Schürstab Mansion

Schürstabhaus - Mittelaltlicher Geschlechtersitz

[Marker text in German:]

Bis 1328 Unholder Ministeriale

1328-1478 Schürstab Patrizierfamilie

1406 Prägende Baugestaltung

durch Erhart d ä Schürstab

1482 Carl Schwerzer baulich Prägung

und Einbau der Hauskapelle

1508-1518 Anton Tetzel Losunger

1645-1791 Fetzer Ratskonsulenten

1943 Zerstörung des Daches

1997 Wiederaufbau u. Restaurierung

[Marker text translated into English, ...

The Fame of Stonewall Jackson

Field Marshal the Right Honorable Viscount Wolseley, K.P., G.C.B., G.M., G.C.M.G.

British soldier of the highest rank,

says:

“The fame of Stonewall Jackson is no longer the exclusive property of Virginia and the South; it has become the birthright of every man ...

Drusch-Koeller Building

1885

has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is on Schiller Street near 3rd Street, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Site of Cow Ford

This narrow part of the St. Johns River, near a clear freshwater spring was a crossing point for Indians and early travelers. The Indian name Wacca Pilatka, meaning "Cow's Crossing", was shortened by the English to Cow Ford, and Jacksonville ...

Delta Junction, Alaska

Northern Terminus of the "Alcan" Highway

This highway was constructed during World War II as a military supply route for interior Alaska Military and Airfields in 1942. 7 Army regiments and 42 Contractors and Public Roads Administrators working from Delta Junction ...

Cyrus Hall McCormick

1809 • • • 1884

Native of RockBridge County

Virginia

He liberated agriculture

befriended education and

advanced the cause of religion

Trustee and benefactor of

Washington and Lee

University

Marker is on Letcher Avenue, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Gasconade County Courthouse

Gasconade County was created by an act of Missouri legislature, November 25, 1820. Daniel Morgan Boone, son of Daniel Boone, was appointed the first commissioner of the county to locate the site for the county seat and county jail. Gasconade ...

The Poeschel House

Circa 1840

was placed on the

National Register of

Historic Places

in 1972 by the

United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is on 3rd Street near Schiller Street, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Stonewall Jackson Birthplace

Orgins of a Confederate Hero

The house in which Thomas J. Jackson was born on January 21, 1824, stood across the street and halfway down the block to your right. (marked with a bronze plaque). His father struggled to make ends ...

Randolph County Jail

Confining the "Bogus State Sheriff"

(Preface):On April 20, 1863, Confederate Gens. William E. “Grumble” Jones and John D. Imboden began a raid from Virginia through present-day West Virginia against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Taking separate routes, they later reported that ...