Indian Hannah Birthplace

1730 - 1802

The last of the Indians in Chester County was born in the vale about 300 yards to the East on the land of the protector of her people the Quaker assemblyman William Webb Her mother was Indian ...

Francis Albert Sinatra Birthplace

The Voice

Francis Albert Sinatra

The Voice

Born here

At 415 Monroe Street

December 12, 1915

Marker is on 415 Monroe Street.

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Enon Baptist Church

Enon Baptist Church was organized on 8 October 1849. The church was built here on a one-acre tract given by the founder, John Alexander Strachan. In May 1864, during the Civil War, Union army troops under Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. ...

First Camp After Discovery of San Francisco Bay

On November 4, 1769, the expedition of Captain Caspar de Portola, after crossing Sweeny Ridge, beheld the Bay of San Francisco for the first time. That night they camped at a small lagoon, now covered by San Andreas Lake. Finding ...

Battle of Prairie Grove

December 7, 1862

The battle on this field was fought between the Confederate army of General T.C. Hindman (Arkansas) and Federal forces commanded by Generals James G. Blunt (Kansas) and F.J. Herron (Iowa). Battlefield Park occupies the approximate center of the ...

To Christopher Columbus

The Italians resident in America,

scoffed at before,

during the voyage, menaced,

after it, chained,

as generous as oppressed,

to the world he gave a world.

Joy and Glory

Never utter a more thrilling call

Than that which resounded

From the conquered ocean

In sight of the first American island

Land! ...

Bluemont Junction, ca. 1934

(Trail Side):

Bluemont Junction began operation in 1912 as a part of the newly formed Washington & Old Dominion (W&OD) Railway. The station was a busy transfer point for passengers and freight from Alexandria and Georgetown to points west, ending at ...

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 ...

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.

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Battle's Beginning ... and End

Wilson's Creek

This Northern spur of Bloody Hill saw the beginning and end of the battle. In the days proceeding the fight, the field before you was the camp of the 1,200 cavalrymen of Colonel James Cawthorne's Missouri State Guard Brigade. ...