Frances Perkins

U.S. Secretary of Labor, 1933-45. Visited Homestead July 1933 to discuss New Deal policy. Local authorities barred her from meeting with aggrieved steelworkers in nearby Frick Park. Undeterred, she moved the assembly to federal property here, at the former U.S. ...

Site of Camp Belknap

In May 1846 when war was declared against Mexico, the U.S. Congress authorized the raising of 50,000 volunteer troops to supplement the regular U.S. Army. General Zachary Taylor was quickly inundated with volunteer soldiers arriving at Brazos Santiago, and was ...

The Joseph Lord House

Joseph Lord was a significant pioneer of the community. A naturalized Englishman, he was born about 1837 and died before 1906. The house was built around 1875 in the Italianate style. It is the oldest surviving house in the Tuolumne ...

Jeff. Smith’s Parlor

The building before you is an historical structure known as “Jeff. Smith’s Parlor.” It has recently been acquired by Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, a unit of the National Park Service. Jeff. Smith’s Parlor, a part of the extensive ...

I.O.O.F. Temple

Side A:

Lebanon Lodge No. 15 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows was dedicated to the “purposes of benevolence and charity” and became one of the most prominent I.O.O.F. lodges in Ohio. The original building was a two-story structure erected ...

Pennsylvania National Guard Troop Train Accident, September 1950

In the early morning hours of September 11, 1950, Pennsylvania National Guard Troop Train #4, disabled 3/4 mile east of this monument, was struck in the rear by the passenger train, Spirit of St. Louis, resulting in the deaths of ...

The Verlin L. Pulley Tower

The life of Verlin L. Pulley was

long intertwined with Miami University.

A member of the class of 1925

A trustee from 1959 to 1965

A resident orf Oxford since graduation

and mayor of Oxford from 1936-1940

The founder of Capitol Varsity Cleaning Company

one of the ...

Gen. Enoch Poor

Regarded by Washington

and Lafayette as a great

general. He died nearby in

1780 and lies buried in

the Reformed Churchyard.

Marker is at the intersection of Court St. and Church St., on the left when traveling east on Court St..

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Battery B, First Pennsylvania Artilery

Battery B

First Pennsylvania Artillery

P.R.V.C.

Commanded by Capt. James H. Cooper

4-3 inch rifled guns

July 1, 1863 the Battery arrived here about noon and engaged Confederate artillery on Herr's Ridge. About 1:30 p.m. moved to the rear. Changed front, engaged Carter's Artillery and ...

Jan Peeck Bridge

Named to commemorate the place where Jan Peeck, Dutch trader, 1940-1950 met Indians to trade for furs.

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