The Battle of Brandy Station

The Civil War in Culpeper County

On June 9, 1863, the Civil War visited the river fords, farmer's fields and rolling hills near Brandy Station. During the intense daylong fighting that swirled all around the little town, Confederate and Union horsemen ...

The Battle of Brandy Station

Confederate Line of Defense at St. James Church

Several hundred yards behind you, in the copse of trees, is the site of the St. James Church. Union soldiers tore down the small brick structure for materials to make their quarters during ...

The Battle of Brandy Station

Charging the Confederate Guns

By 7 a.m. on June 9, Brig. Gen. John Buford had his Union troops in position. Brig. Gen. Adelbert Ames Federal brigade of infantry straddled the Beverly Ford Road. To Ames' left (where the airport is now) ...

The Navesink Highlands Light Station

At almost 200 feet above sea level, the Navesink Highlands Light Station, also known as Twin Lights, is positioned on one of the highest points on the Atlantic coast. Lighthouses on this site have guided mariners safely into New York ...

The Califon Station

The High Bridge Branch of the Central Railroad of New Jersey

The town's original name came from Jacob Neighbor, an early resident who prospered in the hills of California during the gold rush of 1849. Upon his return, he built two ...

The Battle of Brandy Station

The Struggle for Fleetwood Hill

After Col. Wyndham's assaults, Col. Judson Kilpatrick's Federal brigade crossed the Orange and Alexandria Railroad and stormed Fleetwood Hill from the southeast. The fight for Fleetwood Hill - a classic cavalry battle fought on horseback - ...

The Ridgefield Train Station

Ridgefield, Connecticut

In 1870, A Branch Line from the Branchville train station was built to offer service to the wealthy New Yorkers who began arriving to spend their summers in Ridgefield. Many of these "summer people" had their own private ...

The Dickinson Station of the Galveston, Houston, & Henderson Rai

Chartered by the State of Texas on February 7, 1853, the Galveston, Houston, and Henderson Railroad was the first railroad to reach the Texas Coast. A trestle was built across Galveston Bay in 1859, and passenger and freight service was ...

Charles W. Friend House, Observatory, and Weather Station

This is the site of the house and observatory of Nevada’s first weatherman, astronomer, and seismologist, Charles William Friend. Born in Prussia in 1835, Friend immigrated by way of South America to California during the 1849 Gold Rush. In 1867, ...

Genoa or “Mormon Station” of the Pony Express

Near this spot stood the

Genoa or “Mormon Station”

of the Pony Express

1860 – 1861

St. Joseph, Missouri

To Sacramento, California.

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Dedicated June 9, 1934

By Citizens of Nevada.

Under Leadership Minden Rotary Club

Marker is at the intersection of Genoa Lane and Jackson Valley Road/Main Street (Nevada ...