Patapsco Superlative:

"The Premiere Flour"

"Any Monday morning one could hear the beginnings of the stir of activity as the heavy machinery in the mill started to move, gather speed and settle into a steady rythmic rumble which was maintained at the same ...

St. Joseph's Catholic Church

Built in 1862 by the people of Mariposa under the direction of Father Auger. The church was dedicated, Confirmation was conferred and the first Mass was said by Archbishop Alameny on Jan. 18, 1863. The church has been repaired many ...

The Destructive Power of the Patapsco

"[Rainfall] nearly all night with a violent gale of wind. This morning the river begins to rise. The rain pours down furiously all day. The river in a freshet, rising all the time... At night the waters very high, threatening ...

Big Gun at Howison Hill

Two weeks of Union delay before the Battle of Fredericksburg gave the Confederates time to bring up large cannons rarely seen on other battlefields in Virginia. The sturdy gun emplacements above you protected a huge siege gun, capable of firing ...

May 15, 1862—The Battle of Drewry's Bluff

When Federal gunboats rounded the distant bend in the James, they entered a shooting gallery. Confederate soldiers and Marines along the riverbanks raked the decks with musket fire. Confederate guns here in the fort opened fire. The river obstructions, consisting ...

Collins’ Overland International Telegraph

Promoted by Perry Collins, the U.S. Commercial Agent in Russia, and dependent on the Western Union Telegraph Company’s money, men and technology for its execution, this early telegraph line roused the enthusiasm of the white residents of British Columbia. At ...

The Geographic Center of the United States

Lat. 39º 50' Long. 98º 35'

Located by L.T. Hagadorn of

Paulette & Wilson - Engineers and

L.A. Beardslee - County Engineer.

From data furnished by

U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.

Dedicated April 25, 1940

Marker is at the intersection of 130th Road (Kansas Route 191) and ...

Fredericksburg National Cemetery

Approximately 20,000 soldiers died in this region during the Civil War, their remains scattered throughout the countryside in shallow, often unmarked, graves. In 1865 Congress established Fredericksburg National Cemetery as a final resting place for Union soldiers who died on ...

Parker's Battery

May 3, 1863

In this vicinity the men of Parker's

Confederate Battery (the "Boy Company")

under Lt. J. Thompson Brown fought

two guns, twice gallantly assisting in

repulsing the Union VI Corps before

being outflanked and overwhelmed.

Marker is at the intersection of Lafayette Boulevard (State Highway ...

Nathan Bulkley House

Built 1750 By

Nathan Bulkley

Pre-Revolutionary

Spared By British

When Town Was Burned

Marker is at the intersection of Beach Road and Sunnieholm Drive, on the right when traveling west on Beach Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org