Julian

Following the discovery of gold nearby during the winter of 1869-70, this valley became the commercial and social center of a thriving mining district. Ex-Confederate soldier Drury D. Baily laid out the town on his farmland and named it for ...

John Wilkes Booth

This is the Garrett Place, where John Wilkes Booth, assassin of Lincoln, was cornered by Union soldiers and killed, April 26, 1865. The house stood a short distance from this spot.

Marker is on U.S. 301 2.5 miles south of U.S. ...

James Bowser, Revolutionary Soldier

James Bowser, a free African American born in Nansemond County about 1763, was one of many black Virginians who served in the army or navy of the United States during the Revolutionary War. He enlisted in the 1st Virginia Regiment ...

James Hall

Presbyterian minister, Revolutionary soldier and chaplain, educator, pioneer missionary in the Natchez country. Grave is 50 yards north.

Marker is on Turnersburg Highway (U.S. 21), on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

James Rumsey

The inventor of the steam boat was born 1743 two miles north of this point in “Middle Neck”. George Washington showed much interest in Rumsey’s experiments and made him superintendent of “The Potomac Company.”

Marker is at the intersection of Cecilton-Warwick ...

John Henry Logan

December 7, 1821 - March 29, 1885

Teacher, Historian, Physician

Born and reared near this spot, John Henry Logan first practiced medicine and taught school in this region before publishing in 1859 his History of Upper South Carolina. He served as a ...

The LBJ Legacy

Just as Johnson City helped shape Lyndon Johnson, Lyndon Johnson helped shape the modern face of Johnson City. Throughout the town are buildings that reflect Johnson's quest to ease the hardships he knew here in his youth. The former LBJ ...

James Polk Johnson Building

Built by Johnson City founder James Polk Johnson (1845-1885), this structure has housed a variety of businesses and served as a community gathering place. In addition to serving as a community hall, opera house, and meeting place for churches and ...

Josef Myslive?ek

{Marker text in Czech:}

V t?chto místech

prožil sve mladí

?eský skladatel

Josef

Myslive?ek

1737 • 1781

{Marker text translated into English, more or less:}

At this location the Czech composer Josef Myslivecek spent his youth.

Marker can be reached from Novotného Lávka just from Smetanovo Náb?. ...

Capt. Henry J. Biddle

2nd Lieut. Jonathan Williams Biddle

Capt. Henry J. Biddle

Assistant Adjutant General

Pennsylvania Reserves

Born   May 16, 1817

Mortally wounded in the

Battle of New Market Cross Roads

June 30,

Died in Richmond, Va.

July 20, 1862

[ Lt. ...