White County War Memorial

A tribute in honor of all those who served their Country from White County

Marker is on North Main Street north of West Broadway Street (a.k.a.: US 24), on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Whitehaven

Chartered by Charles Calvert, 3rd Lord Baltimore, c. 1685. Town Incorporated c. 1702.

Ferry operated here as early as 1692. Settlers were led by Col. George Gale of Whitehaven in the North of England. His first wife, Mildred Warner Washington ...

Montgomery White Sulphur Springs

Near here stood Montgomery White Sulphur Springs, popular resort area of 19th century America. During the Civil War the resort was converted into a military hospital staffed by Catholic nuns. Several hundred victims of smallpox including nurses and soldiers are ...

Whitewater

Site of Cahuilla Indian Village of Wanapiapa, home of the Wanakik Lineage. Visited by Jose Romero Expedition exploring overland route from Sonora to California 1823. Eastern boudary of Rancho San Gorgonio. Adobe south of highway served as Stage Station for ...

White Oak Swamp

Controversy for Stonewall Jackson

After the twilight battle at Savage’s Station on June 29, 1862, the Army of the Potomac abandoned the final remnants of its line in front of Richmond and retreated through the darkness toward the James River. ...

White Plains Roll of Honor

Joseph M. Aloise • Corporal William M. Beyer • Charles Blatz • Lieutenant Frank A. Bayles • James J. Cleary • Captain Frederick W. Cobb • Ralph L. Cook

Thomas R. Cullington • Robert M. Davis • James Drumgold • William ...

B. F. White

--1800-1879--

Song writer, teacher, editor, lived in Hamilton, 1843-c.1868, was mayor, 1865. Near this spot in 1844 he published Sacred Harp, a “fa-sol-la” acappella singing school book now in its 14th edition.

White taught in a local academy, conducted singing schools ...

White Gold

Though steeped in legend, the frenzied search

for gold and other materials in Death Valley

produced few fortunes. Borax, the "White

Gold of the Desert," ranks as the valley's

most profitable mineral.

Harmony Borax works, in front of you, was

one of Death Valley's first ...

The Little White House

Built in 1890 on the waterfront as a two-family dwelling for the base commandant and paymaster, this building was known as Quarters A and B. It was converted into a single-family residence in 1911. President William Howard Taft visited this ...

The Little White House

Built in 1890 on the waterfront as a two-family dwelling for the base commandant and paymaster, this building was known as Quarters A and B. It was converted into a single-family residence in 1911. President William Howard Taft visited this ...