Masonic Temple

On August 21, 1909, the cornerstone (containing the lists of the Grand Officers and past Masters of Eden Lodge, documents relating to the new temple, copies of local newspapers, old coins and a Bible that had been carried by John ...

Jefferson Davis's Flight South, April 26-27, 1865

Last Confederate Cabinet Meeting, April 27, 1865

(Front):

Confederate President Jefferson Davis and his Cabinet, making their way south from Richmond, Va. with a cavalry escort, stopped at Fort Mill on April 26, 1865. Davis spent the night at Springfield, the home ...

First Dam Across The St. Joseph River / Power Race

First Dam Across The St. Joseph River

The original dam, providing power for which Mishawaka was noted, was completed in 1837. It was 577 feet long, 24 feet thick and cost $38,000.00.

Power Race

Along this race, providing water power, and along its ...

147th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers

(Front):147th

Regiment Infantry

Pennsylvania Veteran Vols.

Night of July 1

1863.

(Back):1st Brigade 2nd Division

12th Army Corps

Marker is at the intersection of Sykes Avenue and Wheatfield Road, on the left when traveling north on Sykes Avenue.

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40th Parallel

Maryland's charter, granted in 1632, included old Philadelphia since it made the 40th parallel, which crosses the river near this point, her northern boundary. This charter conflicted with the charter given William Penn in 1681. After more than eighty years ...

First Permanent English Settlement in Machias Bay

1763 - 1904

This tablet marks the landing place of the company which made the first permanent English settlement in this town, May 20, 1763. The little band consisted of Samuel and Sylvanus Scott, Timothy George, and David Libby, John and ...

Stumphouse Mountain Tunnel

The Mountain that Defeated the Rail Line

The history of Stumphouse Tunnel is as rich as the surrounding land and carries with it stories of dreams, failures, hardships, and opportunities. The dream was to develop a railroad line from Charleston, South ...

National Press Club

At this site, at the Willard InterContinental Hotel in March 1908, the National Press Club, now located at 529 14th Street, was formed through the adoption of a constitution and bylaws and the election of the club's first officers.

The ...

The Stacy Prickett House

This Federal style brick

home was built in 1830 for

merchant Stacy Prickett.

Legendary school mistress

Bess Cowperthwaite, lived

here in the early 1900’s.

Marker is at the intersection of Branch Street and Broad Street, on the right when traveling east on Branch Street.

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Fair Prospect Cemetery Montgomery County

Atop this hill lies Fair Prospect Cemetery, established in the 1840s as part of Fair Prospect Church. Land was donated for the church and cemetery by Benjamin Mitchell (1765-1848) and his wife Jane Scrimpton Mitchell (1775-1850). The location of their ...