George Westinghouse

Inventor of air brake and some 400 other devices. Developed AC transmission of electric current. Spent creative years in Pittsburgh and founded the industry which bears his name.

Marker is on Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30) 0.1 miles south of Center Street, ...

6.4-Inch (100-Pounder) Parrott

Discovered during the excavations of Fort Sumter, these rifled guns were installed by Federal troops during the 1870's modernization program.

Maximum Range: 6800 yards (6218 M)

Courtesy hmdb.org

Death Valley Junction

This historic crossroad has been used by Indians, Clampers, Death Valley 49ers, ranchers, farmers, settlers and tourists. The town was originally called Amargosa. In 1907, the name was changed to Death Valley Junction. At this junction, the Tonopah & Tidewater ...

The Pink House

Built 1855 by Col. John Reese, who established a trading post, Mormon Station, (Genoa) along

Emigrant Trail to California.

Genoa becomes first settlement in Nevada.

For over 145 years The Pink House has been a

famous Nevada landmark.

Marker is on Genoa Lane near Jacks ...

Corbitt Company

Built buggies, 1899; by 1907, automobiles; later tractors, buses, and, during WWII, trucks for military. Shop 3/4 mi. S.E. closed 1952.

Marker is at the intersection of Bypass U.S. 158 and Dabney Drive (North Carolina Road 1162), on the left when ...

Abraham Hall: A Historic African American Benevolent Lodge

Abraham Hall was built in 1889 as a lodge for the Benevolent Sons and Daughters of Abraham. Chartered in 1877, this fraternal organization provided emergency financial assistance and death benefits to its members: a form of insurance not otherwise available ...

Rev. Lawrence Anthony Bender, S.S.

November 14, 1924 – February 5, 2004

Education. St. Mary’s Elementary, Notre Dame High School, Bryantown, MD 1931–1942

• St. Charles College Seminary, Catonsville, MD 1942–1945

• Bachelor’s Degree, St. Mary’s Seminary, Paca Street, Baltimore, MD 1946–1947

• S.T.B. & ...

Granite Divisional Camp

Camp Granite

Camp Granite was established at this site in the spring of 1942. It was one of twelve such camps built in the southwestern desert to harden and train United States troops for service on the battlefields of World War ...

Point Lookout Confederate Cemetery

Erected by the State of Maryland in memory of the Confederate Soldiers who died Prisoners of War at Point Lookout, from March 1st, 1864, to June 30th, 1865.

(north face) “At the call of Patriotism and duty they encountered the perils ...

Charlotte Hall School

An outgrowth of the “Free Schools” established in Maryland in 1723, founded in 1774 “to provide for the liberal and pious education of the youth of this province, the better to it them for the discharge of their duties.” Continuously ...