The Church of Our Lady of Lourdes

Near this spot in 1630 Father Louis Hennepin first sighted and named the Falls of Saint Anthony.

This is the oldest standing church in the city of Minneapolis. The front rectangular nave, built of native limestone, was opened by the First ...

Battle of Blackstock’s

This battle of the Revolution took

place on William Blackstock’s

plantation, 3 miles N. on the south

side of the Tyger River, November 20,

1780. Gen. Thomas Sumter

commanded the American patriots who

repulsed Lt. Col. Banastre

Tarleton’s British forces. Sumter

was wounded here, and this prevented

his taking ...

Guilford Signal Station

Tracking the Confederates

During the Civil War, signal stations served as early warning posts, observation points, and communication centers. On June 19, 1863, 10,000-15,000 Union troops commanded by Gen. John Fullerton Reynolds, I Corps, Army of the Potomac, marched along the ...

The Shipyard

At the top of the marker, inscribed in a circle around an anchor, is the word Hope and the dates 1636 - 1936.

Entrance to the shipyard 1834-1874 whence sailed whalers and merchantmen hewn from native timber, commanded by native sons.

At ...

Fort Wetzel

John Wetzel and sons, Lewis, Jacob, Martin, John, and George, came with the Zanes in 1769 and built a fort. The Wetzels became famous scouts and Indian fighters. In 1787, the elder Wetzel was killed by Indians at Baker’s Station.

Marker ...

La Salle-Peru, Illinois

The story of the twin cities of LaSalle and Peru is closely interwoven with the history of the Illinois River and the Illinois and Michigan Canal. In 1673, Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet passed through this area by way of ...

Calhoun Plantation Cemetery

John Caldwell Calhoun

Born March 18, 1782, Abbeville District, S.C.

Died March 31, 1850, Washington, D.C.

Buried St. Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.

His Wife

Floride Colhoun Calhoun

Born February 15, 1792, Charleston, S.C.

Died July 25, 1866, Pendleton, S.C.

Buried St. Paul's Episcopal Churchyard, Pendleton, S.C.

In this enclosure ...

Blenheim (Willcoxon Farm)

Civil War Soldier Art

Blenheim, built for Albert and Mary Willcoxon about 1859, contains some of the nation’s best-preserved Civil War soldier writings. More than 110 identified Union soldiers, representing units from New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Massachusetts, and ...

Thomas McKean

Signer of the Declaration

of Independence

Placed by

Descendants of the Signers of the

Declaration of Independence, Inc.

[ Grave Stone Inscription ]

McKean Family Vault

Beneath

this marble

are

the remains

of

Thomas McKean

One of the Signers

of ...

45th New York Infantry

1st Brigade, 3rd Division

(Front):45th N.Y. Infantry

1st Brig. 3rd Div.

11th Corps.

July 1, 1863

(Left):The regiment went into action about 11.30 a.m. July 1st, 1863, by deploying four companies as skirmishers under Captain Irsch about one hundred yards to the rear of this ...