Departure of the Wyandot Indians

Ohio Historical Marker

[Front side of marker]: "Departure of the Wyandot Indians"

The 1817 Treaty of Fort Meigs opened much of northwest Ohio to white settlement. In return, the U.S. Government granted the Wyandot Nation permanent use of the Grand Reserve at ...

Union Earth Works

Thousands of Union soldiers lived in these fortifications for eleven long days in 1864. The piles of freshly shoveled dirt sheltered the men from the scorching June sun while shielding them from enemy missiles. The lengthy halt at Cold Harbor ...

Mc Arthur Well

Below this marker lies a legendary well. According to local lore, anyone who drank from this brick-lined well would someday pass this way again. The exact location of the well was unknown until uncovered by contractors on November 1, 2007

Marker ...

Purple Heart Memorial

Combat Wounded Veterans

Dedicated to the recipients of this nation’s oldest military decoration, “The Purple Heart”

My stone is red for the blood they shed.

The medal I bear is my country’s way to show they care.

If I could ...

Knox Headquarters

Home of John Ellison, erected 1754 by William Bull for Col. Thomas Ellison. Used various times between 1779-1783 by General’s Knox, Greene & Gates during the Revolutionary War.

New Windsor Town Historian

Marker is on Forge Hill Road (County Route 74), on ...

Washington’s Headquarters

Washington’s Headquarters

has been designated a

Registered National Historic Landmark.

Under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935 this site possesses exceptional value in commemorating and illustrating the history of the United States.

U.S. Department of the Interior

National Park Service

1961

Marker ...

David Barton

1783 - 1837

David Barton was born December 14, 1783, near Greeneville, North Carolina (now Tennessee). He came to the then-Louisiana Territory in 1809. Though Barton had some legal training, his first job was teaching in St. Charles. When the Missouri ...

2d Corps Headquarters

Army of the Potomac

2d. Corps Headquarters

Major General

Winfield S. Hancock

July 1,2,3,4 1863

Marker is at the intersection of Pleasonton Avenue and Humphreys Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Pleasonton Avenue.

Courtesy hmdb.org

America's 25th Earth Day

On this site

President William J. Clinton

and

Vice President Albert Gore, Jr.

delivered addresses in celebration of

America's 25th Earth Day

April 21, 1995

Courtesy hmdb.org

Clara Barton

Women's Heritage Trail

Clara Barton, best known as a Civil War nurse and founder of the American Red Cross, was significant in New Jersey history for beginning the first "free" public school in the state. Barton took a teaching position in ...