The Chatsworth Wreck
Midnight August 10-11, 1887
One-half mile north on...
Mammoth City
On this site, opposite colorful Mineral Hill (now known as...
The Vestal's Gap Road
This sector of the road, through Claude Moore Park, closel...
Gettysburg Campaign
Gen. Robert E. Lee reached Chambersburg June 26, 1863. Hea...
Revolutionary War Battlefield and Burial Ground at Spanish Fort
During the Revolutionary War, France, Spain, Britain, and ...
Indiantown
The native village from which, in turn, the Creek, Gap, an...
The Prettyman House
This house was built on a 13.5-acre lot on the outskirts o...
Ponkiesberg Fortification
Near this place during the Revolutionary War stood the Pon...
Olinda Oil Museum and Trail
On this site, Edward L. Doheny drilled the first oil well ...
Pickens County Buffalo Soldiers
First War Casualties
Private Major Terrell, United...
The Chatsworth Wreck
Midnight August 10-11, 1887
One-half mile north on the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad occured one of the worst wrecks in American rail history. An excursion train- two engines and approximately 20 wooden coaches - from Peoria to Niagara Falls, ...
Mammoth City
On this site, opposite colorful Mineral Hill (now known as Red Mountain) where the Mammoth mines are located, stood the town of Mammoth City. In this gulch during 1878-79 sprouted a mining camp of perhaps a thousand people. Mammoth City ...
The Vestal's Gap Road
This sector of the road, through Claude Moore Park, closely resembles the road as it appeared in this area's early history. This great road ran from the port city of Alexandria, Virginia through Vestal's Gap of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
...Gettysburg Campaign
Gen. Robert E. Lee reached Chambersburg June 26, 1863. Hearing June 28 that Union troops under Gen. Joseph Hooker had crossed the Potomac to Frederick, he decided to unite his forces at Cashtown; and left the city by this road.
...Revolutionary War Battlefield and Burial Ground at Spanish Fort
During the Revolutionary War, France, Spain, Britain, and the United States were interested in the fate of this region. In March 1780, Spanish forces captured Mobile. They established a palisaded fort with trenches (one mile north of here) to protect ...
Indiantown
The native village from which, in turn, the Creek, Gap, and great Military Reservation derived their names, formerly stood near here. The Delaware Indians took this route to Shamokin, upon their removal from the Schuylkill region.
Marker is on Bellegrove ...
The Prettyman House
This house was built on a 13.5-acre lot on the outskirts of Rockville in 1842. A stone marking the southwest corner of the original 1803 Rockville Plan is between this house and the adjacent Rockville Academy grounds. Matilda Holland, widow ...
Ponkiesberg Fortification
Near this place during the Revolutionary War stood the Ponkiesberg fortification from which General George Washington is said to have observed the fighting at Gowanus during the Battle of Long Island August 27, 1776. Erected in 1926 by the South ...
Olinda Oil Museum and Trail
On this site, Edward L. Doheny drilled the first oil well in the Olilnda field in 1897. Olinda #1, drilled to 806 feet, pumped about 50 barrels per day (bpd). By 1898, ten wells were drilled, some producing up to ...
Pickens County Buffalo Soldiers
First War Casualties
Private Major Terrell, United States Army
First Pickens County Casualty of World War One
A resident of Hurricane Township in Pickens, Major Terrell joined the U.S. Army in October 1917 and was assigned to the 305th Labor ...