Abraham Lincoln - Eighth Judicial District

Danville, Illinois

Abraham Lincoln

traveled this way as he rode the Circuit of the Eighth Judicial District ···1847 - 1857

Marker is at the intersection of West Main Street and North Logan Ave, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street. ...

Julius Albert Apperson

Born June 1855 - Died May 6, 1858

A pioneer who crossed the plains to California who died and was buried here. The Emigrant Trail followed along this ridge and through Nevada City. The marking of this lone grave perpetuates the ...

Sgt. James P. Connor Memorial Circle

Born in Wilmington, Delaware, on January 12, 1919, James P. Connor entered the U.S. Army in January 1941. As a member of the 7th Infantry, 3rd Division, he was a participant in the amphibious landing at Cape Cavalaire in southern ...

Abraham Lincoln - Eighth Judicial District

Christian / Sangamon Counties

Abraham Lincoln

traveled this way as he rode the Circuit of the Eighth Judicial District

1847 - 1859

Marker is on Consolidated Road (County Road E 2300N) west of County Route 29, on the right when traveling west.

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John Sherman, 1823-1900 / The Sherman Anti-Trust Act

Side A: John Sherman 1923-1900

Born in Lancaster, Fairfield County, John Sherman moved to Mansfield to practice law and was elected to Congress in 1854 as one of the first Republicans. In 1861, Sherman was elected to the U.S. Senate. An ...

John Llewellyn

First register of the Colonial Land Office, Clerk of the Assembly 1682, Chief Clerk to the Secretary of the Province 1692, member of the committee signing protest against the removal of the Capital from St. Mary’s City to Annapolis 1694. ...

John A. “Snowshoe” Thompson

Born April 30, 1827 at Upper Tinns, Telemark District of Norway, John A. “Snowshoe” Thompson’s parents Tosten Olsen and Gro Johnsdotter baptized him as John Tostensen. At an early age he learned to “snow skate” (snow ski). In 1837 he ...

The W. P. Snyder Jr.

The W.P. Snyder Jr. is a steam-powered towboat. It moved barges loaded with coal, iron ore, and steel along the Monongahela and Ohio rivers.

When it was launched in 1918, the boat was originally owned by Carnegie Steel and operated as ...

General John Butler

1770 Sheriff of Orange County

1775 Moore's Creek Campaign

1779 August, GA, Charleston, SCStono Ferry, SC

1780 Camden, SC, Charlotte, NC

Salisbury, NC

1781 Guilford Court House, Lindley's Mill, Elizabethtown near Wilmington

Marker can be reached from Lindley Mill Road.

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Field Marshal Sir John Dill

C.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.

Joint Resolution

recognizing the outstanding service rendered to the United Nations by Field Marshal Sir John Dill

Whereas the Congress, having been informed of the death of Field Marshall Sir John Dill, in Washington, District of Columbia on November ...