“… the battle itself proved a relief.”

In 1863 this was the home of James and Catherine Foster and their daughter, Catherine. Prior to the battle the town was cut off from communications, and rumors of approaching “Rebels” and the whereabouts of the Union army prompted the ...

Becker's Transcontinental Garage

1910

The oldest continuously operated Ford dealership west of the Mississippi began in the west building in 1910. A pathfinding auto trip blazed the first "ocean to ocean highway" through here.

Marker is on East Main Street, on the right when traveling ...

New Guns for an Old Fort

Remnants of former gun emplacements are the reminders of the three generations of armaments that occupied this V-shaped Water Battery. Each generation reflects the latest technologies and precision in the manufacture of armaments.

1830 - The first guns to be ...

Carrizozo

Population 1,222 – Elevation 5,438

Carrizozo, county seat of Lincoln County, was established in 1899, a new town on the El Paso and Northeastern Railroad. The ghost town of White Oaks, once a booming mining camp, is nearby. Billy the Kid, ...

150th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers

2nd Brigade, 3rd Division

(Front):2d. Brigade,

3d. Div.

1st Corps.

July 2d. & 3d.

1863.

Erected by survivors

1888

2d. Regt.

Bucktail Brigade

150th. Regt. P.V.

(Left):July 1st. This

regiment fought

near Chambersburg

Pike beyond the

town, where its

monument stands,

losing 53 killed,

134 wounded and

77 missing. A total

of 264 out of

397 engaged.

(Back):July 2d. In evening

skirmished to

Emmitsburg ...

Historic Daniel & Meta Best Home

1886

This home was built in the late 1870’s by Joseph Demont, a San Leandro pioneer who was active in industry and politics. Daniel Best bought the property in 1886. Best established Daniel Best Agricultural Works, which later became Caterpillar ...

Hickory Grove Cemetery

One of the oldest known cemeteries associated with African Americans in Northeastern PA. Established in 1807 in Waverly, then known as Abington Center, the cemetery is the burial ground for many fugitives from slavery who came to the area via ...

The Water Battery

Strategically placed, this permanent section of the fort was the lowest level of the three tiers of guns. The Water Battery was designed to deliver "water-skipping" cannonade directed at the hulls of enemy ships.

The simple V-shaped design has undergone ...

Carrizozo

Population 1,222 - Elevation 5,438 Ft

Carrizozo, county seat of Lincoln County, was established in 1899, a new town on the El Paso and Northeastern Railroad. The ghost town of White Oaks, once a booming mining camp, is nearby. Billy the ...

Thirty-Eighth Massachusetts Volunteers

(Front):Thirty-Eighth

Massachusetts Volunteers

our comrades fell

in the

campaigns of 1864.

These lie buried

in the valley

in unknown graves.

Erected Sept. 19th, 1884

Grover's Division - Third Brigade

(Other sides list the names of the dead)

Marker is at the intersection of National Avenue (Business State Highway 7) and Lincoln ...