James Cardinal Gibbons

At this site, on July 23, 1834, was born America’s first Prince of the Church,

James Cardinal Gibbons.

Although world-renowned for the influence and profoundness of his thought he was always the parish priest striving for the salvation of souls.

Battery Jones

Dec. 1864. Beginning near this point and extending about 500 yards north along the left bank of Salt Creek, astride the old Savannah and Darien (Ogeechee) road, strong earthworks were constructed by Confederate engineers to prevent enemy forces from crossing ...

Romney in 1861–1865 / “Stonewall” Jackson

Romney in 1861–1865. Sitting astride the natural invasion route from the Shenandoah Valley to the Potomac and the B&O Railroad, Romney was scourged by both armies. No great battles were fought here, but during the War the town changed hands ...

Major André

For a short time in 1776, Major André and Lt. Despard, British prisoners of war, were detained in a tavern that stood on this site. Some years later, after an exchange and recapture, André was executed as a spy.

Marker is ...

Dickison and His Men / Jefferson Davis' Baggage

(Front side)

Dickison and His Men

John Jackson Dickison (1816-1902), Florida's famous Civil War guerrilla leader, bivouacked at Camp Baker, south of here, during the closing weeks of the conflict. Dickison and his men became legendary figures. As Company H, Second Florida ...

The John Dickinson Campus of Dickinson College

Named for John Dickinson President of Pennsylvania and of Delaware. "The penman of the Revolution," and first president of the Board of Trustees of this college.

Marker is at the intersection of W. High Street and West Street on W. High ...

History of the Fort Mojave Tribe

In first times, there was chaos, and from the union of earth and sky was born the Great Spirit Matavilya.

Before he could teach his people all they needed to know about their world, he was killed by his sister, Frog ...

George Donner, Jr.

[Front of Marker:]

DONNER

Here lies George Donner, Jr., a California Pioneer and a Donner Party survivor. He was born 10 August 1836 in Sangamon County, Illinois, the eldest son of Jacob Donner and Elizabeth Blue Hook. In April 1846 his father, ...

John (Snowshoe) Thompson

Send me men to match my mountains.

These are words a great poet said speaking for the brave young nation that needed strong and brave men’s aid.

In memory of

John (Snowshoe) Thompson

who, for twenty successive winters, 1856-1876, carried the mail on ...

James Wilson

Early Carlisle lawyer, and representative to Continental Congress, occupied house that stood on this site. He was a signed of the Declaration of Independence, and one of the framers of the Constitution of U.S.

Marker is at the intersection of W. ...