Confederate Dead & Hospitals

Here sleep 67 known and 8 unknown Confederate heroes, men who died of disease and wounds in the several Confederate hospitals located here. Many of those who died were reburied elsewhere.

In 1862, 1863, 1864, the Hill, Hood, Lumpkin, and ...

Seasons of Fish Camp

McFarland's Fish Camp never slept. In good and bad weather, there were carp to catch. If fishing conditions were impossible, equipment and personal gear needed repair. Crews also fed carp in the holding pen or drove loads of fish to ...

Prairie for the People

When Stephen F. Jones began acquiring this property for his Spring Hill Ranch in 1878, Kansas had been a state for 17 years, and much of the Kansas prairie was already being converted into cropland.

The majority of the land which ...

The Battle of Chippawa

On this site was fought

The Battle of Chippawa

July 5, 1814.

Preservation of the Battleground

was made possible by

The Niagara Parks Commission

with the cooperation of

Frank and Mildred Branscombe,

River Realty Development (1976) inc.

and Group 2 Development Limited

of Niagara Falls, Ontario

Marker is on Edgworth Road ...

Fort Stevens

Rock Creek Park

“We haven’t taken Washington, but we scared Abe Lincoln like hell! ” General Jubal Anderson Early

Built between 1861-1863 this structure was originally called Fort Massachusetts and guarded the northern defenses of the nation’s capital during the ...

Belfast Plantation

[Front]

This Federal plantation house was built between 1786 and 1815 for John Simpson (1751-1815), merchant and planter. Simpson came to S.C. from England in 1786 and named Belfast after his birthplace in Ireland. A post office here was called Belfast ...

Twilight of Slavery

“Enlightened” Accommodations No Match for Freedom

The three brick cabins in the field before you are tangible connections to the enslaved people of Rappahannock County before and during the Civil War. Many slaves escaped to Union lines here and elsewhere, and ...

Town of Knox

Established Feb. 22, 1822

Formed from Town of Berne

Pillbox capital 1806-1906

First Town Supervisor was

Malachi Whipple

Marker is on Berne-Altamont Road (New York Route 156) near Town Hall Road, on the right when traveling west.

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Sutter's Hock Farm

* <— 1 Mile *

First white settlement in Sutter County on banks of the Feather River. Established 1844. General John A. Sutter retired to this farm in 1850. Partially destroyed by debris from mines in flood.

Marker is on State Highway ...

Whipple Farm

Settled by Malachi

Whipple of Conn. about

1793. In 1820 farm

won premium as model

farm in Albany County

Marker is on Berne-Altamont Road (New York Route 156), on the right when traveling west.

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