865, Clarksburg was temporary home to hundreds of Union soldiers. Although many tents and huts were erected to quarter he men, soldiers occupied every public building at one time or another. You are facing the site ...

Clarksburg Defenses

Protecting the Town and Railroad

On April 20, 1863, Confederate Gens. William E. “Grumble” Jones and John D. Imboden began a raid from Virginia through present-day West Virginia against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Taking separate routes, they later reported that ...

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial

This Memorial was established by the National Law Enforcement Memorial Fund, as directed by an Act of the United States Congress.

The authorizing law was sponsored by U.S. Representative Mario Biaggi

and U.S. Senator Claiborne Pell, and was signed ...

ATSF Locomotive No. 3416

Donated to the City of Great Bend this 18th day of Sept., 1956 by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company.

History

Purchased in July 1919 from Baldwin Locomotive Works at Eddystone, Pennsylvania at a cost of $69,000. Used in passenger ...

U.S. Post Office / Mural

Circa 1939

Placed January 1988

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is at the intersection of Wisconsin Street and Maple Street, on the right when traveling west on Wisconsin Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Cathedral of the Plains

St. Fidelis Church

Erected between 1908 and 1911 by German and German Russian Catholics, this native limestone edifice is one of the largest buildings on the Great Plains, its twin towers soar 141 feet above its 220 feet by 79 feet ...

Christ Sanctified Holy Church

1892 - 1984

Was established on this island on February 14, 1892 by Joseph B. Lynch, not far from this location. Doctrine is Justification and Sanctification. This building was erected in 1903. Since this beginning churches are established throughout the south-eastern ...

Captain Timothy Hill House

Built circa 1800

is registered as a

Virginia Historic Landmark

and placed on the

National Register of Historic Places

by the United States Department of the Interior 2011

Marker is on Main Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

"O! say can you see..."

The Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail traces the War of 1812 in the Chesapeake. Along the trail you'll encounter tangible evidence of the war and stories that bring the people and events to life. Discover the far-reaching impacts of the ...

War in the Chesapeake

During the War of 1812 the young United States was embroiled in conflict with Great Britain. From 1812 to 1815 Americans fought to protect their rights and economic independence. They faced superior enemy forces on the homefront and the high ...