Otranto Plantation

Originally known as "Yeshoe," this plantation was granted in 1679 to Arthur Middleton, great-granduncle of the signer of the Declaration of Independence. Called "Otranto" after 1771, when it was bought by Dr. Alexander Garden, noted physician and botanist, for whom ...

Capt. James Cook, R.N.

1728-1779

After two historic voyages of the South Pacific[,] Cook was cruising the waters of the Pacific Northwest on his third and final voyage, with his two ships, Resolution and Discovery[.] He was searching for the western exit to the legendary ...

The First National Bank and Trust Company of Western Maryland

was originally chartered as the Cumberland Bank of Alleghany by an act of the 1811 Maryland Legislature and opened for business April 1, 1812. this is the oldest bank in Western Maryland and the second oldest National Bank in the ...

Military Hospital

On this site stood the First Presbyterian Church. During the Civil War it was used as a military hospital

Marker is on Liberty Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Vancouver Island Wallmap Mural

[Three 'markers' a part of this mural. They are entitled: Pemberton Family, Vancouver Island, and Fort Victoria.]

Pemberton Family

J.D. Pemberton, engineer and surveyor for the H.B.C., arrived in 1851 by canoe in the last stages of his journey from England when ...

Battlefield Historic Restoration Project

In 2004, Ball's Bluff Battlefield Regional Park began a restoration project on the battlefield where you stand today. The objective of the effort is to return about 12 acres of the battlefield to its approximate appearance in 1861.

First hand ...

Memorial Park of Reamstown

Honoring all

East Cocalico Township

veterans who proudly served

their country during

times of emergency

Marker is on Church Street, on the right when traveling east.

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The Old Brick Post Office

The Old Brick

Post Office

Has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

By the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is on Frontier Street, on the right when traveling north.

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Patriot Soldier

General Nathanael Greene had about

1,000 Patriot troops from Maryland,

Delaware, and Virginia. The average

height of an adult during the

Revolutionary War was 5 feet 5 inches.

See how you stand up to this Patriot

while standing in the footsteps of a soldier.

Marker can be ...

East Cocalico Township World War II Memorial

In everlasting tribute to the

honor and glory achieved by

the brave men and women of

East Cocalico Township

who served their country in

World War II 1941-1945

[Following men died in service]

Harry Bates

Benjamin Firestone

Arthur Keiper

Aaron Mohler

Earl Noll

Walter Paul

Richard Shimp

George Steffy

Walter Wolf Jr.

Marker is on Church ...