Jefferson Davis

On May 7, 1865, Jefferson Davis, with his family and a small escort, passed through Dublin enroute south to avoid a screen of Union cavalry attempting to intercept him. That evening, the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry [US] reached Dublin and camped ...

Jefferson Davis

On May 4, 1865, Jefferson Davis arrived in Washington, Georgia (102 miles N), where he performed what proved to be his last duties as President of the Confederate States of America. Shortly thereafter, with a small staff and escort, he ...

The Johlin Cabin

Pearson Metropark is one of the last remaining pieces of the Great Black Swamp, which once blanketed much of the region.The Johlin Cabin is a log home built in the swamp in 1867. Originally located about 1.5 miles from here ...

John Graves Simcoe

First Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada 1791-1796

Here at Niagara on September 17, 1792

he presided over the first

representative assembly

of this province.

His genius foresaw the greatness of

this country and he threw himself

into its building with ardour and

enthusiasm. By his exalted aims, his

conspicuous integrity, ...

Arthur J. Rooney

Prominent Western Pennsylvania civic and sports leader and owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers, 1933-1988. With his guidance the Steelers won four 1970s Super Bowls. An accomplished athlete, Rooney was influential in the National Football League and was inducted into the ...

Johnston Civil War Monument

(South Face)

CSA

1861

Our Confederate Dead

(East Face)

UDC

1865

(North Face)

1861

"Love of God and love

of country are the

two noblest passions

in the human heart.

A man without a country

is an exile in the world.

And a man without God is

an orphan in eternity."

[Rev. Henry van Dyke]

(West Face)

1865

Erected ...

James Beach Clow House

Circa 1830 significant example of Greek Revival architecture. Served as an Underground Railway station prior to the Civil War. Listed on National Register of Historic Places by U.S. Dept. of Interior in 1989.

Marker is at the intersection of Chapel Drive ...

Homewood Junction

Founded 1859 as Homewood Junction of Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago and Erie and Pittsburgh Railroads. Named for Ironmaker James Wood.

Incorp. 1910. Post Office was known as Racine Penna. Historic St. Cloud Hotel, Clydesdale Quarry, and Buttermilk Falls on Clarks ...

J.K. Merrill and Sons Dry Goods

The excellent design and spacious interior of this two-story commercial building represents Philipsburg’s prosperity and substantial population during the 1890s. Constructed for J.K. Merrill and Sons between 1892 and 1894, Freyschlag Huffman and Company took this location for its general ...

John Doble's Cabin

At this spot on Plug St. about 100 feet from the intersection of Consolation Ave. is where John Doble chronicled his journey from Indiana, though Central America, up the coast to San Francisco and finally to the gold diggins of ...