Dennis Memorial

This boulder, taken from the bed of the improved Rt. 355 (formerly US Rte. 240) previously stood approximately 50 ft to the south at a point where the old Urbana Road/Georgetown Pike (now Araby Church Road) intersects the relocated improved ...

Federal Fort

Atop the hill to the east was a fort that protected the river bridge, part of the rail line which enabled Sherman to supply his army during the Atlanta Campaign. The rail line has been moved downstream, but piers in ...

James F. Byrnes

1879-1972

[Northeast Base]:

Inscription:

The Most Distinguished

South Carolinian

of His Time

Plaque

Erected in Grateful Appreciation of

James F. Byrnes

By His Friends in

His Native State and Nation

Executive Committee

James Penet Hammond, Chairman

W. Heyward Clarkson, Jr., Vice Chairman

J. Bratton Davis, Secretary

Henry C. Nelson, Jr., Treasurer

[Northwest Base]:

As Statesman, Jurist, Diplomat

He ...

Steensland House

1897

Built in a late Nineteenth Century eclectic style for Halle Steensland, Madison banker, philanthropist, and Vice Consul fro Norway and Sweden, this house was designed by the architectural firm of J.O. Gordon and F.W. Paunack. It incorporates architectural forms from ...

Harford Town, or Bush

The French Troops of Count de Rochambeau in five divisions camped here at the end of August 1782—the 22nd camp on the return march from the Yorktown victory to the north.

Marker is on Philadelphia Road (Maryland Route 7) 0.8 miles ...

Birthplace of John McIntosh Kell

Laurel Grove, at the end of this avenue, was the birthplace of John McIntosh Kell, 1823-1900, distinguished Naval officer. He was a member of the expedition of Commodore Matthew C. Perry to Japan in 1853, and was Master of the ...

Col. Decius Wadsworth

Dedicated

To The Memory Of

Col. Decius Wadsworth

A Native Of

Farmington In This State

And Late Chief

Of The

Ordnance Department

In The Army Of The

United States

Who

Having Served His Country

Faithfully

And Without Reproach

For

Twenty Years

Died In This City On The

8th November, 1821

In The 34th Year Of His Age.

Marker ...

Campaign of Second Manassas

Here Jackson, on his march around Pope to Bristoe Station, turned to the Southeast, August 26, 1862.

Marker is on Loudoun Avenue (County Route 626) north of John Marshall Highway (Virginia Route 55), on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Action Before Westport

(Front of Marker):

Price's Raid

Confederate General Sterling Price brought three mounted divisions from Arkansas into Missouri, September 19, 1864. Fighting several small battles he marched slowly north toward St. Louis, then struck westward to Jefferson City. Failing to capture ...

This Tablet

This tablet marks the site of the building in which were held the Courts of Harford County from its organization in March 1774 until March 1783. In this house the Committee of Harford County held its meetings before and during ...