Abram Frederick Biggers and Biggers School

Abram Frederick Biggers (1838 - 1879), a lawyer by profession, was appointed the first superintendent of the Lynchburg and Campbell County schools in 1870. As a part of his effort to build a strong system, Biggers toured northern states to ...

Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg

Sacred to the memory of

Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg

who was born on the 1st day of January, 1750

and departed this life

on the 4th day of June, 1801

Aged 51 years, 5 months and 5 days

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Lutheran Pastor in Colonial America

Continental Congress 1779-80, Pennsylvania ...

Frederick Douglass - John Brown meeting

In the home of William Webb, 200 feet north of this spot, two famous American's met several Detroit Negro residents on March 12, 1859, to discuss methods of abolishing American Negro slavery. John Brown (1800-1859), fiery antislavery leader, ardently advocated ...

Frederick Joseph DeLongechamps

June 2, 1882 – February 11, 1969

Frederick Joseph DeLongechamps was Nevada’s foremost architect of his time. Statewide he was prolific in the number of buildings he designed. From this point one can see a group of structures that stand, collectively, ...

Welcome to Fredericksburg, Va

Stone Tools to Seltzer Bottles

Commuters and rail passengers hurry to their trains over asphalt paving that is only the most recent layer in Fredericksburg's history. These travelers cross over prehistoric work sites, eighteenth-century shops and dwellings, a Civil War battleground, ...

The Baltimore & Frederick-Town Turnpike

A Transportation Revolution started here

Maryland toll roads helped revolutionize American travel. The Baltimore and Frederick-Town Turnpike began with a tollgate, placed near this corner in 1807. For

a few cents, you could head west on a “smooth” road that ...

Frederick H. Harvey

"Mr. Restaurant"

Into the grunt and growl life of the southwest frontier Fred Harvey brought an era of gracious manners, delicious food, good women, and high standards of service. Frederick Harvey was born in London in 1835. At fifteen Harvey immigrated ...

William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody

1846 - 1917

Isaac and Mary Cody and family arrived in the Leavenworth area June 10, 1854, and built a seven-room log cabin in Salt Creek Valley, just north of Fort Leavenworth. Bill was 9 years old, the only son in ...

Fredericksburg Campaign

December 13, 1862. This highway, the Old Richmond Stage Road, here passes wartime Smithfield, now the Fredericksburg Country Club. Out of the ravine alongside the present golf links (your left front), Meade’s Division emerged to form lines of battle and ...

Fort Frederick

Facing The River

On an Eminence in This Broad Street

Opposite St Peters Church Stood

Fort Frederick.

Built About 1676, Removed 1789

Gallows Hill to the South

Fort Burial Ground to the North.

Marker is at the intersection of Eagle Street and Eagle Street and State Street, ...