Cottey College International Scholarship

This flagpole and base were erected in 1960 by L. F. Richardson, member of the Board of Trustees of Cottey College, 1949-1957.

Mr. & Mrs. Richardson gave to Cottey College in 1950 its first international scholarship, opening the door for a ...

Contested County Seat

Hancock County, formed in 1848 in home of Sam C. Allison in Fairview, also known as Pughtown and New Manchester. In election for county seat, New Cumberland won by 13; refusal to move led to another vote and majority of ...

Battle of Trevillians

— Fought here June 11, 12, 1864 —

Confederate Gens. Wade Hampton, Fitzhugh Lee

and Thomas L. Rosser, victors over

Federal Gens. P.H. Sheridan and G.A. Custer

5000 Confederates, 8000 Federal

Casualties Confederate 612 Federal 1,007

Greatest all-cavalry battle of the war

Signal Confederate victory

Marker is at ...

Confederate Cemetery

Originally the site of a pioneer cemetery, many early residents are buried here. In 1866, returned Confederate soldiers, under the leadership of Maj. William Hume and David Lawrence, collected and reinterred here the bodies of soldiers who fell at isolated ...

The Main Gate

Edison National Historic Site, NJ

From 1887 to 1931 Thomas A. Edison, his laboratory employees, and invited guests entered the laboratory complex through this gate and arch. Guards and a tall picket fence (replaced by this chain-link fence in 1917) prevented ...

Post-Emancipation

With emancipation, African-Americans found themselves in a complex situation. By law, slavery was abolished, promising freedom and citizenship, but few owned land or had resources to support themselves, and prejudice against them was widespread. Yet, many newly emancipated slaves stayed ...

Higgins Boat (LCVP)

On this site at 1755 St. Charles Avenue in May 1941, Andrew Jackson Higgins and Higgins Industries Inc. designed and produced America’s first successful tank landing craft. Here Higgins produced his shallow draft "Eureka" work boats, which evolved into the ...

Confederate Sharpshooter?

“…some mother may yet be patiently waiting for the return of her boy, whose bones lie bleaching, unrecognized and alone, between the rocks at Gettysburg.”

Alexander Gardner

Civil War photographer

In front of you is the setting of one of Gettysburg’s most famous ...

Rural Electrification

In 1936 seventy-five percent of Pennsylvania farms had no electric service. During the next five years, with Federal support, 14 consumer-owned cooperatives were formed in the State. Tri-county Rural Electric Cooperative, serving much of north-central Pennsylvania from Mansfield, was incorporated ...

British Retreat Route

Seeking the Protection of Middletown's hills on the 29th of June 1778, the day after the Battle of Monmouth, the Main British Army under Gen. Sir Henry Clinton withdrew along this road toward Sandy Hook, whence they embarked for New ...