The Baylor Massacre

Here as they slept at dawn on Sept. 28, 1778 Col. Geo. Baylor and 116 Virginia Dragoons were attacked by the British under General "No Flint" Grey. Major Clough, Surgeon George Evans, with fifty other Colonial troopers were killed.

Marker is ...

Dusenbery Mansion House

Circa 1792

This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior

Marker is on Musconetcong River Road (County Route 645), on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Fort Donnally/Border Heroes

Fort Donnally

Built by Andrew Donnally a few miles north about 1771. Attack on this fort by 200 Indians in 1778 was second most important frontier engagement in the State. The fort was relieved by force under Colonel John Stuart.

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Abraham Vandal

Plaque One

Abraham Vandal

1758-1848

* Born in Dutchess, NY

* Soldier in the American Revolutionary War 1776-1781

* Married Mary Dillon 1780

* Father of Eight Children

* Early Fayetteville Settler

* In 1812 Abraham purchased 200 acres, including the present site of Fayetteville

Plaque Two

New York ...

A Stone Arch Bridge on the Galena Road

The Stone Arch Bridge that stands to the east of the present highway was on the Galena Road, once the most important trail in northern Illinois. Along this route innumerable people streamed northward to the lead mines near Galena every ...

Colonel O. M. Roberts

1815 – 1898

President Secession Convention 1861, resulting in comment by Sam Houston, "I don't know what they will do, but Roberts is honest." Raised in 11th Texas Infantry. Gallantly led Brigade Battle Bayou Bourbeau, LA. Chief Justice Texas Supreme ...

Roberts County Courthouse

Prominently sited atop a grassy slope overlooking the town of Miami, the Roberts County Courthouse was built in 1913, during a time of regional economic development spurred by the oil and ranching industries. One of six Texas courthouses designed by ...

Roberts County

Formed from Young and Bexar

Territories

Created, August 21, 1876

Organized, January 10, 1889

Named in honor of

John S. Roberts

A signer of the Texas Declaration

of Independence, and

Oran Milo Roberts

Governor of Texas, 1878-1882

County seat, Miami,

Buchanan and The James River and Kanawha Canal

Celebrating more than two centuries of history

Buchanan, Virginia is the western terminus of the James River & Kanawha Canal. Considered one of Virginia’s most remarkable engineering feats ever attempted, the Canal’s beginnings stretch back to 1785, when George Washington ...

The Seneca Free Library

The Library was an idea generated by the Seneca Women’s Club embroidery circle in 1908. As they worked, they often discussed books and the need for a town library. After collecting 300 books they persuaded a drug store to give ...