Willingtown Square

Willingtown Square honors Thomas Willing and the original name of the town he helped found in 1731. The four brick structures, built between 1748 and 1801, represent the types of houses common in early Willingtown. Buildings like these often served ...

Sally Port

In its original state, heavy iron-studded oak doors (like the one before you) stood at both ends of the sally port. Large granite blocks, quarried in Quincy, Massachusetts, line its walls. A sample of the fort’s fine brickwork can be ...

Pierre Charles L'Enfant

Revolutionary Soldier, 1775-1783

Pierre Charles L'Enfant

Engineer, Artist, Soldier

under the direction of George Washington, designed the plan for the Federal City

Major US Engineer Corps 1782

Charter member of the Society of the Cincinnati, designed its certificate and insignia.

Born in Paris, France, August 2, ...

Fishburne Military School

James Abbott Fishburne, an honor graduate of Washington College inspired by its president, Robert E. Lee, opened in 1879 with 24 students what eventually became Fishburne Military School. Staunton architectural firm T.J. Collins & Son designed the 1916-1922 barracks in ...

Mary Lou Williams

(1910-1981)

Famed jazz composer & pianist. A child prodigy, she grew up in this city; went to Lincoln School here, 1919-23. Played for Andy Kirk in 1930s; then arranged music for Duke Ellington and others. Major works include "Zodiac Suite" and ...

Lunsford Richardson

1854-1919

A pharmacist and entrepreneur, he created Vicks VapoRub in 1894 while operating a drugstore 150 yards north.

Marker is on South Elm Street north of West Washington Street, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

McKees Rocks Mound

Largest Native American burial mound in Western PA (16 ft high & 85 ft wide). It was hand-built by the Adena people between 200 BC and 100 AD and later used by the Hopewell people. Late 19th century excavations uncovered ...

Easton

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Easton

North Fairfield, a part of the town of Fairfield, was purchased from the Aspetuck Indians in 1670 for thirty pounds and an amount of trucking cloth. In 1762 the Connecticut General Assembly established the parish of North Fairfield. ...

Johnson County

This County, created by Act of the Legislature Dec. 11, 1858, is named for Gov. Herschel V. Johnson. The County Site is named for John B. Wright, pioneer resident. Johnson, Governor from 1853 to `57, ran for the Vice Presidency ...

Rock Run Mill

Built circa 1725

Owned by John Steel, this grist mill was in successful operation as early as 1731. At the same period a ferry was operated about one-half mile downstream at a crossing known as Upper Ferry.

Marker is at the intersection ...