White’s Ferry

? 12 Miles ?

And old ferry and ford across the Potomac River often used during the war between the states by Confederate forces under Generals Robert E. Lee, Jubal Early, J.E.B. Stuart and others during campaigns and raids in Maryland.

Marker ...

Sacred Heart Chapel - White Marsh

(Formerly St. Francis Borgia)

Sacred Heart Chapel was built about 1741 by Jesuit Priests on the property known as White Marsh. The priests turned their 2,000 acre bequest into a thriving plantation. During the 1780's the American clergy met several times ...

Whitesville

Incorporated in 1837 and named for the pioneer “White” family, Whitesville was the site of a stagecoach stop, inn, and stores on a branch of the Oakfuskee Indian Trail. This early road continued across the Chattahoochee River at Dobb’s Ferry, ...

USCGC White Alder

Panel 1:

USCGC WHITE ALDER/WLM-541

7 December 1968

In memory and honor

of those shipmates who loyally served

the United States Coast Guard

onboard the CGC WHITE ALDER.

They gave they gave the ultimate sacrifice.

On December 7, 1968, the USCGC WHITE ALDER, a

132 foot buoy tender, had ...

White Pillars

This building was erected in 1836 to serve as the office of the Fox River Hydraulic Company, which was chartered by Wisconsin's first Territorial Legislature to construct a dam at Rapides des Peres. Following the 1837 financial crisis, notes issued ...

The White Church

Site of

The White Church

First church built in Napa County

by pioneers in 1853

Marked by Federated Womens Clubs

June 11, 1939

Marker can be reached from State Highway 29 0.7 miles south of Larkmead Lane.

Courtesy hmdb.org

White Hills

Formerly known as Indian Secret Mining District or Silverado, the White Hills Mining Camp started in the 1890's. The mines were rich producers of silver, especially horn silver, also called chloride silver. This large community was devastated by a flash ...

White’s Ford

Crossing the Potomac

A wing of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia commanded by Gen. James Longstreet, as well as part of Gen. J.E.B. Stuart’s cavalry, crossed into Maryland just south of here on September 5-6, 1862. Other parts ...

White’s Ford

Crossing the Potomac

A wing of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia commanded by Gen. James Longstreet, as well as part of Gen. J.E.B. Stuart’s cavalry, crossed into Maryland just south of here on September 5-6, 1862. Other parts ...

White’s Ferry

Invasion or Liberation.

The serenity of the Maryland countryside was

shattered on September 4-6, 1862, as 35,000 Confederate soldiers of the Army of Northern Virginia

waded across the Potomac River. Gen. Robert E. Lee, hoping to rally support in the divided

state, sent the ...