Columbia Cemetery

Founded 1855

Prior to the mining in Columbia, the cemetery was located northwest of main street. In 1855 it was moved here, joining the existing Masonic and I.O.O.F. cemeteries. Ordinance #14, passed and approved on July 1, 1857, declared this ground ...

Cemetery

A wandering priest

made this hallowed ground

for all time.

Graves marked by

heavy pine slabs.

Only stone inscribed,

Charles Wills 1839.

Marker is on Speedwell Place Road 0.3 miles from Friendship-Speedwell Road, on the left when traveling north.

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Battery H, 1st U.S. Artillery

First Regular Brigade - Artillery Reserve

Army of the Potomac

Artillery Reserve

First Regular Brigade

Battery H First U.S. Artillery

Six 12 pounders

Lieut. Chandler P. Eaken commanding

July 2 In position on Cemetery Hill facing the Emmitsburg Road. Engaged Juy 2d and 3d. Lieut Eakin was ...

Province Line Road

In 1664, the Duke of York sold New Jersey, or "Nova Caesaria" to Lord Berkley and Sir George Carteret.

East Jersey: Carteret's Trustees sold a "Half" in 1682 to twelve associates, thereafter proprietors of East Jersey.

West Jersey: Berkley sold a "Half" ...

James River Batteau

Near here lived Anthony and Benjamin Rucker,

inventors of the James River batteau, which

superseded the double dugout canoe and rolling

road for transporting tobacco hogsheads. These

long (about 50 or 60 feet), double-ended vessels

dominated the commercial traffic on the James

River and other Southern ...

George Coryell’s Grave

Revolutionary War Lieutenant, and pallbearer of George Washington is buried here, along with Sam Holcombe, one of Gen. Washington's spies.

Marker is at the intersection of N. Union Street and Church Street, on the right when traveling south on N. Union ...

Non-Commissioned Officers' Quarters (110 & 111)

Constructed in 1888 in the architectural style of Fort Apache's Officers' Row, these residences housed junior officers or non-commissioned officers and their families.

Like other quarters on the east end of Officers' Row, these residences were refurbished by the Bureau ...

Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd

1888 - 1957

The Winchester native attended the Virginia Military Institute, The University of Virginia, and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy, 1912.

He was a pioneer aviator and Polar explorer. In 1926, he was the first to fly over the North ...

Lambertville

1726, Coates' Ferry; 1733, Coryell's Ferry. Used by Washington, who stayed here three times. First bridge and new name, 1812.

Marker is on New Jersey Route 179, on the right when traveling south.

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Howard School Site

Established after the Civil War, this public school for blacks was located at the NW corner of Hampton & Lincoln streets by

1869 and was partially supported by the Freedmen's Bureau. It is said the school was named for Oliver ...