Leo J. Beachy

Photographing the National Road

“My camera lens does not lie. It took just what it saw, no more, no less.” –Leo Beachy

Leo J. Beachy (1874–1927) left us a special legacy. One of seven children raised on a farm named Mt. ...

“Pettijohn’s Old Field”

The future home of Sussex County’s seat of government was a sparsely populated rural area when the 76 acres which would become the Town of Georgetown were purchased on May 9, 1791. Located “near the centre” of the country at ...

James and Bridget Casserly House

1891

The Casserly house is a classic example of a Queen Anne style house built for a middle-class family. James Casserly was a foreman and later superintendent of the Madison Democrat, one of Madison's two major newspapers at the turn-of-the-century. The ...

15th Regiment New Jersey Volunteers

(Front):

1861-1865

15th Reg't N.J. Vol's.

Erected by the State of New Jersey

to mark the portion of the Confederate line held by the 14th Georgia

Regiment. and assaulted May 12, 1864, by the

15th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry,

commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Edward L. Campbell

Engaged, ...

Hinton James

First student to enter the University of North Carolina, 1795. Civil engineer, state legislator. Grave 300 yards east.

Marker is on U.S. 117 south of Murray Town Road, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Erie Canal - July 4, 1817

Historic New York

The ceremonies outside the village of Rome on Independence Day, 1817, climaxed years of discussion about building the Erie Canal. Dignitaries and local citizens assembled at sunrise to attend the start of construction. Judge Joshua Hathaway, a veteran ...

Jane Frazier

Wife of Lieut. John Frazier was captured by Indians near this spot in October 1755 and taken to the Miami River. She escaped after eighteen months and made her way back to her home.

Marker is on Evitts Creek Drive SE ...

Maj. Gen. Jesse L. Reno

(front)

9th Army Corps.

September 14, 1862.

Reno.

(west side)

This monument marks the

spot where Major Gen. Jesse Lee Reno,

commanding 9th Army Corps U.S. Vol’s,

was killed in battle Sept. 14, 1862.

(south side)

Battles.

Vera Cruz; Cerro Gordo;

Cantreras; Churubusco;

Chapultepec; Roanoke Island;

New Berne;

Camden; Bull Run;

Chantilly and South Mountain.

(east side)

Erected ...

General J. E. B. Stuart

General J.E.B. Stuart with General Wade Hampton attacked a large force of Pennsylvania militia under Governor Curtin and General John F. Reynolds near here September 20, 1862. Outnumbered, he retired across the Potomac. He desired to seize federal supplies at ...

"Indian Jim" and the Building of Kansas City Road

- Main Marker: -

Founded in 1857, Olathe was strategically located on the Santa Fe Trail. In the era of horsepower, the new town was a day's journey from Independence, Missouri. As time passed, Olathe's population and commerce grew, ...