The Wabash & Erie Canal

Operating The Canal

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The Longest Canal in North America

Carroll County Wabash & Erie Canal

Delphi, Indiana

The Wabash & Erie Canal extended 468 miles

from Toledo, Ohio to Evansville, Indiana

On March 2, 1827, a Congressional ...

Grant Birthplace

1st President born in a "mobile home"

Point Pleasant was a tiny huddle of cabins in what was considered the raw Western frontier in 1822. Grant's family lived here until he was about a year old and then moved to Georgetown, ...

Simbahan at Kumbento ng Recoletos

Church and Convent of the Recollects

In Tagalog:

Sa pook na ito ipinatayo ang simbahan at kumbento ng San Nicolas de Tolentino ng Order of Augustinian Recollects (OAR)sa kagandahang-loob ni Bernardino del Castillo Maldonado, 1608. Nagsilbing pangunahing kumbento ng mga Recoletos sa ...

Beaterio de la Compañia de Jesus

On this site stood the house of the Beaterio de la Compañia de Jesus, first Filipino congregation of religous women. Founded in 1684 by Ignacia del Espiritu Santo, a Chinese mestiza from Binondo. The Archbishop of Manila approved the rules ...

A Bridge to the Past

In 1819 a covered bridge was built to span this part of the Saluda River. Confederate Troops burned the bridge in 1865 hoping to stop the advance of General Sherman's army.

The burning didn't halt Sherman -- he ordered the construction ...

Horse Batteries and Reserve Artillery

U.S.A.

Horse Batteries and Reserve Artillery,

Army of the Potomac.

(September 17, 1862)

Horse Batteries A, B and L (Consolidated) and M, 2nd U.S. Artillery, C and G (Consolidated) of the 3d U.S. Artillery, were established on the crown of the ridge to the ...

U.S. Forces Liberate Manila

To the Heroes of Manila

Late in the afternoon of February 3, 1945 two groups of the flying column of the 1st Cavalry Division, including the attached 44th Tank Battalion, entered Manila, with the first group taking possession of Malacanang Palaca ...

Battery K, 5th U.S. Artillery

U.S.A.

Battery K, 5th U.S. Artillery,

Lieut. William E. Van Reed, U.S.A., Commanding.

(September 17, 1862.)

Battery K, 5th U.S. Artillery, crossed the Antietam, by the Middle Bridge and about 2 p.m., September 17, relieved Battery M, 2d U.S. Artillery, taking position on the ...

Carter's Battalion

Rodes's Division - Ewell's Corps

C.S.A.

Army of Northern Virginia

Ewell's Corps Rodes's Division

Carter's Battalion

Carter's, Fry's, Page's, and Reese's Batteries

Four 10 pounder Parrotts, Six 3 inch Rifles and

Six Napoleons

July 1 Arrived on the field soon after noon and rendered very effective service in ...

Dr. Bodo Otto

Site of the home of Dr. Bodo Otto, Military Surgeon in Continental Army, 1775-82. Served as Surgeon-in-Chief at Valley Forge, 1777-78; Physician and Surgeon of the Continental Hospitals. Died, 1787.

Marker is on Penn Street, on the right when traveling west. ...