Second Manassas Campaign

Strategic Rappahannock River Crossings

A mile northwest stood Waterloo Bridge, where on 22 Aug. 1862 Maj. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart crossed the Rappahannock River to threaten the rear of Union Maj. Gen. John Pope’s army 14 miles southeast at ...

Cheat Summit Camp

Also called Fort Milroy. Fortified camp in gap at the crest of White Top of Cheat Mountain. Occupied by Federal troops during fall and winter of 1861-1862; repulsed threats in Lee's mountain campaign of 1861. Fort's command of the Parkersburg-Staunton ...

Tyree's Plantation

After a detachment of the Marquis de Lafayette's army defeated Maj. John G. Simcoe's cavalry at Spencer's Ordinary near Williamsburg on 26 June 1781, Lafayette shadowed the British army encamped at the colonial capital. He made his headquarters just north ...

September 11, 2001

We will never forget

the tragic events of

September 11, 2001

nor the lives that

were lost

Dedicated May 30, 2005

Marker is at the intersection of Arch Street and Main Street (Ohio Route 147), on the right when traveling north on Arch Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Cooper's Mill

Half a mile north on Diascund Creek stood Cooper's Mill. On 23-24 June 1781, the British army commanded by Gen. Charles Cornwallis seized supplies there while en route to its camp at Williamsburg and Maj. John G. Simcoe's Rangers burned ...

The Paramount Theatre

The Paramount Theatre is listed on

the National Register of Historic Places.

It opened September 14th, 1929

as Austin's grand first run movie theatre.

It is owned by Austin Area Commission for the Arts, Inc.

Marker is at the intersection of ...

Thomas Paine

1737 – 1809

English by birth

French citizen by decree

American by adoption

Author of

The American Crisis

Rights of Man

The Age of Reason

Your presence may remind Congress (and the people) of your past services to this country.

George Washington

Left side of monument:

Washington’s sword would have been ...

The Stephens House

The foundation outlined before you marks the wartime home of Edward and Martha Stephens. On December 13, 1862, the house was caught in the vortex of Union attacks against the Sunken Road. Confederate sharpshooters fired from the house windows and ...

La Grange Gold Dredge Co. Camp

In this stand of eucalyptus trees lie the remains of the La Grange Gold Dredge Co. Camp. Here unmarried miners lived in a small community while they operated huge dredging machines near and on the Tuolumne River. The camp was ...

Dan Patch

[Marker Text, Side 1]:

Standard-bred colt (sire Joe Patchen, dam Zelica) foaled 1896 Oxford, Benton County; raised by Daniel A. Messner, Jr. on this farm. A natural pacer, trained for harness racing, a very popular sport in late 1800's and early ...