Treasures from the Past

Town of Berlin

Berlin's main street follows the course of the old Philadelphia post road which served as a principal stage route and course of land transportation during the 18th and 19th centuries.

Tradition holds that the name Berlin came from a ...

Fort Ancient Dwelling

The Fort Ancient people who occupied this area between about AD900 and AD1600 lived in larger communities than the Hopewell people did. Their villages of 200 to 500 people were truly agricultural; they cultivated beans, corn, squash, and tobacco. This ...

In Memory of Tom Mix

Jan. 6, 1880 - Oct. 12, 1940

In Memory of

Tom Mix

Whose spirit left his body on this spot.

And whose characterization and portrayals

in life served to better fix memories of

the old west in the minds of living men.

Marker is on Arizona Route ...

Battle of Black Point

On June 10, 1779, a British raiding party under Lieutenant James Moody marched from Tinton Falls to Black Point.

When embarking for Sandy Hook they were attacked by a detachment of the Continental Army.

The Americans lost eleven, killed or wounded, including ...

Professor John Metcalfe Starke / Starke University School

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Professor John Metcalfe Starke

"Fessor Starke" 1860-1941A native of Virginia, John Metcalfe Starke received his early education in Petersburg and graduated from the University of Virginia in 1882, earning diplomas in Latin and mathematics. He taught in Virginia and North ...

Memorial to the 1st California Cavalry Volunteers

Lieut. James Barrett – Co. A.

Private George Johnson – Co. A.

Private William S. Leonard - Co. D

1st California Cavalry Volunteers

Killed April 15, 1862 At Picacho Pass.

In only battle of the Civil War

Fought in Arizona Territory

Courtesy hmdb.org

History of the Alabama State Bar

On December 13, 1878, a meeting was held in Montgomery for the purpose of forming a bar association, and on January 15, 1879, delegates from each county met for five days at a preliminary conference in the Hall of the ...

Changes at Fort Ancient

Many changes have occurred at Fort Ancient over the last 2,000 years. Hopewell Indians built the site and used it as a ceremonial and social gathering area. The Fort Ancient Indians lived in the South Fort 500 years after the ...

139th Pennsylvania Infantry

3rd Brigade, 3rd Division

(Front):139th Pennsylvania

Infantry.

3rd. Brigade,

3rd. Division,

6th. Corps.

(Left):

Left Manchester, Md at 8 p.m. July 1st and arrives at Rock Creek on the Baltimore Pike at 2 p.m. of the 2d. Towards evening the brigade moved rapidly to the front to ...

Jonathan Coggswell Farley / Montgomery's First Election

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Jonathan Coggswell Farley

1798-1864Farley acquired two lots on this site in 1817. Here he built both the town's first frame store and first frame two-story building, his house. In Farley's store, an election was held January 3, 1820 to create ...