Fort Forman

Frontier outpost, Capt. William Forman (Foreman), in 1777, led a company from this county to the relief of Fort Henry at Wheeling. He, two sons, and others were killed in an ambush by Native Americans at the "Narrows" near Moundsville.

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35th Ohio Infantry

Van Derveer's Brigade — Brannan's Division

[Front Side of Monument]:

Thirty - Fifth

Ohio Infantry.

Van Derveer's Brigade.

Brannan's Division, Thomas Corps

This regiment, Lt. Col. Henry Boynton commanding, was engaged Sept. 19th, 1863, in the opening of the battle by Brannan's Division, near Jay's Mill. ...

11th Michigan Infantry

Stanley's Brigade — Negley's Division

Michigan

To Her

11th Regiment Infantry

Volunteers.

Lieut. Col. Melvin Mudge,

Commanding.

Stanley's Brigade,

Negley's Division,

Thomas' Corps.

Marker can be reached from Glenn-Kelly Road.

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Wilhelm and Elizabeth Hain Fischer

Erected to the memory of

Wilhelm Fischer

Born in the Palatinate April 11, 1706

Arrived at Philadelphia Aug. 17, 1733

Died October 23, 1771

and his wife

Elizabeth Gertrude

The daughter of

George and Veronica Hain

Born 1711

Died June 4, 1768

Who are interred at this spot, and

who were among ...

Bedford Brown

U.S. Senator, 1829-40; State Legislator; Opponent of Secession, 1860. This is "Rose Hill," his home.

Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 158 and North Carolina Highway 150, on the left when traveling west on U.S. 158.

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Julius and Augusta Bronson Farm

This old house was once part of the Julius and Augusta Bronson Farm. The family of Samuel and Sarah Fenn owned it from 1887 to 1923. This house was purchased by the Blick Family in 1936 and the Middlebury Garage ...

Bright Leaf Tobacco

In 1850s on a farm in this area Abisha Slade perfected a process for curing yellow tobacco. His slave Stephen discovered process in 1839.

Marker is at the intersection of Blanch Road (North Carolina Route 1523) and Bertha Wilson Road (North ...

Springfield Plantation

Marker Front:

Springfield Plantation, an inland rice plantation, was established here by Paul Mazyck (d. 1749), a planter and merchant who combined two large tracts on Foster Creek, a branch of Back River. His father Isaac, a French Huguenot planter, had ...

Mary Lincoln's Family

These four Todd sisters each married a Springfield man and established households within a few blocks of each other, Elizabeth was the oldest and became Mary's surrogate mother." Frances lived closest to Mary (across the street where the Grace Lutheran ...

The Republican River Flood Of 1935

On May 30, 1935, torrential rains fell in eastern Colorado and southwestern Nebraska; by early morning of the 31st, the usually peaceful Republican River was running bluff-to-bluff along its upper reaches. When the waters subsided two days later, over 100 ...