Rippon Lodge ~ Latrobe's View

Benjamin Latrobe

Benjamin Henry Latrobe (1764-1820) moved to Virginia from England in 1796. He is best known for his work on the United States Capitol. In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson summoned him to Washington to complete the building, a project which ...

The Patriot and the Redcoat

During the American Revolution, after the fall of Charles Town in 1780, General Francis Marion’s militia frequently crossed the Santee swamps and appeared at every turn near Jack's Creek and the Santee River with his men who were red, white ...

Battle of Perryville

October 8, 1862

Here 16,000 Confederates under General Braxton Bragg fought 22,000 Federals under General Don Carlos Buell. Bragg, facing superior forces, withdrew. Union casualties, 4211; Confederate, 3396.

Marker is on Park Road 0.1 miles west of Battlefield Road (State Route 1920), ...

Palmer Lot at Middle Ford

Ford was site of Jackson’s temporary bridge

Parallel to South River is seen the bed of the lower millrace which brought water power to several village industries. The Galliday Tannery was located on the far left; the Dundore/Downs Tannery on the ...

California State Indian Museum

This museum dedicated to

LOYALTY – COOPERATION – PROGRESS

And to the Ideals of

AMERICAN DEMOCRACY

Marker is on K Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Battlefield Landmarks - North and West

"It had not been intended to deliver a general battle so far from our base unless attacked, but coming unexpectedly upon the whole Federal Army, to withdraw through the mountains with our extensive trains would have been difficult and dangerous."

Gen. ...

Civilian Conservation Corps Camp

Camp F-2 (DF-2) Horse Creek: Located 2 miles W on Horse Creek. Companies: 791--5/22/33-4/30/34 2752--7/30/34-10/21/35 2761--10/25/35-01/36 2748--01/36-5/25/36

The Civilian Conservation Corps was a federal relief program during 1933-1942 that gave jobless men work renovating abused lands. The Army built 48 200-man ...

Hexamer's (New Jersey) Battery

September 17, 1862

——————

From 3.30 p.m. until near sunset this battery from a point about 80 yards north of this, engaged the enemy around the Piper buildings.

Marker is on Richardson Avenue, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Mathias de Sousa

Mathias de Sousa was the first black Marylander. Of African and Portuguese descent, he was one of nine indentured servants brought to Maryland by Jesuit missionaries and was on The Ark when Lord Baltimore’s expedition arrived in the St. Mary’s ...

Old Wilberforce University Campus at Tawawa Springs

Side A:

In the early 1800s, William and Eleanor Kendall owned this land, known for its natural springs, beauty, and farmland. In 1850, Elias Drake, lawyer and former speaker in the Ohio General Assembly, purchased the property and named it Tawawa ...