Site of Huntsville Female College

1851-1895

Organized in 1851 under the direction of the Methodist Episcopal Church, so this institution became one of the finest of its kind in the South in the education of girls from the primary through the college level.

Its aim was to ...

Daniel Boone - Pioneer / Grave of Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone - Pioneer

Born, Pa., 1734. Died, Mo., 1820. Married Rebecca Boone, 1756, N.C. First trip to Kentucky, 1767. Set up Ft. Boonesborough, 1775, blazed Wilderness Trail and settled. Frontiersman, surveyor, settler, legislator and sheriff. Defender against Indians and British. ...

VFW Post #4721 Veterans Memorial

Dedicated to the memory of our fallen comrades in war and in peace.

Nov. 11. 1992

Marker is at the intersection of North Street (Ohio Route 821) and Veterans Memorial Drive/Railroad Street, on the left when traveling west on North Street.

Courtesy ...

Washington First Took Command

Under this tree

Washington

first took command

of the

American Army,

July 3d 1775

Marker is on Garden Street, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Fort Blair

Civil War Tour

Fort Blair, constructed as a garrison for soldiers guarding the Military Road, was attacked by rebel forces of William Quantrill on Oct. 6, 1863.

Although greatly outnumbered, Lt. James Pond and men from the 3rd Wisc. Cav. and Kans. ...

Site of Rockport Tavern

In October 1844 Abraham Lincoln gave a speech at Spencer County Courthouse to promote Henry Clay, Whig presidential candidate. Lincoln, during his first trip to Indiana in 14 years, was a guest at the Tavern. Site first marked October 28, ...

St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church

[Side one:]

Free blacks and former slaves organized an African Methodist Episcopal congregation in Corydon by 1843. In 1851, church trustees purchased land in Corydon in order to build a church and for school purposes. In 1878, church trustees purchased land ...

In Honor Of The Men from Harrison County

[Marker Front]:

In Honor of

The men from

Harrison County

killed or died of wounds at the

Battle of Tippecanoe

Nov. 7, 1811

and

War of 1812

[Marker's Left Side]:

Capt. Spier Spencer’s Co.

Mounted Rifleman

“Yellow Jackets”

Capt. Spier Spencer •

Lieut. Richard M. McMahan •

Pvt. William Davis •

Pvt. ...

Farmhands and Fishing

Martin Van Buren Nat’l Hist Site

Over the years, Martin Van Buren enlarged his farm from 137 acres to 221 acres through three transactions. Throughout his ownership he relied on employees to perform the labor necessary to make Lindenwald’s acreage ...

City of Globe

Welcome to Globe's Historic Downtown District, a designated Main Street City which once played a vital role in the saga of the Old West. We invite you to walk the steps of Historic Gila County Courthouse where you can enjoy ...