Civil War in Allegany County

Strategic Location

During the Civil War, thousands of

United States soldiers were stationed

here in Cumberland and Allegany

County to guard against raids and

incursions by Confederate forces.

Located only about 130 miles from

the capital at Washington. D.C.,

and a short march from Winchester,

Virginia, and Romney, West ...

Lovingston

This place became the county seat of Nelson when it was formed from Amherst in 1807. It was named for James Loving, Jr., who gave the land for the courthouse, built in 1808-09. The town was incorporated in 1807 and ...

Maryland Monument

In honor of

Maryland’s Four Hundred

who on this battlefield

August 27th 1776

saved the American Army

Good God! What brave fellows

I must this day lose.

George Washington

Pedestal contributed by the Department of ParksCharles A. Schieren Frank Sovier

Mayor Commissioner

Marker is on Wellhouse Drive, on the left ...

Lafayette

On his American tour, Lafayette spent the night of February 28, 1825, at the home of Henry Donaldson which stood near this spot.

Marker is on Falls Road (North Carolina Route 43/48) near Peachtree Street, on the right when traveling ...

Selecman’s (Snyder’s) Ford

Near here on the Occoquan River was Selecman’s Ford, a rocky, narrow river crossing used by both sides during the Civil War. The 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry with 100 men of the 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry crossed this ford on December 19, ...

Chloride

"Oldest Silver Mining Town in Arizona"

Founded in 1862 with the discovery of silver, Chloride became the first mining town of the Cerbat Mountains. During it's heyday, 1900 to 1920, the population swelled to over 2000 with 75 mines in operation. ...

The Chiriaco Family

Joseph L. Chiriaco came to California from Alabama in 1925. His work as a surveyor for the Los Angeles Bureau of Water and Power and later for the Metropolitan Water District on the Colorado River aqueduct, begun in 1931, brought ...

The Capay-Langville School

Point of Historic Interest

Capay, California

The Capay-Langville School

1874 - 1980

For nearly a century the Capay School bell summoned children to one of California’s longest existing schools located and functioning on the same site. Uniquely the school’s basement ...

The Marquis de Lafayette

This monument was erected and presented by

Henry Harteaua distinguished citizen of Brooklyn to be an enduring tribute to the memory of one who as friend and companion of the immortal Washington fought to establish in our country those vital principles ...

Congregation of Israel - 1884

Jews have been part of Nebraska’s social, economic and political life since the mid 1800’s.

It was not until 1871 that the small Jewish community in Omaha grew large enough to organize and formally found Congregation of Israel.

On Sept. 9, ...