First Settlers in Athens County

In Memoriam

Honoring the first settlers in Athens Co.

from the New England States

Alvan Bingman •

Silas Bingman •

Isaac Barker •

William Harper •

John Wilkins •

Robert Linzee •

Edmond Dorr •

William Dorr •

Barak Dorr •

John Chandler •

Jonathan Watkins

Marker is at the intersection of Court Street ...

Elephant Butte Lake State Park

Situated beside the huge, 36,000-acre Elephant Butte Reservoir, this is one of the largest and most popular parks in New Mexico. It combines boating, waterskiing, fishing and other water-based sports with land activities such as camping, picnicking, and hiking. Fish ...

Athens County Revolutionary Soldiers Memorial

To honor and commemorate

the Revolutionary Soldiers

buried in Athens County, Ohio

Daniel Anderson •

Thomas Arnold •

Isaac Barker •

Ebenezer Barrows •

Hopson Beebe •

Alvan Bingham •

Silas Bingham, Sr. •

William Bodwell •

John Bowman •

Abraham Bowers •

James Brice •

Isaac Brooks •

Benjamin Brown •

Samuel Brown •

Ebenezer Buckingham ...

The Great Train Raid of 1861

Jackson captured engines from Martinsburg, W.VA. and had them pulled by horse teams across the roads to Strasburg, near here, they were set on rails and sent south for the Confederate cause.

Marker is on East King Street (Virginia Route 44), ...

Battery F

Battle of Corinth

Only extant redan of six built in 1862 by U.S. troops as outer defense south and west of town. Taken on Oct. 3, 1862, by C.S. forces after fierce fighting. Battle resumed on Oct. 4, but C.S. troops ...

Western Library Association

1804

In the years leading to Ohio statehood in 1803, Ames Township citizens decided to establish a stock-owned circulating library. Since cash was scarce during Ohio's frontier era, some citizens paid for their $2.50 shares by the sale of animal pelts, ...

German Evangelical Church / Pike Heritage Foundation Museum

Side A: German Evangelical Church

Construction of Waverly's third church, built with locally produced brick, began in 1859 and was completed in 1860. The original deed, recorded on October 31, 1859, listed the value of the lot as $180. With the ...

Theophilus Eaton

In Memoriam

Theophilus Eaton

First Governor

of the

New Haven Colony

Died january 7,

1657.

And lies buried near this spot.

Marker can be reached from Temple Street 0.1 miles south of Elm Street, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Appomattox Court House

Here, amidst the once-quiet streets and lanes of Appomattox Court House, Lee, Grant, and their tired armies enacted one of the great dramas in American history.

“General, this is deeply humiliating; but I console myself with the thought that the whole ...

Black Hawk at Turtle Village / The U.S. Military at Turtle Villa

Black Hawk at Turtle Village

Turtle Village, a large and important Ho-Chuck (Winnebago) Indian village, once stood on the east side of the Rock River near its confluence with Turtle Creek. During the Black Hawk War of 1832, the Ho-Chunk ...