Barnesville

“Before night our town changed hands five times!”

On the evening of September 5, 1862, Gen. Wade Hampton’s and Gen. Fitzhugh Lee’s Confederate cavalry brigades bivouacked around Barnesville. They rode the next day to their base camp at Urbana, leaving the ...

Crawford County

1826 - 1976

Legend

1. Col. Crawford's Retreat

2. Col. Crawford's March

3. Native Plains Area

4. Seccaium Indian Village

5. Indian Village

6. Knisley Springs Resort

7. Courthouse Yard

Marker is at the intersection of East Mansfield Street and North Walnut Street (Ohio Route 100), on the left ...

Historic Thiensville

Although not incorporated until 1910, the Village of Thiensville became a settlement in 1842 when John Henry Thien constructed a grist mill. A German “Free Thinker,” Thien disavowed organized religion and banned churches here, attracting other Free Thinkers to the ...

White’s Ferry

? 12 Miles ?

And old ferry and ford across the Potomac River often used during the war between the states by Confederate forces under Generals Robert E. Lee, Jubal Early, J.E.B. Stuart and others during campaigns and raids in Maryland.

Marker ...

Tun Tavern

Near here stood Tun Tavern, 1693–1781, which is regarded as the traditional birthplace of the United States Marine Corps, authorized by a resolution of the Continental Congress, November 10, 1775.

SEMPER FIDELIS

Marker is at the intersection of South ...

The Garcia and Maggini Warehouse

San Francisco Landmark No. 229

At this location, on July 3, 1934, a dramatic clash occured, one that eventually touched the nation. Longshoremen, sailors, teamsters, and other waterfront workers had closed down Pacific coast shipping since May, in what came ...

Henry Miller

July 21, 1827 - October 14, 1916

There is one description of Henry Miller, California's cattle king, that sums up his contributions to this community: Henry Miller - Founding Father of Los Banos.

Born 1827 in Brackenheim, Kingdom of Wurtemberg, Germany, Miller ...

Beallsville

Squabble at the cemetery: Whose flag flies today?

On September 9, 1862, the running engagement between Illinois, Indiana, and Virginia cavalry units that began the day before in Poolesville continued in Beallsville when two Federal regiments forced the single regiment of ...

Pennsylvania Abolition Society

Founded here, 1775, as the Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage. In 1787 it became the Pennsylvania Abolition Society which sought social, educational, and employment opportunities for Blacks.

Marker is on South Front Street north ...

John H. Ware 3rd, Commerce Center

John H. Ware 3rd

August 29, 1908 – July 29, 1997

B.S. University of Pennsylvania; Chairman Penn Fuel Gas, Inc.; Former Burgess; Elected three terms to Pennsylvania Senate; Chairman, Republican Finance Committee of PA; Trustee, Lincoln University, University of Pennsylvania, ...