Samuel Barber

(1910 - 1981)

Boyhood home of this composer of orchestral and vocal works, including the "Adagio for Strings" and Knoxville; Summer of 1915." Won Pulitzer Prizes in music, 1958 & 1963. Graduate, Curtis Institute. He wrote West Chester High's Alma ...

Horace Pippin

1888-1946 home of noted Afro-American artist. Attended nearby segregated school 1902 Metropolitan Museum Exhibit 1995.

Marker is on West Main Street 0.2 miles west of Greenwich Avenue (New York Route 207), on the left.

Courtesy hmdb.org

14th Vermont Volunteers

14th Vermont

Volunteers

Col. W.T. Nichols

Stannards's Brigade

July 2d & 3d 1863

19 killed 76 wounded

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

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Switzerland County World War I Memorial

A. D. - - - - § - §-§ - § - - - - 1926

In memory of

the Sons and Daughters

of

Switzerland County

who served in

1917 - - The World War - - 1918

Names on record

in Civil ...

Wyona Park / Rifle Pit Legend

Wyona Park

This site has traditionally been a popular picnic area for Wyocena residents. As early as 1905, approximately 1,000 people attended an insurance company picnic at this location. In 1948, Gordon Spear, a lifetime Wyocena resident, sold the grounds to ...

Exchange at the Presidio

The Mormon Battalion Enters Tucson, 16 December 1846

Near this site on December 16 – 17, 1846, the U.S. 101st Infantry ("Mormon") Battalion under the command of Colonel Philip St. George Cooke peacefully occupied the Presidio San Agustin del Tucson.

Organized in ...

Rushmore Library

Built in 1923 by the

Charles E. Rushmore family,

Mt. Rushmore is named for

Charles E. Rushmore.

Marker is at the intersection of New York 32 (New York Route 32) and Weygant Hill Road, on the left when traveling north on New York 32. ...

Chong's Candy Store

This building was built in 1925, by Addison Chong, as was the house next door where the Chong's lived. Addison and his wife Mary owned and operated Chong's Chinese Restaurant for many years.

In 1950, Addison's brother Richard took over the ...

Near Site, Southern Pacific Ceremony of Silver Spike

Marked completion of Southern Pacific Railway. Eastern part originated in Texas in 1850s; then was rechartered 1870 by Texas Legislature as Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Rwy., designed to join Houston and San Antonio to the Rio Grande.

T. W. ...

Confederate Dead

More than 200 soldiers from every Confederate state are buried in two separate plots in Linwood Cemetery. Many of these men died in the several Confederate hospitals located in Columbus, 1862-1865. Numbers fell in the battle here, Easter Sunday, April ...