Disposal of Land in Plain Township

Side A:

Because three distinct survey methods were used to survey Plain Township lands and are still meaningful, the township can be thought of as a surveyor's museum. The township came into existence by a 1796 act of Congress in ...

Fort Ticonderoga

Historic New York

During the 18th century, when nations fought to control the strategic route between the St. Lawrence River in Canada and the Hudson River to the south, the fortification overlooking the outlet of Lake George into Lake Champlain ...

Black's Fort

Built as a defense against the Indians in 1851 by William Black (1815-1907) on land owned by him. In the stockade, constructed of cedar logs, sentries were kept on guard on moonlight nights. Guns and ammunition for public use were ...

Fredericksburg

Civil War Sites

For 18 months Fredericksburg was at the heart of the Civil War. Union and Confederate soldiers camped here, fought here and died here. Today there are many sites within the city. Civil War walking tour information is ...

The Old Spanish Trail and The California Road

An arduous 1,200-mile route between Santa Fe and Los Angeles, the "Old Spanish Trail" passed through Mountain Meadows during its heyday, between 1830 and 1848. The trail served traders who loaded their pack mules with woolen goods from Santa Fe ...

Old Fort Sumner and “Billy the Kid’s” Grave

Fort Sumner was established in 1862 to guard the Navajo and Apaches on the Bosque Redondo reservation. It was discontinued as a military post in 1868 and the buildings and site sold to Lucien B. Maxwell. William "Billy the Kid" ...

Fire!

Up In Flames

Victor was founded in 1893 at the foot of Battle Mountain – a stone’s throw from where the richest gold mines in the Gold Camp were eventually located. Underground mining was very labor intensive so, like ...

From this point south…

From this point south, this street follows the route of the Indian carry between the lakes and of Montcalm’s military road traversed by Washington and Franklin during the Revolution.

Erected by Ticonderoga Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution

1925

Marker ...

127th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry

(Front):

127th Regiment

Pennsylvania

Volunteer

Infantry

Col. W. W. Jennings

Commanding

3rd Brigade

2nd Division

2nd Corps

(Rear):127th Regiment

Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry

Col. W. W. Jennings Commanding

3rd Brigade 2nd Division 2nd Corps

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Battles Participated in

Fredericksburg, VA., December ...

Frederick Douglass

On this site, where the "Genovar Opera House" once stood, Frederick Douglass spoke to the residents of St. Augustine on Sunday, April 7, 1889.

Born into slavery in 1818, Douglass rose in the pre-Civil War years to become a leading ...