Civilian Conservation Corps - Company 2386

Located north of this marker is the site of the camp of CCC Company 2386, Beach, Virginia. The camp was organized in 1935 and disbanded in 1942. The company consisted of 2 to 3 military officers, a civilian technical service ...

Pocahontas State Park

This park of 7604 acres was originally known as the Swift Creek Recreational Area. Its purchase in 1934 and subsequent development by the federal government were with the understanding that eventually the State would accept and maintain the property, incorporating ...

Valentin Blatz Brewing Company Office Building

This property

has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is on Broadway near Juneau Avenue, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Griffith's Chapel

Williamsville Methodist Church

When Methodism first came to this area in the late 18th century, residents worshipped in local homes and journeyed to nearby towns to attend services. On November 20, 1848 William and Sarah Griffith conveyed land at this location ...

Forest Hill Park

This 105-acre site was part of William Byrd III's vast 1700s holdings along the James River. In 1836, Holden Rhodes (1799-1857), noted jurist and early president of the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Company, purchased the property, named it Boscobel, and ...

Prescott’s Headquarters

In this house

the British General Prescott

was taken prisoner

on the night of July 9, 1777

by Lieutenant-Colonel Barton

of the Rhode Island Line.

Marker is on West Main Road (Rhode Island Route 114), on the right when traveling north.

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Upper Black Creek Church

(Side 1):

Upper Black Creek met each month on the third Sunday and Saturday before from the time she was organized in 1802 until the Church elected to meet every Sunday in 1957. Conference was every month on those Saturdays, and ...

Pennsylvania Division

Continental Army

Brigadier General Anthony Wayne

First Brigade

Colonel Thomas Hartley

commanding

1st Regiment Infantry ---------- Colonel James Chambers

Raised July 1 1776 Mutered out November 3 1783

2d Regiment Infantry ---------- Colonel Henry Bicker

Raised October 25 1776 Mustered out November 3 1785

7th Regiment Infantry Lieutenant Colonel ...

Springhouses and Root Cellars

These small caves carved into the shale cliffside at one time served as springhouses and root cellars for the residents of this block.

The cooler subsurface temperatures of a root cellar helped preserve herbs, vegetables, and fruits in the days ...

Upper Black Creek Primitive Baptist Church

Upper Black Creek Primitive Baptist Church was constituted on August 15, 1802 in the home of John Albritton. The organizing presbytery consisted of Henry Cook, Isham Peacock, John Goldwire and Henry Holcombe. With a membership upward of 40 members. Isham ...