Site of Chatfield Farm

American and British advance pickets often exchanged musket fire across Middle Ravine during the weeks that followed the Battle of September 19, 1777.

Then, on the afternoon of October 7, excited American pickets reported large formations of Crown Forces advancing ...

(Former) Marshfield Trust and Savings Bank

This terra-cotta-clad flat-iron building makes the most of its triangular building lot. Like many neighborhood banks from the 1920s, the Marshfield Trust and Savings Bank employed the Classical Revival style of architecture to convey a sense of permanence and security. ...

First Mission and Pueblo in Texas

Corpus Christi de la Ysleta

Established by

Don Antonio de Otermin

and

Fray Francisco Ayeta O.F.M.

in 1682

Maintained by

Franciscan missionaries

for the civilizing and Christianizing

of the Tigua Indians,

Pueblo Revolt refugees

Marker can be reached from Alameda Avenue when traveling south.

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Siege of Suffolk

Across the road here ran the main line of Confederate works, built by Longstreet besieging Suffolk, April, 1863. He abandoned the siege and rejoined Lee at Fredericksburg.

Marker is at the intersection of North Main Street (U.S. 460) and Godwin Boulevard, ...

John F. Deitz

"Battle of Cameron Dam"

In 1904, John F. Deitz and his family purchased a farmstead on the Thornapple River about 2 miles south of here. Deitz soon discovered that Cameron Dam -- one of many logging dams on this important tributary ...

Selecman’s (Snyder’s) Ford

Near here on the Occoquan River was Selecman’s Ford, a rocky, narrow river crossing used by both sides during the Civil War. The 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry with 100 men of the 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry crossed this ford on December 19, ...

Riddick’s Folly

Avant-Garde Greek Revival Masterpiece

The restored Greek Revival house before you is Riddick’s Folly. It was constructed in 1837 by Mills Riddick, a grandson of local Revolutionary War hero Willis Riddick. Mill’s contemporaries soon ridiculed the house and labeled the building ...

"...the pathos of those poor wounded men..."

Completed in 1836, Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church's building is the oldest in Gettysburg used continuously for religious worship.

During the battle of Gettysburg it became a haven for serving humanity. When the first wounded appeared along Chambersburg Street, the church's doors ...

J. Hummelbaugh Farm

Civil War Hospital

J. Hummelbaugh Farm

? First & ? Second Corps

July 2-3, 1863

Marker is on Taneytown Road (Pennsylvania Route 134) near Pleasonton Avenue, on the right when traveling south.

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In Memory of Lorenzo and Seth Wright

In Memory of two of the

many pioneers who brought

law, order and safety to

the Gila Valley.

Lorenzo and Seth Wright

were killed 1 mile north of

this spot by Indians who

had stolen 45 horses from

early settlers.

While pursuing the Indians they

were ambushed Dec. 1, 1885.

Marker ...