Fort Chambers

Southwest 150 Feet

Erected 1755-56 by

Colonel Benjamin Chambers

Founder of Chambersburg

A two story stone structure surrounded

By a moat

A stockade manned by two swivel guns

Enclosed the fort, flour mill, sawmill,

And dwelling.

1984

Kittochtinny Historical Society

Franklin County Chapter D.A.R.

Marker is on West King Street.

Courtesy ...

Rancho San Antonio

Governor Pablo de Solá, last Spanish Governor of California, awarded the San Antonio Grant to Don Luis Maria Peralta on August 13, 1820, in recognition of forty years of service. From this point northward the Grant embraced over 43,000 acres. ...

13th Vermont

13th Vt,

F.V. Randall Colonel

Right of Stannard's

Brigade

2d position 3d day

Next 200 yds to right

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

Courtesy hmdb.org

Jackson Opens Fire

Second Battle of Manassas

"My command was advanced...until it reached a commanding position near Brawner's house. By this time it was sunset; but as [the Union] column appeared to be moving by, with its flank exposed, I determined to attack at ...

The Old Iron Works

Circa - 1710

Site of the first known

iron forge in Morris

county. Operated by John

Ford and John Budd on

the bank of the Whippany

River.

Marker is at the intersection of Whippany Road and Mt. Pleasant Avenue (New Jersey Route 10), on the left when ...

Death of Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon

At or near this spot fell

Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon

Born Ashford, Conn. 1818

Graduated U.S Military

Academy, 1841. Commander

of the Federal forces

In The Battle of Wilson Creek

August 10, 1861

This marker is erected by

The University Club of

Springfield, MO. In honor of

General Lyon and ...

13th Vermont Volunteer Infantry

1862 - 1863

(Front):Thirteenth Vermont

Volunteer Infantry

1862 - 1863

On this field the right regiment of

Stannard's Vermont Brigade

Third Brigade Third Division First CorpsJuly 2 Five companies under Lieut.-Colonel Wh. D. Munson supported batteries on Cemetery Hill. Near evening the other five companies commanded ...

Albert King

Moving to Osceola with his family at age 8, Blues legend Albert King (1923-1992) earned an early living picking cotton on nearby farms. King began his magnificent professional career in Osceola with his group, In The Groove Boys. King's T99 ...

Old Perry Building

Erected 1871, before Del Rio was founded, by John Perry, as general store. Once the largest store between San Antonio and El Paso. Served also as courthouse, church, Masonic lodge, post office.

Given in 1965 to city and county by descendants ...

Praça São Sebastião

Monumento Comemorativo a Abertura dos Portos

[Panel 1]

Mandado Construir em MDCCCXCIX pelo Exmo Senr. Jose Cardoso Ramalho Júnior, Governador do Estado do Amazonas.

[In English: Construction Ordered, 1899, by His Excellency, Mr. Jose Cardoso Ramalho Junior, Governor of the State of ...