John G. Kirchen

Born - June 13, 1874 Lake Linden, Michigan

Died - March 4, 1931 San Francisco, California

This monument, constructed in 1931 was dedicated in memory of John G. Kirchen. Tonopah businessman and manager of The Tonopah Extension Mining Co. 1906-1931.

The Monument was ...

Conference House

In September 1776, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Edward Rutledge met here with British Lord Howe in an unsuccessful negotiation for peace.

Revolutionary War Heritage Trail

Marker is on Satterlee Street, on the left when traveling north.

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11th Corps Headquarters

Army of the Potomac

11th. Corps Headquarters

Major General

Oliver O. Howard

July 1, 2, 3, 4, 1863

Marker is on Baltimore Pike (State Highway 97), on the right when traveling north.

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Headwaters Park

Architect Eric R. Kuhne was commissioned to design a flood control plan that would provide for a park and premier festival center. It could also serve as a model for flood control in other sections of the country. The Headwaters ...

St. Joseph Confederate Saltworks

A major Confederate saltworks, with daily capacity of 150 bushels, before completion, was located 200 feet north. Brick foundations were salvaged from ruins of the old City of St. Joseph. Salt processed by evaporation of seawater was one of Florida's ...

Mr. Elder’s Rose Garden

Lawrence Lloyd Elder (1896-1964) was a valued employee

of the City of Lynchburg for over 34 years. His special

domain was gardening and his responsibility the greenhouses

in Miller Park where the city’s flowers were raised for use in

the parks. Later he was ...

West View Memorial

This memorial is dedicated in sincere tribute to the living and dead whose valiant efforts and unselfish sacrifices have made America great. God grant that the liberty of humanity, won only by brave souls and vigilantly guarded, shall live on ...

Attack on Cemetery Hill

2nd Day

This hill was occupied by Union forces at noon July 1 and provided a rallying point that afternoon for Union soldiers retreating to it from beyond the town.

On the evening of July 2, coordinated with the attack on Culp's ...

Dr. John Gorrie

Dr. John Gorrie (1803-1855) was an early pioneer in the invention of the artificial manufacture of ice, refrigeration, and air conditioning. He was granted the first U.S. patent for mechanical refrigeration on May 6, 1851 (U.S. Patent No. 8080). Dr. ...

Washington’s Headquarters

State Historic Site

The Hasbrouck house served as General Washington’s headquarters from April 1782 until August 1783. He issued the cease-fire orders here on April 19, 1783.

Revolutionary War Heritage Trail

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Lafayette Street and Edward ...