Midway Park 1894-1924

Area’s popular trolley amusement park. Featured roller coaster, lake and pavilions. Closed due to demise of trolley system.

Marker is at the intersection of Philipsburg Road and East Main Street (County Route 67), on the left on Philipsburg Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

438th Troop Carrier Group

The 438th Troop Carrier Group in WWII

led the airborne operations into Normandy,

dropping elements of the 101st Airborne

Division at 0048 hrs, 6 June 1944.

Engaged also in the airborne operations

in southern France; Eindhoven, Holland;

Bastogne, Belgium; and Wesel, Germany.

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71st Pennsylvania Volunteers

2nd Brigade, 2nd Division

(Front):California Regiment

71 Pennsylvania Vols.

commanded by

Col. R. Penn Smith

carried into action

24 officers 307 enlisted men

casualties

Killed 2 officers 19 enlisted men

Wounded 3 officers 55 enlisted men

Missing 3 officers 16 enlisted men

Total 98.

2. Brig. 2. Div. 2. Corps.

(Back):Philadelphia Brigade

To the ...

Skirmish in Bulltown Swamp

In November of 1778, Lieut. Col. James Mark Prevost, with 100 British Regulars, and 300 Refugees and Indians under McGirth, crossed the Altamaha River and moved into Georgia, killing or taking prisoner all men they found, and ravaging the plantations. ...

Pueblo of San Ildefonso

In the 1500’s, migrants from the Pajarito Plateau joined their Tewa-speaking relatives at San Ildefonso. The pueblo is famous as the home of the late María Martínez and other makers of polished black pottery. The modern church, a replica of ...

Major C. Spencer Guerry

After graduating from the University of South Carolina, C. Spencer Guerry began his law enforcement career on March 1, 1979, by joining the Georgetown Police Department. He rose through various positions of increasing responsibility until attaining the rank of Major ...

Washington Camp Ground

Dedicated a historic site in 1889 by citizens of the community to memorialize the encampment of Washington’s Army in 1777 and from Nov. 1778 to June 1779.

The Middlebrook encampment in New Jersey entered the National Register of Historic Places July ...

Maria Montoya Martinez, (Povika, Pond Lily)

(ca. 1886-1980)

Maria Martinez was a self-taught potter who helped elevate Pueblo pottery to a respected art form. She and her husband Julian were successful polychrome potters and together revived black pottery. Their work improved the economic conditions of the community. ...

The Boy Company

Parker's Battery 1864

This site seems remote from Richmond, but Confederate defenses extended well beyond the city. From mid-June 1864 a unit of artillerymen called Parker’s Battery manned these earthworks.

Despite the proximity of a large enemy force, this line was quiet ...

The Route of the Hiawatha- Busy Bogle Spur

A logging railroad known as Bogle Spur snaked from here up the North Fork of the St. Joe River for seven miles. The spur was built to salvage timber killed during the 1910 fires. The little railroad operated from 1912 ...