Generals and Cattle Raids

The First and Second Pennsylvania Brigades, temporarily commanded by Brigadier General Anthony Wayne, encamped in this area. About 800 men served in each of the sixteen brigades at Valley Forge. An estimated 34,577 pounds of meat and 168 barrels of ...

Stevens' Battery

5th Maine, 1st Corps

(Front):Stevens' Battery

5th Maine, 1st Corps.

Fought here

July 1,2,3, 1863.

Also engaged

July 1st north of the

Seminary.

Ammunition expended

979 rounds.

(Right):"In the assault upon

East Cemetery Hill

in the evening of

July 2nd, the enemy,

(Hays' and Hoke's Brigades)

exposed their left flank to

Stevens' Battery

which poured a terrible ...

Skirmishes at the Canard River

In the War of 1812, the first engagement in Canada involving British and American forces in significant numbers occurred here on the Canard River. On July 12, 1812, Brigadier-General William Hull invaded Canada and encamped near Sandwich. British commander, T.B. ...

Bentonville Battlefield

has been designated a

National

Historic Landmark

This site possesses national significance

in commemorating the history of the

United States of America

1996

National Park Service

United States Department of the Interior

Marker is on Harper House Road, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Walnut Growers Association

This is the site of the former Santa Clara Walnut Growers Association. The main plant was constructed here in late 1926/1927 on land purchased from the Town of Santa Clara. Hard shell walnuts in the state of California can be ...

Cohoes - Waterford Bridge

Designed and Built in 1932 by the

State of New York

Department of Public Works

Frederick Stuart Greene, Superintendent

T.F Farrell - Chief Engineer

H.O Scheermerhorn - Asst. Chief Engineer

R. B. Smith - Resident Eng

Bates and Rogers Construction Company

Contractors Chicago, Ill.

Marker is on Saratoga Street ...

Liberty Hill Church / Pioneers in Desegregation

Liberty Hill ChurchIn 1867, five years after the Emancipation Proclamation, Thomas and Margaret Briggs gave four acres of land to this African Methodist Episcopal church. The present building, completed in 1905, has been brick veneered. Meetings held here in the ...

Confederate Monument

(front of marker) Erected by the people of Caroline County to commemorate the valor and endurance of its soldiers furnished to the Army of the Confederate States of America 1861 - 1865.

(right side of marker) 9th Regiment Va. ...

El Morro National Monument Inscription Rock

Until it was by-passed by the railroad in the

1880’s, its waterhole made El Morro an

important stop for travelers in the Acoma-

Zuni region. Numerous inscriptions carved

in the sandstone date from the prehistoric,

Spanish, Mexican, and Territorial periods

in New Mexico’s history. An important ...

Potawatomi Trail of Death

On Sept. 29, 1838, 800 Potawatomi Indians marched through Springfield on the forced removal from Indiana to Kansas. Although many had died and they faced severe hardship, they were encouraged by Judge Polke and Chief I-o-weh to exhibit pride, so ...