Brig. Gen. John Patterson House

About Thirty Feet from this Spot

Stood the House in Which

Brig. Gen. John Patterson

Was Born in 1743 - 4

Member of two Provincial

Congresses from Lenox Mass.

Leader in the War of Independence

Distinguished Jurist and Member of

Congress from Lisle N.Y.

Where He Died in 1808

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Seneca John, Noted Chief

Seneca John, Noted Chief

was executed near this spot,

easterly, by his tribe,

in 1828,

charged with witchcraft

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North 30 rods is the boundary

of the reservation.

Marker is on Ohio Route 19 ½ mile south of Limerick Road, on the left when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Jacob Wirt House

At approximately 8:00 a.m. the head of Kilpatrick's Union Cavalry Division halted on Frederick Street. When Reverend William K. Zieber, pastor of Emmanuel Reformed Church learned about the hungry cavalrymen, he encouraged the crowd of townspeople to feed them. For ...

John Matthews McDonald

North Carolina-born John Matthews McDonald (1827-1883) came to Texas in 1848 and lived first at Larissa, Cherokee Co. and then Mound Prairie, Anderson Co., where his brother Murdoch earlier settled. Two years later, he moved to the young town of ...

Colonel John Allison

1738-1795

This tablet honors the memory of

Col. John AllisonWho, in 1782, founded Greencastle. Allison's Tavern, which stood on this site 200 years ago, was the beginning point of the survey which resulted in the streets and building lots that formed the ...

St. Joseph’s Indian Normal School

1888–1896

Erected by the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions with funds from Katharine Drexel and operated by the Society of the Precious Blood with federal funds, 60 Indian boys from distant reservations were annually trained here.

Marker is at the intersection of ...

Joseph Thomas La Rue

(Nov. 18, 1864-Feb. 13, 1930)

Alderman on Athens' first city council (1901). La Rue (Town 13 mi. SE) was named for him.

Educator, merchant, civic leader, banker, humanitarian, prohibitionist, democrat, historian. Married March 16, 1892, Stella Elvira Parsons. They had seven children.

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The Joppa Road

Originally an Indian trail used in 1695 by a troop of Rangers from the Garrison Fort to keep back the Indians. Later the high road to Joppa Town, the County Seat of Baltimore County from 1712 to 1768 and the ...

Johnston Tavern

Kept by Arthur Johnston; licensed in 1827. Present building erected in 1831. Served travelers on the Pittsburgh-Mercer road, and stood conveniently near Springfield Furnace, in operation after 1837.

Marker is at the intersection of Perry Highway (U.S. 19) and Dydeks Lane, ...

James Sheakley

Fourth Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1893-1897, James Sheakley (1829-1917), was born in Sheakleyville, which was named for his grandfather. Appointed by President Cleveland, he also served as United States Commissioner of Schools for Alaska, 1887-1892.

Marker is on Perry Highway (U.S. ...