The Birthplace of Edward Hicks

1780 - 1849

Painter of The Peaceable Kingdom

Marker is at the intersection of Maple Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 213) and Bellevue Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 2049), on the right when traveling east on Maple Avenue.

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The Birthplace of 4-H

A. B. Graham, superintendent of Springfield Township Rural schools in Clark County, established the "Boys and Girls Agricultural Experiment Club," which revolutionized agricultural education and non-formal youth development methods. The first meeting of the club, said to be the nation's ...

Birthplace of Kermit the Frog

Leland, Mississippi

Jim Henson, creator of the Muppets, grew up and played along Deer Creek during the years 1936-1948, exploring its flora and fauna from here to Stoneville. Sometimes he was joined by his friend, Kermit Scott. These experiences and fond ...

The Norway House & the Birthplace of Alexander Wiley

Built in 1871 by Alexander Wiley Sr. and Nels Elikson, the rooming house over the years was home for hundreds of immigrants, lumber jacks, mill workers, farm hands and log drivers (known as river pigs). In 1887 Wiley Sr. became ...

Birthplace of the Veterans of Foreign Wars

On the evening of September 29, 1899, thirteen recently returned veterans of the Spanish-American War met in a tailor shop that once stood on this site. These men, all veterans of the Columbus-based 17th Infantry Regiment that had fought in ...

Birthplace of Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806-1873)

The Battle of Chancellorsville

This jumble of bricks and stones tucked deep within Spotsylvania's Wilderness marks the birthplace of Matthew Fontaine Maury, the "Pathfinder of the Seas." All but forgotten now, Maury was a legend during his lifetime. While superintendent of ...

Birthplace of The San Diego Union

This birthplace of the San Diego Union

October 10, 1868

Oldest daily in Southern California,

is declared to be a

HISTORIC SITE IN JOURNALISM

by San Diego Professional Chapter

SIGMA DELTA CHI

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Birthplace of The San Diego Union

A pioneer newspaper of California

Founded October 10, 1868

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The Birthplace of “Dixie”

On this site from 1835 to 1924 stood the Citizens State Bank, originator of the “Dixie.” In its early days, the bank issued its own $10 bank note, with the French work “Dix” for “ten” printed on the note’s face. ...

The Birthplace

In 1775, the Session of Hanover Presbytery met in this building, the law office of Nathaniel Venable, to lay final plans for the establishment of Hampden-Sydney College. The building was erected between 1737 and 1756 on Venable’s Plantation, “Slate Hill”, ...