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In Memory of Charles Churchill Small

Erected

in Memory of

Charles Churchill Small

Member American Society of

Civil Engineers

1874 [ Relief of Charles Small ] 1932

Father of Arizona Highways

Marker is on U.S. 89 at milepost 274, on the left when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Folck's Mill

Confederate Raid

Late in July 1864, Confederate Gen. John C. McCausland led his two cavalry brigades (about 2,800 men) northward into Pennsylvania and Maryland to capture Chambersburg and Cumberland and either collect a ransom or burn the towns. McCausland burned Chambersburg ...

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Towne Fields

This site, two and a

half miles west, was the first seat of

local government on the Eastern Shore.

Francis Bolton preached there in 1623,

and the first church was built before

1632. The oldest continuous county records

in the ...

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First Ruritan Club

The first Ruritan Club was founded here in

Holland, Va., on May 21, 1928.

Ruritan is an organization of rural

leaders striving through community

service, fellowship and good will to

make the rural community a better place

in which to ...

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19th Illinois Infantry

2nd Brigade - Stanley. — 2nd Division - Negley.

[Front Side of Marker]:

Illinois

19th Infantry.

2nd Brigade - Stanley.

2nd Division - Negley.

14th Army Corps - Thomas.

[Reverse Side of Marker]:

Commanded By

Lt. Col. Alexander W. Raffen

Sept. 20 - 1863.

12 M. to 7 P.M.

Loss 71.

Marker can ...

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Independent Order of Odd Fellows Building

1887

Home of

Hope Lodge No. 33

Est. 1854

Gold Quartz Rebekah No. 219

Est. 1896

Calaveras Encampment No. 18

Est. 1859

Ladies Encampment No. 18

Est. 1950

Princess Parlor No. 84

Native Daughters of the Golden West

Est. 1895

Marker can be reached from South Main Street.

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Henry J. Maxwell Farm

(Front text)

Henry Johnson Maxwell (1837-1906), Union soldier, U.S. postmaster, state senator, and lawyer, lived here from 1874 until his death in 1906. Maxwell, the son of Stephen J. and Thurston Johnson Maxwell, was born free on Edisto Island. After ...

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18th Ohio Infantry

Stanley's Brigade — Negley's Division

[Front Side of Marker]:

18th Ohio Infantry

Stanley's Brigade, Negley's Division, Thomas Corps.

[Reverse Side of Marker]:

This regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Charles H. Grosvenor, moved to the support of General Beatty at Glass' Mill September 19, 1863, at 9:00 A.M. ...

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Battle of Nacogdoches

(August 2, 1832)

One of the opening actions of the Texas War for Independence, this battle occurred soon after settlers drove out the Mexican garrisons at Anahuac and Velasco. In 1932 Col. Jose De las Piedras, in command of over 300 ...

Pioneer Settler / Founder of Reamstown

Pioneer Settler

Johann Eberhard Ream, born in Leimen, Germany on October 6, 1687 came to America with his family in 1717. They were the first white people in this area, having arrived here in 1723 or 4. He received two grants ...

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