Wisconsin Sharpshooters

Co G, 1st Regiment U.S. Sharpshooters

Wisconsin Sharpshooters

Co. G. - 1st. Regt. - July 2, 1863.

(Berdan's)

Position held by the company was 200 yards

in advance of this monument.

Marker is at the intersection of Emmitsburg Road (Business U.S. 15) and Sickles Avenue, on ...

Fort de la Presqu'ile

(French)

This was the first of four French forts built by Marin and Boishebert in Northwestern Pennsylvania to protect their claim to the Ohio Valley . Built in 1753 the fort overlooking the bay was 120 ft. square with squared log ...

In Memory of Col. John Ketcham / Time Capsule

In Memory of Col. John Ketcham

1782 - 1865

Fearless pioneer, Ranger, surveyor, public servant who dedicated this public square for seat of government of Jackson County, Ind. when Brownstown was founded April 8, 1816.

Time Capsule

Brownstown Area Sesquicentennial

October 1-8, 1966

To ...

Early Indian Trading Paths / The Goose Creek Men

Early Indian Trading Paths

One of the earliest major trading paths in the Carolina colony, dating from the first decade of English settlement 1670-1680, ran nearby. The colonists traded guns and ammunition, cloth, rum, and other goods for furs and ...

Fort Presque Isle

(British)

After the French left, the British Fort was built by Major Rodgers in 1760 on the site of the old French Fort. It had a different configuration consisting of a stockade enclosure with a blockhouse, the second story of which ...

Totopotomoy Creek

(left panel)

Visiting Richmond National Battlefield Park

The concentration of Civil War resources found in the Richmond area is unparalleled. The National Park Service manages 13 sites, giving visitors an opportunity to examine the battlefield landscapes, to hear the stories of the ...

Colonel Ephraim Williams, Jr.

On this site in 1755, Colonel Ephraim Williams, Jr. was buried after his death in the battle called "Bloody Morning Scout," a skirmish that opened the Battle of Lake George. Ephraim Williams, Jr. is best known as the Founder of ...

Joseph Smith Monument

Mormon Prophet's Birthplace

Joseph Smith, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was born near here on December 23, 1805. A visitor's center and a 38½ foot tall monument, considered the world's largest polished granite shaft, commemorates his ...

Pine Slash

Welcome to Pine Slash and the Honeymoon Cottage

Upon Patrick Henry’s marriage to Sarah Shelton in 1754, he received for her dowry a 300-acre tract of land and six slaves. Like many Virginians with small farms, Henry labored in the fields ...

Andrew Atkinson Humphreys

Cadet U.S. Military Academy July 1 1827, Brevet Second Lieutenant 2d U.S. Artillery July 1 1831, Second Lieutenant July 1 1831, First Lieutenant August 16 1836, Resigned September 30 1836, First Lieutenant Topographical Engineers U.S. Army July 7 1838, Captain ...