St. Joseph Catholic Church

The Catholic church in this village dates back to 1840 with Fathers Cullen, Hennesy and Pulsers serving the predominantly Irish parishioners for nearly thirty years. The present brick edifice, completed in 1874, is an example of simple Gothic style. Stained ...

Battle of Tupelo

The Western Campaign, 1864

In the summer of 1864, General Forrest's hard hitting troops in Northern Mississippi threatened the supplies of General Sherman's campaign against Atlanta. Therefore, General A.J.Smith marched 14,000 Union troops against Forrest. He reached Tupelo despite harassing attacks ...

Tuscarawas County Operation Desert Storm Memorial

We believe in God, our country, liberty and the American way.

The citizens of Tuscarawas County pay tribute to all the brave men and women of our armed forces who served our country in times of peace and war. We take ...

Joseph H. Chapman Summer Residence

Built about 1869 in the late Italianate style of architecture, it was the summer home of Joseph H. Chapman who was a Wall St. insurance agent. In 1868 a group of investors laid out streets and house lots and named ...

Brigadier General Isaac P. Rodman

Brigadier General

Isaac P. Rodman

U.S.A.

Mortally Wounded

about 365 yards south.

Marker can be reached from Harpers Ferry Road, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Hopewell Plantation

Home of General Andrew Pickens

Hopewell Plantation was home to Revolutionary War General Andrew Pickens and his wife, Rebecca Calhoun Pickens. On July 16, 1785, Pickens acquired a grant of 573 acres on the Seneca River. By August 1, 1785, Pickens ...

Rio de San Felipe

California Historical Landmark

One mile north of here on May 1, 1776, Francisco Garces of the Franciscan Order, crossed Kern River in his search for a shorter route from Sonora, Mexico to Monterey, California. He was the first known explorer to ...

Confederate Pursuit

By nightfall Porter’s force had safely retreated across the Chickahominy. Lee had sustained nearly 9,000 casualties in his first victory of the war, while the Federals lost close to 6,000. “I could hear on all sides the dreadful groans of ...

Old Paramus Reformed Church

Organized in 1725 by pioneer Dutch settlers, the congregation of this church has worshipped here over 240 years. First church, built 1735 on this land given by Peter Fauconier, a French Huguenot, was a headquarters of Gen. George Washington in ...

West Virginia Penitentiary

Established, 1866, A prison for

men and women convicted of

felonies until prison for wom-

en was established at Pence

Springs, 1947. Capital criminals

were hanged here, 1889-1950.

Electric chair used until death

penalty was abolished. 1965.

Marker is on Jefferson Avenue south of 8th Street, on the ...