Town of Dillon / Florence Railroad Company

Town of Dillon.

Dillon was laid out by civil engineers of the Florence Railroad Company following a plan by John H. David, a local physician. The town was incorporated by the General Assembly on December 22, 1888, and its boundaries extended ...

Florida

1861 - 1865

(Left Side):Their names shall never

forgotten be while honor

calls the roll

(Right Side):Florida's daughters

to her brave sons.

Marker is on Mt Hebron Drive, on the left when traveling east.

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The Fries Rebellion of 1799

Site of early challenge to federal government's authority. This armed resistance by Pennsylvania-German farmers to the 1798 federal house tax was suppressed by soldiers. Leader John Fries was arrested for treason, condemned to death, and pardoned by President John ...

Capt. Jennifer J. Harris U.S.M.C.

Capt. Jennifer J. Harris U.S.M.C.

Memorial Tree

KIA Iraq 7 February 2007

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Monument Avenue and Burrill Street, on the right when traveling south.

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Confederate Cabinet

With President Davis

held last full meetings

April 22-26, 1865

in a house which was

located here.

Marker is at the intersection of North Tyron Street and East 11th Street on North Tyron Street.

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Officers Row

Officers Row, a procession of homes for officers and their families, began during the early frontier years when Vancouver Barracks was considered by many to be a remote and lonely assignment. The first officer’s quarters on the Row wer log ...

Stokes State Forest

Governor Edward C. Stokes established the Board of Forest Park Reservations in 1905. The new forestry commission acquired 5,432 acres on Kittatinny Mountain in 1907 to create the E. C. Stokes Reserve.

Stokes State Forest grew to 12,429 acres by 1933 ...

North Carolina Confederate Dead

N.C.

Confederate

Dead

Marker is at the intersection of Mt Hebron Drive and Confederate Cemetery Drive, on the left when traveling east on Mt Hebron Drive.

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Battery C, First West Virginia Artillery

Erected by the State of

West Virginia

to commemorate the

valor and fidelity

of Battery C

First West Virginia Artillery

Marker can be reached from Taneytown Road (State Highway 134), on the right when traveling north.

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Officers Row

When the U.S. Army arrived in 1849 to establish a new post on the western frontier, few of the officers could afford to bring their families out to such a remote and lonely command. A thriving community of soldiers, officers, ...