Barnwell

Barnwell, originally called “Red Hill” and later “the Village,” was founded in 1800 when a courthouse was built on land donated by Benjamin Odom. Both Winton

County and its new county seat were renamed for John Barnwell (1748-1800), a S.C. ...

Edwin L. Drake

Drilled first oil well in America in 1859 at Titusville, Pa. Lived at Bethlehem in this house for last seven years of his life, 1873-1880. In 1902 his remains were moved from Bethlehem to memorial monument erected at Titusville.

Marker is ...

Old Mine Road

Connecting Esopus (Kingston) on Hudson River

with Pahaquarry Copper Mine

Length 104 miles – Built about 1650

Pahaquarry Copper Mines

Southern end of Old Mine Road

Mine opened by Dutch about 1650.

Moses Van Campen House – Built 1755

one mile north.

Marked by

Chinkchewunska Chapter D.A.R.

Sussex County ...

Judge Andrew R. Linscott

In Memory Of

Judge Andrew R. Linscott

Library Trustee 1956 – 1968

Library Building Committee 1954 – 1956

Selectman 1950 - 1952

Presented by the Swampscott Public Library

Board of Trustees in Harry D. Linscott Park 1992

Marker is at the intersection of Monument Avenue and Burrill ...

Early Education in Dinwiddie County

Dinwiddie, Virginia

Prior to the Civil War, Dinwiddie County was home to several private academies for those who could afford to pay for their education. While it was mostly affluent males who were educated, Pegram’s Academy, Female Academy, Girard Heartwell School ...

Battery H, 1st Ohio Light Artillery

3rd Volunteer Brigade

(Front):Huntington's Battery

H 1st Ohio Light Artillery

3rd Volunteer Brigade

Artillery Reserve

July 2d and 3d 1863.

Erected by the State of Ohio

(Back):Battery H 1st Ohio Light Artillery

Organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio,

November 7, 1861. Took part in 12 general

engagements and the siege of ...

Rocky Branch School

Sutherland, Virginia

In 1911 a group of Dinwiddie County’s African-American residents established the Rocky Branch School in Sutherland. The school was a typical two-room schoolhouse. It had been moved from original location across from Ocran Methodist Church on U.S. Route 460 ...

Old Mine Road

Connecting Esopus (Kingston) on Hudson River

with Pahaquarry Copper Mine

Length 104 miles – Built about 1650

Daniel Decker Ferry established 1756

Moved to Rosenkrans 1898

Lower Walpack Reformed Church

one-fourth mile west

Built 1737 – Moved to Flatbrookville 1898

Marked by Chinkchewunska Chapter D.A.R.

Sussex County Historical Society

Marker ...

Officers Row

Fort Vancouver Barracks

Registered National Historic Place

Washington State

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

Under the provisions of the National Historic Preservation Act of October 16, 1966, this property possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating American history.

Placed on the National Registry on Nov. ...

Swampscott Vietnam Veterans Honor Roll

1961 1975

Abram, Francis A., Jr. • Abram, James A. • Ackerman, David C. • Allison, George K. • Anderson, Ty J. • Anthony, William S. • Antoniello, Mathew, Jr. • Armstrong, James W. • Arsenault, Dennis P. • Bagnell, Dana ...