The Fur Traders and the Military at Fort Wayne

The French built Fort St. Philippe (Fort Miamis) west of this area by 1722, to command the land portage here between the Maumee and Wabash Rivers. It was important to the French to protect the area in their political competition ...

Hopper Homestead

North wing built 1780

by Hendrick H. Hopper

in area then called

“Small Lots”.

Center section erected by

son John, in early 1800’s.

The farmhouse was sold

to the Hillmann family

in 1895, ending

four generations and

115 years of continuous

Hopper ownership.

Marker is at the intersection of Hillman Avenue ...

Smyrna Memorial Cemetery

Traditional history says this cemetery was established in 1838 by the Smyrna Methodist Church. However, Wylie Flannigan of Campbell County, Ga. took title to Land Lot 522 in which the cemetery is located, on July 1, 1843 after paying Georgia ...

Hopper Family Burying Ground

Located on the

boundary between

two Hopper farms, the

cemetery was shared

by both families and

their relatives for

almost one hundred

years. The earliest

known burial was

in 1804.

Marker is on Spotswood Road 0.1 miles west of Delmar Avenue, on the left when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

First Americans

The confluence area of the Three Rivers was known to the native people since as early as the end of the last Ice Age, more than 10,000 years ago. As the glaciers melted and receded, they paused here creating a ...

La Necesaria

The Necessary

These two rooms were used as latrines.

From the Spanish plan of 1763.

Marker can be reached from South Castillo Drive (State Highway A1A), on the right when traveling north.

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James Monroe’s First Farm

Site of the University of Virginia

In 1788 James Monroe purchased an 800-acre farm here to be close to his friend Thomas Jefferson and to establish a law office. In 1799 the Monroes moved to their new Highland plantation adjacent to ...

Plaza-Courtyard

There were several attempts to capture St. Augustine. Twice (1683 and 1702) the townspeople fled to these walls for protection.

Marker can be reached from South Castillo Drive (State Highway A1A), on the right when traveling north.

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Logan's 15th & Blair's 17th A.C. to Decatur

July 19, 1864. Logan's troops, in "light fighting order" left camp at Henderson's mill (0.8 mile N.E.), at 5 A.M. & marched to Decatur. They were joined at this point by Blair's corps which had camped at Blake's Mill, 2 ...

21st Pennsylvania Cavalry

(Front):21 Pa. Cav.

Brev. Brig. General

Wm. H. Boyd.

Raised the first company of cavalry for the war,

Co. C. 1st N.Y. [Lincoln] Cav. mustered July 19,

1861 promoted to col. 21st Pv. Cav. Aug. 20th 1863.

Discharged Nov. 4th for wound received at

Cold Harbor, Va. ...