Battle of Hanging Rock

Commemorating

Battle of Hanging Rock

June 21, 1864.

Marker is on Catawba Valley Drive (Virginia Route 311) north of North Electric Road (Virginia Route 419), on the right when traveling west.

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Reviving the Waterfront

Here where the Gwynns Falls flows into the Patapsco's Middle Branch, Baltimoreans have come to work and to play over the years. Since the early 1700s this area his been home to mining operations, brickyards, glass factories, and other industries. ...

Senator Harry McGuirk

1923-1992

A friend of Baltimore and Maryland

A legislator's legislator

Dedicated by

William Donald Schaefer, Governor

Colleagues and Friends

May 27, 1992

Marker is on Waterview Avenue.

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John Smith Explores Patapsco

Captain John Smith visited the Patapsco River twice in 1608 after settling at Jamestown the previous year. In a 40-foot shallop, Smith and his crew were exploring the Chesapeake Bay hoping, in vain, to discover a passage to the Pacific ...

Massenburg's Georgia Battery.

2 - 12 pdr. Napoleons; 2 - 10 pdr. Parrotts.

Massenburg's Georgia Battery.

2 - 12 pdr. Napoleons; 2 - 10 pdr. Parrotts.

Maj. Felix H. Robertson's Reserve Artillery.

Nov. 25, 1863, 4 p.m.

Capt. Thomas L. Massenburg, Commanding.

1st Lieut. J. F. Greer.

2d Lieut. George ...

The Black Brigade of Cincinnati

Side A:

Following the success of Confederate forces in eastern Kentucky and General John Hunt Morgan's raids there in 1862, Cincinnatians believed that Southern invasion was imminent. Anxious officials ordered Cincinnati citizens to form home guards, but black men willing to ...

Mission of Death

"I do not hesitate to affirm that the Confederate position was virtually impregnable to a direct attack over the bridge."

Gen. Jacob Cox, Union 9th Corps

Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis, whose division did most of the fighting here at the bridge, wrote ...

Father Junipero Serra

1713 – 1784

Dedicated to the Memory of

Father Junipero Serra

1713 - 1784

the first Franciscan missionary

to whom California owes an

everlasting tribute – he brought

civilization to our land and in deed

and character he deserves a foremost

place in the history of our state

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Fire Station #4

1904 - 1905

Designed by local architect, Lew F. Porter, Fire Station #4 is one of the oldest fire stations remaining in Madison. The tiny windows on the east facade lit horse stalls. The rapid expansion of University Heights, Wingra Park ...

Chemical Laboratory

Cannon and artillery projectiles were not the only weapons tested at the Sandy Hook Proving Ground. Rifles, machine guns, and new types of gun powder and explosive fuses were tested there. At the chemistry lab, explosive and propellant compounds were ...