Crossing the Potomac at Rowser's Ford

J.E.B. Stuart's Most Difficult Achievement

Late afternoon on June 27, 1863, Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart began assembling his cavalry brigades at Dranesville. To avoid the Union Army of the Potomac (90,000-strong) then crossing the Potomac upstream at Edwards Ferry, Stuart ordered ...

The Jail in "Tom Sawyer"

Here stood the jail (in Mark Twain's book "Tom Sawyer") in which Muff Potter was a prisoner awaiting trial for murder.

Marker is on North Street.

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The Site of Fort Tompkins

Also Known as Fort Adams

The largest and most

important fortification

on the American shore

in or near Buffalo

during the War of 1812

Marker is on Niagara Street (New York Route 266) north of School Street, on the left ...

Tompkinsville National Cemetery

In 1861, during Civil War, land was donated by J.B. Evans for burial of Union soldiers. By end of the war, it contained 115 troops who died in this region. Due to small size and remote location, most soldiers moved ...

Warren Dutton House - Tomales Community Park

Warren Dutton, (1823-1903) co-founder of Tomales, came here from the gold fields in 1852, staked a claim to what is now known as Upper Town, and became partners with John Keys. Within a few years the relationship deteriorated, but the ...

National Historic Landmark -United States Custom House (NY)

National Historic Landmark -United States Custom House (New York)

Constructed in 1900-07, this is an outstanding example of the use of Beaux-Arts elements in a government structure, and one of Cass Gilbert's finest buildings.

Embellished with sculpture by Daniel Chester ...

National Historic Landmark - Tombstone Historic District

Tombstone is one of the best preserved specimens of the rugged frontier town of the 1870s and '80s. Site of one of the West's richest silver strikes and the "gunfight at the OK Corral", Tombstone epitomizes the legendary reputation of ...

National Historic Landmark-William McKinley Tomb

National Historic Landmark-William McKinley Tomb

This large circular, domed mausoleum is the resting place of William McKinley (1843-1901), the 25th President of the United States (1897-1901).

His election in 1896 began an era of Republican dominance and also of American expansion ...

National Historic Landmark - Tom Sun Ranch

The Tom Sun Ranch typifies the medium-sized ranching operations of the open range period of the 1870s and '80s. Sun was a French-Canadian frontiersman who became a pioneer cattleman.

Information provided by the National Register of Historic Places, a program of ...

Don Tomas Possee de Rioboo-St. Michael's Cemetery

Born in Ferrol, Spain, don Tomas Possee de Rioboo (1772-1832) moved to Florida sometime prior to 1800. In 1800, Rioboo married Eugenia Josefa Bonifay, and the newlyweds were given a plot of land on the western side of Pensacola by ...