Johnson's Fort

During the summer of 1851, a small company of men was exploring this area and discovered the springs on the bench one-fourth mile to the east. Joel H. Johnson was so impressed with the spot, that he sought and received ...

James Shannon L.L.D.

In memory of

James Shannon L.L.D.

Born in Monaghan Co. Ireland

April 23, 1799

Died

Feb. 23, 1859

Second President, University of Missouri,

Columbia, Mo. 1850-1856

Co-Founder of Christian College 1851

(Now Columbia College), Columbia, Mo.

Co-Founder of Christian University 1853, and

First President (Now Culver-Stockton College)

Canton, Mo.

The Christian Philanthropist and ...

Mt Jackson General Hospital

Shenandoah at War

In September 1861, the Confederate Medical Department built a large general hospital on this site because Mt. Jackson was the western terminus of the Manassas Gap Railroad, which provided access to northern Virginia battlefields. Dr. Andrew Russell Meem, ...

Virginia "Jennie" Gilmer

Out of Whose Vision, Leadership and Love to Humanity was Born a New Hospital

Virginia "Jennie" Gilmer is widely recognized as the founder of Anderson's first hospital, which over the years evolved into Anmed Health, the largest private not-for-profit health system ...

Jackson at Harpers Ferry

The Stonewall Brigade

As you explore Jefferson County’s Civil War sites, you will learn about some of the notable exploits on the native soil of Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson, one of the wars most famous figures. Jackson was born in Clarksburg, ...

William J. Killeen House

A bookkeeper for the Texas Cooperative Association, William J. Killeen built this residence about 1886. His family continued to live here following his death the same year. In 1899 the house was purchased by Dr. John Thomas Moore (1863-1951). A ...

The James P. White House

Designed by Architect Calvin Ryder and built in 1840, the James Patterson White House is considered the finest example of domestic Greek Revival architecture in Maine. Born in 1800 in a log house not far from this site, James White ...

Colonel John Donelson

In appreciation of

the services of

Colonel John Donelson

Born in Delaware, 1718.

Died in Kentucky 1786.

Distinguished in early life in Virginia as a civil, industrial and military leader.

Member of the House of Burgesses, iron manufacturer, Lieutenant Colonel of Pittsylvania County and devoted vestryman ...

John Campbell Memorial Home

John Campbell (1818-1891), founder of Ironton, was an ironmaster and president of the Ohio Iron & Coal Company, a Presbyterian, and an abolitionist. This house and barn, which he built in 1850, became a stop on the Underground Railroad for ...

John Brickell

On this spot the first cabin

in Columbus

was built by its first inhabitant

John Brickell 1797

Born Stewarts Crossing, Penn. 1781.

Captured by a Delaware Indian 1791.

Adopted by chief of that tribe

Whingwy Pooshies (Big Cat)who

lived on the Auglaize River.

Released by Treaty of Greenville

1795.

Became owner ...