Morrie E. Silver

1909-1974

The Man who saved baseball for Rochester in 1957, spearheading a stock drive he and 8,221 other bought shares in the team in order to purchase the franchise and stadium from the St. Louis Cardinals.

This sculpture symbolizes his ...

Birthplace of James Buchanan

This monument marks the birthplace of James Buchanan, fifteenth President of the United States

Born 23 April 1791 Died 1 June 1868

Marker is on Stony Batter Road / State Forest Road, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

D. L. and W. Depot

Built 1915 as a rail link: Great Lakes to the Atlantic

Listed Dec. 7, 2005 in the National Register of Historic Places.

Marker is on South Parkway just south of Main Street (U.S. 20A), on the left when traveling west.

Hull's Army in 1812

Hull's

Army In 1812

encamped on this land

owned by

Col. James McPherson

a Revolutionary Soldier

who lies buried in the

adjoining cemetery

Marker is on County Road 91 west of County Road 130, on the left when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Fowlerville

Genesee Valley Canal port. Named for Wells Fowler, the first settler and postmaster 1816. Canal Warehouses and tavern called Spencerville.

Marker is at the intersection of MacIntyre Road (County Route 67) and Fowlerville Road (County Route 5), on the right ...

Battle for Bath

Struggle in the Snow

(Preface): On January 1, 1862, Confederate Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson led four brigades west from Winchester, Va., to secure Romney in the fertile South Branch Valley on the North Western Turnpike. He attacked and occupied Bath ...

Civil War Martinsburg

Focus of Contention

Martinsburg, strategically located on the Valley Turnpike, (present day U.S. Route 11) and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, was a major transportation center and the northern gateway to the Shenandoah Valley. Both sides contested for it frequently during ...

Berkeley Hotel

Railroad Raids Survivor

This is one of the last surviving antebellum buildings in the area. It was constructed shortly after the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad reached Martinsburg in 1842. The adjacent railroad yards twice were Confederate Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson’s ...

Hollis Pump

1840

Famous watering site for the Union Soldiers and Horses during War between the States.

Restored 1967 by Charles Town Women's Club

Restored 1987 b Charles Town Women's Club, City Council & Bicentennial Committee

Marker is at the intersection of West Washington Street (State ...

American Legion Veterans

May 30, 1996

In recognition of all the

American Legion Veterans

of Rainbow Post #263

Cayuga, Indiana.

Presented by the

Sons of the American Legion

Squadron #263

Marker is on West Ferry Street (Indiana Route 234), on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy ...