Wheeler Peak

13,161 Feet Above Sea Level

Named in honor of Major George Montague Wheeler (1832-1909) who for ten years led a party of surveyors and Naturalists collecting geologic, biologic, planimetric, and topographic data in New Mexico and six other southwestern states.

Marker can ...

Braddock Expedition

In 1755 supplies for Braddock’s army were stored here in Edward Shippen’s strong stone house “at the back Run.” James Burd, the son-in-law of Shippen, opened a road to carry these supplies to the west. After Braddock’s defeat the remaining ...

Elizabeth Presbyterian Church

This church was organized about 1664. The edifice which stood on this spot was burned by the British, January 25, 1780, during the Pastorate of Rev. James Caldwell, Chaplain in the New Jersey Brigade under Washington.

This building was completed in ...

This Tablet Marks the Site of Fort Morris

Erected in November 1755 by Col. James Burd and used as one of the chain of forts to protect the frontiers during the period of Indian hostility following the defeat of General Edward Braddock.

Marker is on West King Street (Route ...

Sullivan’s Attack

August 22, 1777

Gen. William Smallwood

Routed British Provincials

at Decker’s Ferry Nearby

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This Memorial

erected by

Staten Island Chapter

Daughters of the American Revolution

June 1930

Rededicated April 1998

Marker is on Park Avenue, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Levi Morgan

1736–1826. Pursuant to an act of the Legislature of the State of West Virginia, this monument is erected in appreciation of the services rendered and in memory of Levi Morgan, a soldier and scout of the early border warfare.

Marker is ...

Grant Finds an Opening: May 12

Spotsylvania Exhibit Shelter

Assault on the Muleshoe

Emory Upton's success on May 10 prompted Grant to repeat the attack on a much larger scale. This time the target of the assault was the Muleshoe Salient, a huge outward bulge in the center ...

History of the 1900 Building

1924

The midway city of Melbourne boasts the grand opening of the Melbourne Hotel. Built by developer Elton Hall.

Late 1920's to Early 1960's

Several specialty shops, a barbershop, a taxi dispatch station and drug store enjoyed bustling business on the first floor. ...

Mission Mill (and Millstone)

Mills were used to grind grain such as corn or wheat into meal or flour for use as food. The grain was poured into the hopper which funneled it through the eye in the top millstone. Water drove the waterwheel ...

A House Was Burning

This cemetery and the farm buildings to your right were part of Samuel and Elizabeth Mumma's farm in 1862. Warned of the coming battle, the Mummas and their ten children fled to safety. Fearful that Union sharpshooters would use the ...