Fifth New York Light Artillery

Artillery Reserve - Second Volunter Brigade

Army of the Potomac

Artillery Reserve

Second Volunteer Brigade

Fifth New York Light Artillery

Six 20 pounder Parrotts

Captain Elijah D. Taft Commanding

July 2 Arrived and halted in park about 10.30 a.m. Moved to the Cemetery at 3.30 p.m. and ...

The First Orems Schools

1863 to 1927

Located near the corner of Orems Road and Glider Drive; adjacent to the West side of the Orems Methodist Church Cemetery. Built for the education of local students from Stemmers Run and Middle River. Originally a one-room log ...

The Headless Horseman Bridge

Described by Irving in The

Legend of Sleepy Hollow

formerly spanned this

stream at this spot.

Marker is at the intersection of N Broadway (U.S. 9) and Sleepy Hollow Avenue, on the right when traveling north on N Broadway.

Courtesy hmdb.org

John Colter

John Colter, born in Stuart's Draft about 1775, was a member of the northwest expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark (1804-1806). During his subsequent, solitary explorations of the West, Colter traversed the area now comprising Yellowstone National Park ...

Moor Mud Baths Hotel

John Weber purchased this property with its black “moor” earth and a spring in 1899. The hotel, patterned after European spas, and the springhouse opened in 1911. Spring water and warm mud baths, promoted as therapeutic, were available at the ...

Lee's Quarters

Robert E. Lee, future Confederate General, was stationed at Fort Monroe 1831-1834 as a lieutenant of engineers. He had almost complete charge of construction and put the finishing touches on the fort. Lee's first child was born here in 1832.

Marker ...

Sandy Mount United Methodist Church

1827-1977

An original one acre was deeded in 1827 by Allen and Susannah Baker. Civil War issues divided the congregation in 1856 and Pleasant Grove Church was founded. A log meeting house was replaced in 1867 by a stone structure built ...

Rock Hill

This marker commemorates the genesis of the city of Rock Hill; and stands near the site of the Charlotte and South Carolina railroad company depot erected about 1851. The village which grew up around the depot was granted recognition as ...

“Brothers in Valor” Memorial

Fort DeRussy, Oahu, Hawaii

Honoring the World War II Veterans of the 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate), the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the Military Intelligence Service, and the 1399th Engineer Construction Battalion.

“Veterans who served in these units, which are deeply rooted to ...

Hobo Spring

This spring, so named because it was used by the transients who came off the nearby Soo Line railroad, is one of the few original reminders of Waukesha’s 19th century springs and resort era.

A century ago, Waukesha was known ...