Elkwater / Col. J. A. Washington

(Obverse)

Elkwater

Trenches made by Federal troops under Gen. Reynolds, 1861. Nearby were the two Haddan Indian forts, scene of the Stewart and Kinnan massacres. Important features of 4-H Club work among rural youth started here in 1915.

(Reverse)

Col. J. A. Washington

Here, Sept. ...

Camp Elkwater

Gateway to the Tygart Valley

Following success at Rich Mountain in July 1861, Federal troops under Gen Joseph Reynolds built Camp Elkwater to deter Confederates from returning. Fortifications here blocked the narrow valley floor and a turnpike leading to the Virginia ...

Moving Goods on the National Road

“Open a wide door, and make a smooth way for the produce of that Country to pass to our Markets.” George Washington, 1784

America’s founders looked west for the future success of the new country. The United States needed good roads ...

The Watt House

Gaines' Mill Battlefield

Entrenched in three lines on this plateau, the right wing of McClellan's army, withdrawn from Beaver Dam Creek, resisted Confederate attacks on June 27, 1862 until driven back at nightfall by a general assault.

Marker is on Watt House ...

Patagonia Depot

The New Mexico and Arizona Railroad which served Patagonia, was built by the Santa Fe in 1881-82 and was operated after 1897 by the Southern Pacific. The last portion of this line, terminating at Patagonia, was abandoned in 1962.

The Patagonia ...

Battle of Tupelo

In Memory

Of The Men Of The

Federal And

The Confederate

Armies

who took part in the

Battle of Tupelo

or Harrisburg

July 14-15,

1864.

Which resulted in

a victory for the

Federal Forces under

Major General

Andrew J. Smith

Marker is at the intersection of West Main Street (U.S. 278) and Monument Drive, ...

Great Wagon Road

An Indian trading and warring

path that became a frontier

road between Pennsylvania

and Georgia in the 18th

century. The major road

for settlers of the North

Carolina back country passed

near this place.

Marker is at the intersection of N Main Street (U.S. 311) and 5th Street, ...

North Carolinians at the Battle of Bentonville

In memory

of the

North Carolinians

who

fought and died

in the

Battle of Bentonville

March 19-21, 1865

Marker is at the intersection of Mill Creek Church Road and Harper House Road, on the left when traveling north on Mill Creek Church Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Lattimer Massacre

Here on September 10, 1897, nearly 400 immigrant coal miners on strike were met and fired upon by sheriff's deputies. Unarmed, they were marching from Harwood to Lattimer in support of higher wages and more equitable working conditions. Nineteen of ...

Confederate Laboratory

Brown’s Island was the site of the Confederate Laboratory, a major powder-loading and cartridge-producing plant during the Civil War.

During the Civil War, the hazardous work of loading powder was carried out here on Brown’s Island because of its separation from ...