Battle of Averasboro

Union Route to Bentonville

(Preface): The Carolinas Campaign began on February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman led his army north from Savannah, Georgia, after the “March to the Sea.” Sherman’s objective was to join Gen. Ulysses S. Grant ...

Lord - Higel House Restoration Project

This house is the oldest home located in Southwest Sarasota County. Built in 1896 for Joseph H. Lord, the home was in the center of his ninety acre citrus grove, located at what is now Bay Shore Estates.

In 1905 it ...

Hampton Confederate Monument

(front)

1861-1865

Our

Confderate

Dead

(rear)

Erected by

Hampton Chapter, No.19

Daughters of the

Confederacy

Unveiled Oct. 29, 1901

Marker can be reached from the intersection of West Queens Way and High Court Lane.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Platt’s Tavern

President Washington dined

here April 23, 1790.

Early town meeting site.

Marker is at the intersection of Park Avenue and E Main Street (New York Route 25A), on the right when traveling west on Park Avenue.

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Tampa as Port of Embarkation for Spanish American War

From April to June, 1898, Tampa served as port of embarkation for U.S. troops on their way to Cuba. Some 30,000 troops arrived in Tampa and 16,000 embarked from Port Tampa on June 7. The Tampa Bay Hotel was headquarters ...

Beta Pi Chapter of Kappa Sigma Fraternity

On this site, 277 W. Louther Street, from 1932 to 1963 lived the Brothers of Beta Pi Chapter of Kappa Sigma Fraternity.

Presented by the chapter's Alumni Association on

June 7, 2003

in honor of the chapter's 100th Anniversary

at Dickinson College, 1902-2002.

Marker is ...

Battle of Minisink

July 22, 1779, 300 Tories and Indians led by Joseph Brant, Mohawk chief, were attacked near Lackawaxen by some 175 settlers. Brant was returning from raiding New York settlements. All but 25 of the patriots were killed. Brant escaped.

Marker is ...

Battle of Bad Axe

After holding off his pursuers at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights (about 1½ miles south of present Sauk City) Black Hawk led his people over unfamiliar country toward the Mississippi. In the meantime, the Army alerted Fort Crawford at Prairie ...

Susquehanna River Water Trail

Lower Section - York Haven to Safe Harbor

PFBC Wrightsville Access

The Susquehanna River is an American treasure reflecting the places and people of the Pennsylvania heartland. Enjoy your trip on the Susquehanna River Water Trail - an integral part of the ...

The Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal

Before the hydroelectric companies built dams on the river in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the lower reaches of the Susquehanna were shallow, rocky, and virtually unnavigable.

In the 1830s, Baltimore merchants campaigned for funding to build a canal ...