The Douglass Family

Wealthy and influential colonial settlers.

George Douglass built his family mansion here

and also the White Horse Tavern in 1765.

This stage coach stop was of historical

importance during the Revolutionary War.

Douglassville was named for him.

In Memory of

George Douglass

who was born 25th February 1726

and ...

Manor of Maske

This site

was part of the

Manor of Maske

warranted by

John, Richard, and

Thomas Penn

Proprietors of Pennsylvania

June 18, 1741

Surveyed

January 17-30, 1766

Containing 43,500 acres

(Around the edges are the survey annotations):

North 3842 Perches

East 1900 Perches

South 3954 Purches

Along Mason Dixon Line 1887 Purches

Marker is on Emmitsburg Road ...

History of Rochester College

In 1893 a public spirited group of businessmen and educators decided that Rochester, Indiana, was a strategic location for a Normal College. Those who spearheaded the promotion were Dr. W. S. Shafer, Prof. George Suman and Prof. W. H. Banta. ...

Fifth Army Corps

First Battalion Fourteenth U.S. Infantry

U.S.A.

Fifth Army Corps.

First Battalion (8 Cos) Fourteenth U.S. Infantry.

Capt. W. Harvey Brown, 14th U.S. Infantry, Commanding.

September 17, 1862.

At 3 p.m. the First Battalion, Fourteenth U.S. Infantry crossed the Antietam at the Middle Bridge advanced on this ...

Battle of Taliwa

Two and one-half miles to the east, near the confluence of Long-Swamp Creek and the Etowah River, is the traditional site of Taliwa, scene of the fiercest and most decisive battle in the long war of the 1740's and 50's ...

Old Fairfax High School

This building opened in 1935 as the first 4-year "Fairfax High School," becoming the largest consolidated high school in the county as the Oakton and Clifton High Schools were closed. It closed in 1972 when the new school opened on ...

Old Federal Road

From Tate through Jasper to Talking Rock, this highway coincides closely with the course of the Old Federal Road, northwest Georgia's first vehicular way which linked Tennessee and Georgia across the Cherokee Country. Permission to open the route was granted ...

College of San Juan de Letran

Colegio de San Juan de Letran

Founded by Diego de Santa Maria, O.P., in 1630. This institution absorbed the school of Juan Geronimo Guerrero in 1638. In 1648, after its building had been detroyed by the earthquake of 1645. The College ...

Richard Ratcliffe's Mount Vinyard Plantation

On the knoll 70 yards NE of this marker, stood the home of Richard Ratcliffe (1751-1825). The mansion was on his 600-acre "Mount Vineyard," part of a 1714 land grant of 1,930 acres to George Mason II. In 1798 Ratcliffe ...

Pabst Mine "H" Shaft

On Friday, September 24th, 1926, a disaster occurred at the Pabst Mine. "G" Shaft, located approximately 300 yards southwest of this spot, collapsed. 3 men riding in the cage freefell 2,600 feet. 43 men were trapped on the 8th level, ...