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 ...

Dr. Peck House

The stone walls of this building date from before 1750 and were part of a house owned by the Royal Treasurer late in the First Spanish Period. During the British Period it served for a time as the home of ...

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 ...

Baltimore and Ohio Roundhouse and Shop Complex

National Civil Engineering Landmark. The re-construction of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Roundhouse and Shop Complex commenced soon after the end of the American Civil War in 1865. This complex included two roundhouses and two significant shop buildings. The centerpiece ...

Pickens Cemetery

This land, Cherokee territory until 1777, became the final resting place after the American Revolution for early pioneers who settled the area. A number of soldiers of the Revolution are buried here including Robert Pickens, who served in the ...

Site of First Baptist Church / Baptist Seminary

Site of First Baptist Church

In 1825, Wm. Bullein Johnson opened a subscription for a Baptist meetinghouse, which was soon built here. The 120 foot-square lot, which extended well into present McBee Ave., was given by Vardry McBee. After its ...

The Historic Page Valley

Scenic Virginia Highlight

Laying within the larger Shenandoah Valley, the Page Valley is bounded on the east by the Blue Ridge and on the west by the Massanutten Mountain. The Page Valley's early European settlers were Pennsylvania Germans who brought ...

Address by President Lincoln

Address by President Lincoln

at the Dedication of

The Gettysburg National Cemetery

November 19, 1863

“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that ...

"The Poplars" / Elias Earle

"The Poplars"

This was approximately the center of the many acred estate and "seat of hospitality" of Elias Earle, pioneer Greenville settler who began acquiring property here as early as 1787. His home, "The Poplars," stood at the N.E. corner ...