Southern Valor vs. Union Firepower

“The battle, with all its melancholy results, proved, however, that the Confederate infantry and Federal artillery, side by side on the same field need fear no foe on earth.” Confederate General D. H. Hill

As dusk approached on July 1, massed ...

Petersburg

Settled about 1745. Near by was Fort George, Indian fort. Federal trenches overlooked the town in 1863 and 1864. Here is grave of Rev. W. N. Scott, pioneer preacher, who built churches at Old Fields, Morefield, and Petersburg.

Marker is on ...

St. Elizabeths Hospital

has been designated a

National Historic Landmark

This site possesses national significance

in commemorating the history of the

United States of America.

Marker can be reached from Martin Luther King Avenue, SE, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy ...

First Pacific Coast Salmon Cannery

Founded in the town of Washington (Broderick), Yolo County by Hapgood, Hume, and Company in 1864, California’s first salmon cannery was located on a barge moored here on the banks of the Sacramento River. This small canning operation was the ...

Blackwater Presbyterian Church

In The 17th century, the colony of Maryland was founded as a refuge for Catholics and members of other religious faiths then subject to persecution. Many of the early settlers of this region, then a part of Maryland, were Presbyterians ...

Local Boys & Spies

The patriots who formed battle lines at the foot of this hillside were local boys who knew Kings Mountain well. Some had used the large clearing atop the ridge as a deerhunters' camp.

Local men from the South Fork ...

The Niels Petersen House

Niels Petersen, a Danish immigrant, homesteaded 160 acres in Tempe in 1872. He was involved in almost every aspect of area development and was an organizer of the Tempe Methodist Episcopal Church in 1888.

This Queen Anne style farm house was ...

Independence Hall

No stranger ever comes to Philadelphia without paying a visit to this structure, and no public edifice exists among us, which is cherished so warmly in the feelings of the citizens.

Views of Philadelphia, 1838

The building in front of ...

Independence Square

...The said ground shall be enclosed and remain a public open green and walks forever.

Act of Pennsylvania Assembly 1735

The State House Yard, now known as Independence Square, was the scene of both turmoil and tranquility in the late ...

A Street Scene in the Capital City

The building at the corner of Library Street is a quaint and substantial example of the old style architecture where substance and solidity were objects of the first importance.

Public Ledger, April 20, 1887

Close by the Pennsylvania State House ...