Prince Frederick's Chapel

[Front]

The first church on this site, known as Prince Frederick's Chapel, Pee Dee, was built in 1848 on a site donated by the Rev. Hugh Fraser in 1834. Most of its parishioners were rice planters along the Pee Dee ...

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Five miles south lies the main campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, founded in 1872 as a land-grant college specializing in agriculture and mechanical arts. The land-grant college system initiated scientific agricultural and industrial instruction in the Commonwealth. ...

First Physician

Henry D. Palmer, M.D. (1809-1877) located at this site in 1836. First physician in Lake County, he was also counselor to the pioneers for 40 years and member of the underground railroad aiding escaped slaves.

Marker is on 73rd Place, on ...

Hill of Three Waters or the Triple Divide

A triple point, or triple divide, is the place where two continental divides intersect and water drains into three different watersheds. Five widely-recognized triple divides exist in the United States, including: Triple Divide Peak, Montana, The Hill of Three Waters, ...

Across the Harbor: Remembering September 11th

On September 11, 2001 two hijacked planes were flown into the two towers of the World Trade Center. As the towers collapsed, nearly 3,000 people were killed. Today, this site – less than a mile from where the towers ...

Group Effort

Before airplanes and missiles, the United States defended itself with fortifications along its coast and harbors.

In this harbor a system of forts stood ready to protect New York; nearly a dozen were built before the War of 1812. Cannons ...

Jasper County Veterans Memorial

In honor

of all

who served

our country

in the

Armed Forces

from

Jasper County

Marker is at the intersection of Washington Street (U.S. 231) and Van Rensselaer Street, on the left when traveling west on Washington Street.

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Memorial Park

(Flat Iron)

In honor of all veterans

who served our country.

Marker is at the intersection of McKinley Avenue (U.S. 231) and Franklin Street, on the right when traveling north on McKinley Avenue.

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Janesville Tank Company

During the 1930s, the Janesville National Guard armory was headquarters for the 32nd Tank Company, a unit of Wisconsin's famed Thirty-Second Division, which had been reorganized after World War I and equipped with light tanks. In November 1940, as part ...

Site of Colonial Shipyard

Approximately 300 yards northeast of this marker there was located in colonial days a shipyard where at least one vessel capable of engaging in overseas trade was built.

The creek on which it stood is known as Shipyard Creek. The ...