Moore County / Bedford County

Moore County

Established 1871; named in honor of

Major Gen. William Moore

He settled in Tennessee in 1808, coming from Kentucky. Commanded a company in the Creek War; finished the War of 1812 as a Major General. Member of the State House of ...

Brinkerhoff House

Located in old “Polifly”, George Brinkerhoff built this house about 1792 on a 200 acre farm he purchased in 1784. Owned in 1806 by son Henry G. and in 1849 by his son, Enoch, a N.J. Assemblyman. In the 1870’s, ...

The Marshall Family

The Thomas Marshall family lived in the backwoods of the Virginia frontier.

Thomas Marshall of Fauquier County served as a vestryman, High Sheriff, and member of the House of Burgesses. He was a close boyhood friend of George Washington, who helped ...

The Forbes Road

In 1758, after three years of war in North America with the French and Indian alliance, the British Empire launched the Forbes Expedition. The campaign began in Carlisle, the county seat for territory that extended to the Ohio River.

The British ...

Billy Flora

His courage “amid a shower of bullets” helped achieve victory at the Battle of Great Bridge.

Private William (Billy) Flora was a free black from the Portsmouth area and a member of the Norfolk County Militia who served as a sentry ...

The Benjamin Rush Campus of Dickinson College

Named for Dr. Benjamin Rush (1745-1813) of Philadelphia, signer of the Declaration of Independence and the most eminent physician of his day. Prime mover in securing the college charter.

Marker is on W High Street (U.S. 11), on the left when ...

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9473 Veterans Memorial

This tank is dedicated to

All American Veterans

Army • Navy • Air Force • USMC

Coast Guard

For all the men and women who fought and those who died for the freedom of our country, and the POW-MIA's who are still not accounted ...

Fort McIntosh

You Are Here

The size and shape of the fort was confirmed by the angle of the nearby foundation wall, which matches the opposite wall on the west side. The fort was very large and well built, constructed of square ...

Mission San Francisco Solano Sacred Ground

In this sacred grounds lie buried men, women and children of the local Coast Miwok, Patwin, Wappo and Pomo Tribes. They built, labored and died at Mission San Francisco Solano.

[A list of names of Native Americans buried here follows the ...

Stevens Institute of Technology

This land was a part of the Island of Hoboken which was deeded on Feb. 15, 1663 by Peter Stuyvesant, Governor of Nieuw Amsterdam, for the benefit of his sister Anna, Widow of Samuel Bayard of Amsterdam.

In 1784, these 564 ...