Who Was the Howling Mob?

Great Railroad Strike of 1877

In 1877, the population of Pittsburgh was approximately 120,000. It is estimated that 30,000 people — a full quarter of the city's population — participated in The Great Strike and the rioting that ensued. Roughly half ...

Belvidere

Major Robert Hoops had a store and mill here in the 1770's. "Mercer" became Belvidere in 1791. It became a river trade center in the 1800's and finally the county seat in 1825.

Marker is on Greenwich Street 0.1 miles north ...

Debtors Prison

Built in 1783 in one corner of the jailyard to serve as a residence for the jailer, the building served in this capacity for 41 years. Iron bard, oak batten doors and locks were added in 1842 when it was ...

Buckhead

On the occasion of its Bicentennial, Morgan County placed this marker here to commemorate the community of

Buckhead

One of the earliest settlements in Morgan County, the area around Buckhead was still in close proximity to Native American Territory in the early ...

Birthplace of Governor Wise

Here stood the birthplace of Henry Alexander Wise (1806-1876), Governor of Virginia (1856-1860) and general in the Confederate States Army. A talented orator and debator in an age of great orators, Wise was elected to six terms in Congress. He ...

The Baptist Church of Beaufort

Established as a mission of the Euhaw Baptist

Church in 1795, Henry Holcombe, pastor.

With Joseph B. Cook as pastor, the church

was chartered as a Baptist church by the

State of South Carolina on January 27,1804.

At the beginning of the Civil War the ...

Back Yards

The back yards of Fort Scott's officers' quarters provided officers and their families private space that was not available to enlisted men. Back yards were the site of diversions such as gardening, gossiping, and entertaining.

Archeology has revealed previously unknown features ...

Old Congregational Burying Ground

[Left Plaque]

In honor of

the men and women

who planted in the wilderness

the early homes of Stratford,

who fought bravely and suffered patiently

in the War of the American Revolution,

and who left to their descendents

a proud memory of courage,

endurance and ...

Pearl Harbor Survivors Association

In Memoriam

[Front]:

To those members of the Armed Forces of the United States who served at Pearl Harbor and other military installations on the island of Oahu during the Japanese attack on Sunday morning, December 7, 1941, to perpetuate the memory ...

The Rochambeau Route 1781 – 82

The

Rochambeau

Route

1781 – 82

In the Vicinity

French Troops Under

Duc De Lauzon

Enroute From Newport

To Yorktown

Encamped During

June 29 Through

July 1st 1781

Erected by The

Sons of the American Revolution

Gen. Gold Selleck Silliman Branch

Bridgeport, CT

Marker is at the intersection of Monroe Turnpike (Route 111) ...