The Patowmack Canal

[Great Falls Park]

The shallow ditch behind this sign marks the bed of the Great Falls portion of the Patowmack Canal. A system of by-passes to provide riverboats easy passage around waterfalls in the Potomac River; it was promoted by George ...

Patterson Heights

(Keystone Marker)

Darlington- 8

Patterson Heights

Named For

James Patterson

Early Settler

Founded

1895

Marker is at the intersection of Darlington Road and 8th Street, on the right when traveling north on Darlington Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Chippawa Battlefield Panel 6

The Aftermath

The Aftermath. In the days following the battle, General Brown's victorious troops advanced another 25 kilometers (18 miles) north to Fort George before retiring back to Niagara Falls when more British troops arrived in the area. They met the ...

Chippawa Battlefield Panel 5

Final Stages

As the battle raged, more American artillery deployed to the middle of the plain between the 11th U.S. and the lone 25th U.S. company, less than 100 meters (109 yards) from the British line. General Brown then led Ripley's ...

Chippawa Battlefield Panel 4

Battle on the Plain

British General Riall was convinced that the greater part of Brown's army was still surrounding Fort Erie. He did not know the Fort had surrendered and he was facing the entire U.S. division. Still, the number of ...

Chippawa Battlefield Panel 3

Advance to Contact

Major General Phineas Riall, the British commander, had repaired the bridge over the Chippawa and ordered his own Regular light infantry, the local Canadians of the 2nd Lincoln Militia and a force of Native Warriors, to clear out ...

Chippawa Battlefield Panel 2

Opening Strikes

At dawn 5 July 1814, parties of Canadian-Militia and British allied Native Warriors scouted the American camp. They began sniping from the bushes on the north side of Street's Creek and this continued throughout the morning. Around noon, General ...

Chippawa Battlefield Panel 1

Background to a Battle

On these fields and the surrounding woods 4,000 American, British, Canadian and Native forces fought the first major battle of the Niagara campaign of 1814. When the last shots died away on Samuel Street's farm, more than ...

Battle of Chippawa

[Text on the West Side]:

Battle of Chippawa

5 July 1814

In memory of all those who fought on this ground,

many of whom are buried nearby,

and to commemorate the peace that has prevailed

between Canada and the United States

since that time.

This ...

Virginia City National Historic Landmark District

The spectacular gold discovery in Alder Gulch on May 26, 1863, led to the rapid growth of this colorful and legendary gold camp town. Thousands of fortune-seekers rushed to the area, and by 1864 the Virginia City area boasted 30,000 ...