Birthplace of Roger Atkinson Pryor

Nearby is Montrose, the birthplace of Roger Atkinson Pryor, born 19 July 1828. Pryor practiced law before becoming a journalist and briefly owned newspapers in Richmond and Washington, D.C., in the 1850s. He served his Virginia district in the U.S. ...

Officers Row

Fort Vancouver Barracks

Registered National Historic Place

Washington State

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

Under the provisions of the National Historic Preservation Act of October 16, 1966, this property possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating American history.

Placed on the National Registry on Nov. ...

Clifton A. F. Sprague, Vice Admiral, USN

Born 8 January 1896 - Died 11 April 1955

[Front]:

Awards

Navy Cross for the 25 October 1944 action off Samar. Admiral Sprague was aboard the escort carrier, USS Fanshaw Bay during this engagement.

Legion of Merit Medal for his command of the USS ...

Father Albert Braun O.F.M.

Born September 5, 1889 Died March 6, 1983

Father Albert was a young missionary and teacher to the Mescalero Apaches in New Mexico and other tribes in Arizona.

Father Braun was an Army chaplain in World War I and World War II ...

Advance of the 17th A.C. Toward the River

July 4, 1864. Maj. Gen. F. P. Blair’s 17th A. C. of McPherson’s Army of the Tennessee & Stoneman’s cavalry [US], moved from Sandtown rd. E. on this, the old Turner’s Ferry rd. to outflank Johnston’s Smyrna – Ruff’s Mill ...

Church of the Redeemer

The first Anglican church in Orangeburg Township

was established about 1750 by John Giessendanner,

and a chapel at Orangeburg was later provided by

the Act of 1768 that created St. Matthew's Parish.

Following a long dormant period, the Episcopal

Church ...

Fort Clark/The Bombardment of Fort Hatteras

Side A:Fort ClarkHatteras Inlet, defended by Forts Clark and Hatteras, was a strategic port of entry for troops and supplies providing deep water access to the vital intercoastal waterways. In later May of 1881, the Federal Blockade Board of Strategy ...

Chief Pontiac

Birthplace

and

Park

of Chief

Pontiac

1712 --- 1769

Marker is on East River Drive 0.3 miles east of North Clinton Street (Ohio Route 15).

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Ethnic Communities of Wyandotte County Sesquicentennial

1859 - 2009

In commemoration of the

ethnic communities present

in the new

Wyandotte County

created in 1859

Shawnee-Delaware • Wyandot • African • German

Irish • English • Scottish • Danish

1909

Within this 50 year span

the following ...

The Village of Bevans

Delaware Water Gap Nat’l Recreation Area

Dutchman Peter Van Nests, first Sandyston Surveyor of Highways, settled here around 1767 at the intersection of rural roads that he had surveyed. The community, Peters Valley, became one of several small villages that supported ...