Historic Boats

In 1895 there were no roads along Lake McDonald. Tourists arrived at this dock by wood-fired steamboat after getting off the train at Belton Depot and bumping along in a wagon to Apgar Landing.

The steamboat F.I. Whitney was the first ...

Henry's Battalion

Hood's Division - Longstreet's Corps

C.S.A.

Army of Northern Virginia

Longstreet's Corps Hood's Division

Henry's Battalion

Reilly's, Bachman's, Garden's

and Latham's Batteries

Eleven Napoleons, Four 10 pounder Parrotts,

Two 3 inch Rifles, one 12 pounder Howitzer

and one 6 pounder bronze gun

July 2-3 Occupied this line and took active ...

Walnut Street Bridge

Oldest surviving bridge over the Susquehanna. Opened by the People's Bridge Co. in 1890. "Old Shakey," one of the last remaining multi-span Phoenix truss bridges, was a toll bridge until 1957. Flood damage, 1972, closed it to automobiles. Three of ...

Benning's Brigade

Hood's Division - Longstreet's Corps

C.S.A.

Army of Northern Virginia

Longstreet's Corps Hood's Division

Benning's Brigade

2nd. 15th. 17th. 20th. Georgia Infantry

July 2 Arrived and formed line about 4 p.m. in rear of Law's and Robertson's Brigades and moving forward in support of these took ...

Harrisburg Giants

Harrisburg-based Negro League baseball team founded around 1900 and operated by Colonel William Strothers until his death in 1933. One of 27 major Negro League teams across the nation, the Giants finished in second place in the Eastern Colored League ...

St. Gabriels

Site of 1st. church in Berks Co.

Founded by Swedish Lutherans

1720

Changed to Prot. Episcopal

1760

Marker is at the intersection of Benjamin Franklin Highway (U.S. 422) and Church Lane, on the right when traveling east on Benjamin Franklin Highway.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Bachman's Battery - Henry's Battalion

Hood's Division - Longstreet's Corps

Army of Northern Virginia

Longstreet's Corps Hood's Division

Henry's Battalion Bachman's Battery

The German Artillery

Four Napoleons

July 2 In reserve near here but not engaged.

July 3 In position here and actively engaged in firing upon the Union lines within range. ...

William Bird, Esq.

Died

November 16th 1761

Ironmaster at

Hopewell [Furnace] and Birdsboro

named for him

In memory of

William Bird, Esq.

Who departed this Life

November the 16th,

1761

Aged 55. Years.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Mormon Battalion at Council Grove, Kansas

The Mormon Battalion camped here for five days beginning 27 August 1846. The battalion's more than 500 volunteers and officers had been recruited from the Mormon pioneers (members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) at Council Bluffs, ...

Alabama

"The Boys From Fort Payne"

In the late '60s, cousins Randy Owen and Teddy Gentry discovered they shared a common interest in music. Joined by Jeff Cook, they started playing on a regular basis. Working their day jobs and playing any ...