Anthony Wayne's March Across Van Wert County / Venedocia Village

[South Side of Marker] : "Anthony Wayne's March Across Van Wert County"

To the right is the route taken by the U.S. Legion under Major General Anthony Wayne as it marched across what would become Van Wert County. The army ...

Trails across Kansas

Kansas is a land of trails. Even before Kansas became a state in 1861, many people and animals traveled through the area. It is the north-south route for migratory birds. Elk and bison cut paths looking for rivers and other ...

Cross Hill Confederate Monument

[North Inscription]:

To Our

Confederate Soldiers

[West Inscription]:

1861 CSA 1865

Confederate

[South Inscription]:

"Who were nor

Terrified by Death

not Dishonored by

Defeat."

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (State Highway 39) and Church Street on Main Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Harlan’s Cross Roads

Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield’s Headquarters, May 16, 1864

Hovey’s 1st and Judah’s 2d divs. Of Sheffield’s 23 A.C. [US], enroute from Resaca battlefield crossed the Conasauga river at Fite's Fy. intending to pass the Coosawattee at McClure’s Ferry, 1.25 mi. ...

Military River Crossing

In this vicinity, during the Black Hawk War of 1832, General Henry Atkinson and approximately 1,000 soldiers crossed the Wisconsin River in pursuit of Sac Indian leader Black Hawk and his followers. On July 26th, at the old abandoned Village ...

National Headquarters, American Red Cross

National Headquarters American Red Cross has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 23, 1935. This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the history of the United States.

Cross Roads

Beauregard's Headquarters

"Cross Roads"

Beauregard's Head Quarters

2 to 6 P.M. April 6, 1862

Marker is at the intersection of Corinth Road and Hamburg-Purdy Road, on the left when traveling north on Corinth Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Yuma Crossing

From 1850 to 1877 all travelers crossing the Colorado River used the ferry. Several operated between the mouth of the Gila River and Pilot Knob. Steamboats arrived on the river in 1850 and the first railroad bridge was built in ...

Yuma Crossing Park

Yuma Crossing, used since prehistoric times, played a significant part in the development of the West and continues to influence the affairs of the state and the nation. The Yuma City-County Bicentennial Commission in the spring of 1974 conceived the ...

Ewell Crosses the Appomattox

Racing West

(preface)

After Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant broke through Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s lines at Petersburg on April 2, 1865, Lee ordered the evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond. The Army of Northern Virginia retreated west on several roads, with ...