Lecompton, Capital of Kansas Territory

In 1855 the new town of Lecompton was named the capital of Kansas Territory. President James Buchanan appointed a governor and officials to establish government offices in Lecompton, and construction began on an elegant capitol building. In the fall of ...

Harley E. Warrick

(1924–2000)

The last barn painter for the Bloch Brothers Tobacco Company of Wheeling, West Virginia, Harley Warrick painted thousands of barns with the familiar Mail Pouch Tobacco logo over his 48-year career. Mail Pouch transcended advertising to become a fixture of ...

319th Bombardment Group

Activated in 1942 and stationed here

at Columbia Army Air Base February

through April of 1945, the 319th

participated in many World War II campaigns

in Europe and the Pacific. The group

has recieved numerous honors, including

two Presidential Unit Citations and

France's Croix de Guerre ...

Harrisburg Covered Bridge

The Harrisburg Covered Bridge, located in Sevier County, Tennessee, was built by Elbert Stephenson Early in 1875 and restored in 1972. That restoration was a joint effort through the Great Smokies Chapter and the Spencer Clark Chapter of the Daughter's ...

New Santa Fe / Trail Remnants

(black marker)

New Santa Fe, also known as Little Santa Fe, was not much more than an Indian settlement when the first wagon trains passed through on the Santa Fe Trail in the early 1820's. A popular stopping place because ...

Town of Margaret

Margaret traces its roots to the Alabama Fuel & Iron Company, which organized in the early 1900s and developed Margaret coal mines under the leadership of its president Henry F. DeBardeleben. Named after DeBardeleben’;s wife Margaret, the town was incorporated ...

Morgan’s Raid in Old Washington

On July 23, 1863, General John Hunt Morgan entered Guernsey County with 600 Confederate cavalrymen, the remnant of a 2,000-man diversionary raiding force that had traversed Kentucky, Indiana, and southern Ohio. Morgan’s forces halted in Old Washington on the morning ...

Appalachian Trail

This 2,000 mile hiker’s path from Georgia to Maine goes over the top of Bear Mountain at 1,300 feet, and down to the lowest spot on the entire trail (120 feet) at the Bear Den.

Marker can be reached from New ...

Johannes Dietz

Near this spot in September 1781 Johannes Dietz and seven members of his family were massacred by Tories and Indians.

Marker is on Switzkill Road (County Route 1), on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Stevens Point — Gateway to the Pineries

This plaque commemorates the pioneers who established Stevens Point during the 1840’s, 50’s and 60’s. Community life centered here at the foot of Main Street where supplies were transshipped from wagon to boat for the trip north to lumber camps. ...