The Battle of Piqua

August 8th, 1780

Approximately three miles west of Springfield at the present site of George Rogers Clark Memorial Park lay the Shawnee Indian Town called Piqua. This town was the site of the battle of Piqua on August 8th, 1780 - ...

Captain Molly

Margaret Corbin, heroine

of the Battle of Fort

Washington, passed her last

days on the former J.P. Morgan

Eastate, near here.

Marker is at the intersection of Old NY 218 and Rose Drive, on the right when traveling north on Old NY 218.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Atlanta Campaign

Resaca

National Historic Site

Atlanta Campaign

Resaca

May 13-15, 1864

In this vicinity the Confederate lines North and West of Resaca held firm against Federal attack. Sherman then executed a successful flank movement to the west and south around Johnston’s position thus making the ...

Cincinnati's First Playground

Lytle Park Series

For many years, Lytle Park echoed the shrieks and laughter of Cincinnati's children. It was dedicated as the city's first public playground, a respite for already crowded inner-city dwellers, on the sunny afternoon of July 6, 1907. The ...

Birthplace of the Santa Fe Railway Company

To commemorate the birthplace

of

The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe

Railway Company in Atchison, Kansas

February 11, 1859

From this small beginning - a rail line connecting Atchison and Topeka, Kansas - a great transportation system evolved bringing much pride and renown to our ...

Confederate Outpost

In August 1861, while U.S. forces were constructing the Arlington line three miles to the east, the Confederates established a fortified outpost on the high ground about 200 yards west of here, to guard the bridge by which the Georgetown ...

Ninth Army Corps

Harland's Brigade, Rodman's Division

U.S.A.

Ninth Army Corps.

Harland's Brigade, Rodman's Division.

Col. Edward Harland, 8th Connecticut Infantry, Commanding.

Organization.

8th, 11th, and 16th Connecticut Infantry,

4th Rhode Island Infantry.

September 17, 1862.

On the morning of the 17th, Harland's Brigade moved from its position southeast of Burnside Bridge. ...

Presbyterian Church

East Lake & Essex Avenues

Mrs. Anna Baird, developer of Hastings Square, donated the land on East Lake Avenue for this church. A 1,500 pound bell was donated by Mr. George Griffins. The structure was built of granite and interiors of ...

General Casimir Pulaski Sergeant William Jasper

Near this spot two notable heroes of the American Revolution were mortally wounded in the ill-fated assault by the American and French forces upon the British lines here on October 9, 1779.

Brig. Gen. Casimir Pulaski, the famous Polish patriot, was ...

Welcome to R. Garland Dodd Park at Point of Rocks

Captain John Smith's Adventures on the James

Gabriel Archer wrote about a high rock cliff that projected into the channel of the Appomattox River upstream of its confluence with the James. When exploring the river in 1608, Smith found verdant marshes ...