Joseph Early Home

One mile west was the home of Joseph Early, Revolutionary soldier. Washington, in going west and returning, stopped at Early’s overnight. His diary for October 2, 1884, shows that he spent the night before at “Widow Early’s.”

Marker is at the ...

Major General William Jenkins Worth

1794 – 1849

William J. Worth, born in Hudson, New York

Began his military career in the War of 1812

and from 1820 to 1828 was Commandant of Cadets at West Point.

In the Mexican-American War, he distinguished himself in battles inscribed on this ...

Jackson’s Valley Campaign

Late in April 1862, Maj. Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson marched his army out of the Shenandoah Valley through the Blue Ridge Mountains to deceive Union Maj. Gen. John C. Fremont into thinking he was headed for Richmond. On 3 ...

Jim Davis

Utah's Little Hollywood

One of the most frequent visitors to Kanab during it’s [sic] filming heyday was actor Jim Davis. Jim first worked in Kanab in 1949 on “The Big Cat” and subsequently appeared here in 1951 on “Oh Susannah” followed ...

St. James United Church of Christ

Formerly St. James Evangelical and Reformed Church, this is the oldest active congregation of the German Reformed tradition in Virginia. Lovettsville, a German settlement, was founded by settlers of the Reformed faith in 1733. Early records indicate that Elder William ...

King's Mountain Military Academy Site / Micah Jenkins

King's Mountain

Military Academy Site

Micah Jenkins and Asbury Coward, graduates of The Citadel in Charleston, founded this Yorkville school in 1855. Closed during the Civil War, it was re-opened in 1866 by Coward, who later became head of S.C.Military Academy. The ...

Pine Mountain Valley Resettlement Project

The Resettlement Administration was founded on May 1, 1935 as part of the second phase of President Roosevelt's New Deal. FDR took a personal interest in the planning of this project with Under Secretary of Agriculture, Dr. Rex Tugwell, Administrator. ...

John Baptiste DuBay

1810 — 1887

Son of a Menominee Indian Princess •

Son-in-Law of Chief Oshkosh •

Treaty-Maker • Interpreter •

Indian Trader • Firm Friend of White Men.

Marker is on Old U.S. Highway 51 South, 0.1 miles south of School Road, on the right when ...

John Marshall’s Birthplace

About one half mile southeast, just across the railroad, a stone marks the site of the birthplace, September 24, 1755. He died at Philadelphia, July 6, 1835. Revolutionary office, Congressman, Secretary of State, he is immortal as Chief Justice of ...

J.E.B. Stuart at Munson’s Hill

Following the First Battle of Manassas on 21 July 1861, Col. James Ewell Brown Stuart, commander of the 1st Virginia Cavalry, moved his troopers to Fairfax Court House and then here to Munson’s Hill, the Confederate position closest to the ...