John Frederick Wolle

(1863 - 1933)

Organist, composer, and conductor. A major interpreter of J.S. Bach's music. He founded the Bethlehem Bach Festival and conducted the Bach Choir of Bethlehem, 1898-1905 and 1911-1932. Wolle was born and raised here in Main Hall.

Marker is on ...

Lindley Sign Post Forest

2,835 miles to Watson Lake’s

Signpost Forest

First sign placed by Carl K. Lindley of Danville, Illinois

1942

Presented to you by the Town of

Watson Lake

to mark the opening of Your

Signpost Forest in 2010

Marker is on East Harrison ...

Piqua's Early African-American Heritage

Side A: Piqua's Early African-American Heritage

African-American history began in Piqua with the settlement of Arthur Davis in 1818 and expanded with the settlement of the freed Randolph slaves of Virginia in 1846. African-American religious heritage in Piqua began with ...

Drewry’s Bluff

Captain John Smith’s Adventures on the James

John Smith recalled visiting the Arrohateck Indian capital during a May 1607 expedition led by Christopher Newport. The town was located on the northern shore of the James River opposite of here and was ...

19th Illinois Infantry

[Front - Top of Marker]:

This regiment formed the extreme left of Jonson's Division, 14th A.C. and gained the crest of the ridge at this point. Their colors being the first over the Confederate works south of Bragg's Headquarters.

This Monument erected ...

To the Goldfields!

In the 1860s, the fabulous Cariboo goldfields were a lure to thousands. Miners, traders, and adventurers, many afoot, some with wheelbarrows, shared the pioneer route with mule trains, plodding oxen, freight wagons, and swaying stage-coaches.

Havens for man and beast were ...

27th Pennsylvania Infantry

1st Brigade, 2nd Division

(Front):July 1, 1863. The Regiment moved with

the Brigade in the afternoon to N.E.

side of Gettysburg where it became actively

engaged covering the retreat of the

Corps. It then withdrew to this position

where after dark of the 2nd it assisted

in ...

Federal Crossings

Opposition by Confederate forces to Federal crossings of Peachtree Cr., were more formidable westward than eastward, because of high, wooded ridges on the south bank. Two days of severe conflict were required by the 14th Corps [US] to effect lodgments ...

Leduc-Woodbend Oil Field

Le Site Pétrolifière Leduc-Woodbend

The development of this field in 1947 marked a turning point in the history of the Alberta petroleum industry. After the drilling of Leduc No. 1, the geographical focus of the industry shifted from Turner Valley northward ...

Finishing Fort Drewry

Immediately after the battle, men of Chesterfield County’s own Southside Artillery, along with others, worked to strengthen the fort. The section before you was likely their first project. Eventually the earthworks around you formed an enclosed fort, armed with as ...