William Bartram Trail

Traced 1773-1777

In 1773 William Bartram, here viewed Woodmanston Plantation, later the home of his friend,

Naturalist John E. LeConte.

Marker is on Barrington Ferry Road 1 mile south of Sandy Run Road.

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Elliott-Bester House

Boyhood home of Commodore

Jesse D. Elliott, USN, (1872-1845)

of Battle of Lake Erie fame

during War of 1812. This National

Register property preserved in

memory of Mrs. Mary B.K. Bowman.

Marker is on South Potomac Street ...

Robinson Plaza

Nevada City

Commemorative Marker #6

ROBINSON PLAZA

Named for Beryl P. Robinson, Jr.

Born in Nevada City

September 13, 1935

City Councilman-City Manager

On July 1, 1999, Beryl Robinson Jr. became the longest-serving city manager in state history. A native of ...

Indian Prisoners Abandoned on Tangier Island

Following paramount chief Opechancanough’s 1644 organized attacks against the English colonists for encroaching on Indian lands, Governor William Berkeley led further military strikes against the Virginia Indians in July 1645, taking many prisoners. On August 9, the Virginia Council decided ...

Old Brick Gothic Building

Historic

Old Brick Gothic Building constructed as a congregational church in 1857. Restored by First Baptist Church.

Dedicated by Laurel Parlor No. 6

Native Daughters of the Golden West

April 13, 1987

Marker is on Main Street.

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Knights of Columbus Hall

Land for the building was purchased from the U.S. Government in 1857 by William H. Russell of Lafayette County, Missouri. The building was built in 1878 by James A. McGonigle for Francis Fitzwilliam. It was financed through the German Bank ...

Howard's Covered Bridge

Built in 1904-05 to replace an earlier structure, this bridge bears the name of a pioneer family who settled near Big Cloud’s Creek in the late 1700s. Constructed in the Town lattice design using convict labor, the 164-foot bridge’s web ...

Ross Bridge

In 1858 James Taylor Ross, a Scotchman, migrated to the South, acquired land and homesteaded in what is now Shades Valley. He provided land for the construction of a railway, including a bridge spanning Ross Creek. After the Ross family ...

Battery D, Second U.S. Artillery

Artillery Brigade - Sixth Corps

Army of the Potomac

Sixth Corps

Artillery Brigade

Battery D Second U.S. Artillery

Four Light 12 Pounders

Lieut. Edward B. Williston commanding

July 2 Arrived with the Corps and took position and remained on Taneytown Road.

Not engaged.

Marker is on Taneytown Road (State ...

Battle of Carthage Memorial

In memory of

The Brave Men

who fell July 5, 1861,

in the Battle of Carthage.

C. S. M. A.

Mrs. Cindarilla F. Mealy, Pres.

Mrs. Lucinda Hampton, [?]

Marker is on Budlong Street near U.S. 71, on the right when traveling west.

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