Ramseur's Brigade

2nd North Carolina State Troops

Col. William R. Cox

4th North Carolina State Troops

Col. Bryan Grimes

14th North Carolina Troops

Col. R. Tyler Bennett

30th North Carolina Troops

Col. Francis M. Parker

At dawn May 12, 1864 Union troops overwhelmed Maj. Gen. Edward Johnson's Division at the ...

World War II Memorial

In Honor of the Hoboken Residents Who Gave Their Lives for Freedom

Dedicated to those 153 Hoboken residents

Who made the ultimate sacrifice through

Seflfess acts of bravery, courage,

And loyalty to our great country

And the principles of democracy.

Mayor David Roberts

James J Farina, City ...

Colonel Joseph Belt

1680 Maryland 1761.

Patentee of "Cheivy Chace", Trustee of first free schools in Maryland, one of the founders of Rock Creek Parish, member of the House of Burgesses, Colonel of Prince George's County militia during the French and Indian War.

B. Everett Jordan

1896 - 1974

United States Senator, 1958 - 1973, and textile executive. Home stands one mile northeast.

Marker is at the intersection of State Highway 87 and Church Road, on the left when traveling south on State Highway 87.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Site of the Battle of Chino

Near this spot once stood the home of Isaac Williams, first American settler in this valley, about which on September 26-27 1846, was fought the first important engagement in California of the war with Mexico.

This was also the site of ...

Old Santa Ana

Portola camped on bank of Santa Ana River in 1769. Jose Antonio Yorba, member of expedition, later returned to Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana. El Camino Real crossed river in this vicinity. Place was designated Santa Ana by travelers, and ...

Fort Crook

In Commemoration of

Fort Crook

Established July 1, 1857 by Lieut' George Crook and Command for the protection of the immigrants and settlers. Later occupied by Capt John W Gardner and Capt McGregor.

The boundaries of this fort were designated as one mile ...

Glen Echo From Past to Present

For more than 100 years this land, now Glen Echo Park, has been dedicated to the people: first in 1891 as a National Chautauqua Assembly, a center where people could participate in the sciences, arts, languages, and literature; second in ...

Greene Ville Treaty Line

Surveyed by Israel Ludlow, 1797-1799

At this spot was found the original surveyor's stake which marked the western terminus of that part of the Greene Ville Treaty line running from near Fort Laurens, in the eastern part of the state, to ...

Ben Hill County

Ben Hill County, created by Act of July 31, 1906 from Irwin and Wilcox Counties, was named for Benjamin Harvey Hill (1823-1882), “one of America’s greatest orators.” A staunch supporter of the administration in the Confederate Senate, after the War ...