Bertha Wahl Shooting

In 1899, 14 year old Bertha Wahl was murdered here by a shepherd. Just south of here was the original Becker Store. Beyond lie the graves of the Becker family. Due west stood Henry Springer's Mercantile.

Marker is at the intersection ...

Milford

Grist mill and several houses here in mid 1700's.

Known as Burnt Mills after fire in 1769. Ferry to Pennsylvania here until 1842 when a bridge was built.

Marker is at the intersection of Water Street and Park Lane, on the right ...

Theodore A. Penland Rose Garden

This rose garden is dedicated

to the memory of

Theodore A. Penland

1849 – 1950

last Commander-in-Chief of

the Grand Army of the Republic

Plaque presented by The Daughters of Union Veterans and the Woman’s Relief Corps, Auxiliary to

the G.A.R. of Clark County, Washington

Marker is ...

Conrad Brunenkant Building

This two-story red-brick commercial building was constructed in 1890 for Conrad Brunenkant. The bricks were locally made, and the rock-faced cut lintels and sills are from locally quarried stone. The exterior was altered in 1973 when the porch with awnings ...

Decorative Lions Heads

1907-1978

These decorative terra cotta lions heads, typical of the ornamentation used in commercial style architecture in the early part of the 20th century, were utilized by the First National Bank of Montgomery on the cornice of their 12 story building ...

William H. Harman Monument

William H. Harman

Colonel, C.S.A.

Born Feb. 17, 1828

Killed in action at

Waynesboro Mar 2, 1865.

He was a lieutenant of a com-

pany from Augusta County

in the Mexican War; after-

wards Brig. General in the

Virginia Militia; appointed

Lieut Col. 5th Virginia Inft.

C.S.A. May 7, ...

Jarman's Gap

Five miles east, formerly known as Woods’ Gap. Michael Woods, his three sons and three Wallace sons-in-law (Andrew, Peter, William), coming from Pennsylvania via Shenandoah Valley, crossed through this pass into Albemarle County in 1734 – pioneers in settling this ...

Fort Vancouver

Hudson’s Bay Company established Fort Vancouver in 1824 within the area of present-day Vancouver, 83 nautical miles from the Pacific Ocean. Forty Wooden buildings were enclosed within a 20-foot high log palisade until the treaty of 1846 set the international ...

The XIII Winter Olympic Games

Here on February 13, 1980

The XIII Winter Olympic Games

were opened by

Vice President of the United States Walter F. Mondale and here the sacred Olympic Flame was brought from Olympia, Greece to shed its light for twelve days on the ...

Wilson Chapel And Cemetery

("The Little Brown Church in the Wildwood")

Wilson Chapel was built in 1916 as a memorial to James and Frances Wilson by their daughters, Rosa Wilson Eubanks and Minerva Wilson Constantine. At the time of its construction the area was developing ...