Frontenac Veterans Honor Roll

Honoring All Who Served

"We pledge allegiance to the flag

of the United States of America

and to the Republic for which it stands,

one nation under God,

indivisible, with liberty and

justice for all."

The City of Frontenac, Kansas

recognizes the contributions and

sacrifices of those who served

in ...

Bethel Presbyterian Church

Congregation established in 1834 by William Ervin, Elizabeth and Drennon Love, James Ervin, Rosmand Odeneal and Thomas and Margaret E. Witherspoon. These Scots-Irish pioneers from Alabama and the Carolinas settled here after the Choctaw Cession of 1830. Built 1844-45, this ...

Revolutionary War Muster Ground

To the south at Craig’s (Dunn’s) Meadow, is the

likely site of the Washington County militia’s

muster ground for the Revolutionary War’s Kings

Mountain Campaign. In Sept. 1780, under the com-

mand of Col. William Campbell the militiamen left

for Sycamore Shoals, near Elizabethton, Tenn.

By ...

Jones Falls Watershed

Congratulations! You are helping to protect the environment. By choosing to ride the Light Rail instead of driving a car to your destination, you are conserving fuel, decreasing emissions, and reducing pollutants in the air and water.

Many of the pollutants ...

Cherry Mine Disaster

Just north of town are remnants of the Cherry Coal Mine, where 259 miners lost their lives in one of the worst mine disasters in United States history.

The St. Paul Coal Company began mining coal at Cherry in 1905 and ...

Lebanon Reformed Church

Congregation formed in 1747. This building erected in 1854, preceded by a log structure, a frame building,

and a brick church.

Marker is on Brunswick Avenue, on the right when traveling west.

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Potterstown

Located at crossroads of the West Jersey Society’s boundary line and old Raritan Path. First German Lutheran Church in New Jersey was built here c. 1730.

Marker is at the intersection of Potterstown Lane and U.S. 22, on the left when ...

Wm. G. McAdoo's Birthplace

The house atop hill was one of the few battle-field houses surviving military operations of the Kennesaw Campaign.

McAdoo ownership was Jan. 6, 1863-Feb. 3, 1864. Here, Oct. 31, 1863 was born the Hon. Wm. G. McAdoo. Secy. of the Treasury, ...

Cortina Battle

[seal of:] Texas State Historical Survey Committee]

Site of

Cortina Battle

Dec 27, 1859

Crushing defeat for partisan leader Juan Cortina who in late 1859 laid waste the lower Rio Grande Valley. Cortina's band of 450 were surprised here at daybreak by Maj. S. ...

The Nancy Hanks Memorial

The Nancy Hanks Memorial was constructed to honor the mother of President Abraham Lincoln. The native limestone memorial was dedicated on June 12, 1935, the 129th anniversary of the marriage between Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks.

Three young Women represented the ...