Sam and Nola of Morris Fork

Samuel VanderMeer came here from New Jersey in 1923. “Uncle Sam” to generations of Ky. Youngsters, he became pastor of the Morris Fork Presbyterian Church in 1927, the year he married nurse Nola Pease. Missionaries, community builders. They gave a ...

In Commemoration of Arnold's Expedition to Quebec

One of the most strategic and daring exploits of the patriot cause during the revolution. Part of the troops encamped in the Town of Danvers on the night of September 14, 1775 on their way to Newburyport where they embarked ...

Murdoch of Buckhorn

Harvey Short Murdoch, 1871-1935, came from Brooklyn, N.Y. and, as Field Secretary of E. O. Guerrant’s

Society of Soul Winners founded Witherspoon College, 1902. Became Presbyterian Child Welfare Agency.

Log Cathedral built 1907. Murdoch was pastor until his death. “To Buckhorn and ...

Battle of Davis Bridge

October 5, 1862

Here a force of three brigades under Major General E.O.C. Ord, USA, enroute from Bolivar to Corinth, seized high ground to the east and turned aside the Confederate Army of W. Tennessee, retiring to Holly Springs after its ...

North Carolina Confederate Hospital

Site of the

Confederate Hospital

for soldiers from

North Carolina

1861-1865

Marker is at the intersection of Brown Street and Perry Street, on the right when traveling west on Brown Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

First United Brethren in Christ Church in Kansas

A First Kansas Church

Built by Rev. W. A. Cardwell

see other side

The first church of the United Brethren in Christ, in Kansas, now Evangelical United Brethren, was built by Rew. W. A. Cardwell, in 1856, about 100 ft. southwest of this ...

Ladies Confederate Hospital

Original building

of the

Ladies Confederate

Hospital

1862—1865

Marker is at the intersection of Bollingbrook Street and 3rd Street, on the right when traveling west on Bollingbrook Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Ordinance of Secession

This Building

stands on the site formerly occupied

by S.C. Institute Hall

where, on December 20, 1860,

was signed and ratified the

Ordinance of Secession

Which withdrew the state of South Carolina

from the Union and led to the formation ...

Bank Of Wisconsin

On this site stood the

Bank Of Wisconsin

1835

The first bank west

of Lake Michigan

The building was erected by

The American Fur Trading Co.

and was a part of John Jacob Astor

Trading House & office

Marker is on Chicago Street west of South Adams Street.

Courtesy ...

Shinn's Ferry

Moses Shinn and his son Dick began operating Shinn's Ferry across the Platte in 1859. The original site was near Savannah, the first Butler County seat, and a short distance from the present Schuyler bridge. Just above this location the ...