John Van Cleve

(1801-1858)

John Van Cleve, Benjamin Van Cleve's son, made his own mark on Dayton as an intellectual, a political activist, and an advocate for a more beautiful city. Van Cleve studied botany, mathematics, and music. He served as the mayor of ...

Jackson County Courthouse And The Scottsboro Boys

Marker front:

Constructed in 1911-1912 and designed by architect Richard H. Hunt, the Jackson County Courthouse is a Neo-Classical, brick building situated on a town square in Scottsboro, the county seat of Jackson County. The front, two-story portico is supported by ...

Benjamin Van Cleve

(1773 - 1821)

Benjamin Van Cleve was one of Dayton's most prominent founding citizens. Among the original settlers, he served as Dayton's first postmaster, librarian, and schoolteacher. His home at First and Jefferson Streets, known as a warm, friendly way station ...

Gen. Andrew Jackson

Soldier, Statesman, 7th President U.S.A.

Jackson County was created by the State Legislature on December 13, 1819 while in session in Huntsville, Ala. The county was named in honor of Gen. Andrew Jackson who was visiting in Huntsville at the time.

This ...

In Memory of the John H. Rose Family

In memory of the John H. Rose Family

Property located to the north of this marker is part of a farm once belonging to John H. Rose an area pioneer from Fayetteville, N.C. A grist mill and saw mill on property ...

Capt. John H. Banta Homestead

Built about 1796 by John H. Banta on a tract bought in 1755 where he had an earlier house. Banta was a carpenter and farmer who enlarged his homestead to 395 acres. At the time of the French and Indian ...

Junction of the Ohio Erie and Lancaster Lateral Canals

Canals were an important means of transportation when Carroll was founded in 1829 by William Tong and his brother Oliver, who chose this site because it was where the proposed intersection of the Lancaster Lateral Canal and Ohio-Erie Canal would ...

The Jackson Family Cemetery

Andrew Jackson's strong sense of family extended beyond those he embraced during his lifetime.

Reaching into the future to touch generations yet to come, he deeded a small portion of the garden in trust to serve as a family cemetery. Stones ...

Saint John’s Cemetery

This is Coloma’s Catholic Cemetery. There were probably some internments here early in the 1850’s. Many of the early burials were marked by wooden markers that have long since disappeared. The oldest existing headstone is dated 1861. This cemetery contains ...

National Iwo Jima Memorial

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Battle for Iwo Jima World War II

Connecticut Men Killed In Action

Benny R. Amarone • Robert C. Armstrong • Roger W. Arsenault • Richard Barella • Lewis G. Benko • Henry J. Blaski • Fred W. Borger • ...