Boiling Springs Presbyterian Church

[Marker Front]:

This church was organized by Rev.

James H. Thornwell on authority

from Charleston Presbytery; F.J.

and W.A. Hay were its first elders.

By 1846 Rev. Samuel H. Hay preached

on alternate Sundays here and at a

new church in Barnwell; this congregation

soon merged with the ...

Le Château Ramezay - Château Ramezay

[Royal Coat of Arms of Canada]

Le gouverneur de Montréal Claude de Ramezay fit ériger ici en 1705, par Pierre Couturier, un édifice pour lui servir de demeure. La Compagnie des Indes occidentales, qui le posséda de 1745 à 1763, le ...

Gettysburg Campaign

Gen. Rodes' Confederate troops marched down this road July 1, 1863, on their way from Carlisle. At this point they turned right along the ridge to Oak Hill, to attack the Union flank.

Marker is at the intersection of Biglerville ...

Assault from the Bottom House

Perryville

They were outnumbered, but they were ready. Watching from the top of the hill across the road, members of the 3rd Ohio Infantry Regiment saw waves of attacking Confederate infantry moving toward them. These Federal soldiers, anchoring the southern end ...

The Hunt Shrine

This shrine is dedicated to the memory

of the Reverend Robert Hunt (1568-1608),

the first Anglican minister of the colony.

Marker can be reached from Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Peter Skene Ogden House

400 feet south of this marker stood the home of

Peter Skene Ogden

Chief Factor of Hudson's Bay Co. and rescuer of the survivors of the Whitman Massacre.

Marker is on McLoughlin Boulevard (Oregon Route 99) near S. 2nd Street, on the right ...

Chester A. Arthur

21st President of the United States

Research indicates Chester Alan Arthur was born in Fairfield, Vermont, on October 5, 1829. When he was less than a year old his parents moved to a new parsonage built at this site. After graduating ...

The 15th Kentucky Infantry (US)

Perryville

On the ridge to your right front and across the paved road fought the 15th Kentucky Infantry (US). The 15th was recruited in the fall of 1861 from northern Kentucky and the Louisville area. At Perryville the regiment (part of ...

Marion Steam Shovel

The Marion Steam Shovel Company built the primary tools for America's civil engineering for more than 100 years. Founded in 1884 by Henry M. Barnhart, George W. King, and Edward Huber, the company's patent steam shovels helped revolutionize railway and ...

Chester A. Arthur

Birthplace of 21st President

Although the exact location is debated, Chester A. Arthur was born on Oct. 5, 1829 in Fairfield. He became a New York lawyer and politician and was elected Vice-President in 1880. Upon the assasination of James Garfield, ...