The Crowne Plaza

The current era of hostelries in Harrisburg can be defined as having begun in 1965 with the construction of the Holiday Inn Town, now The Crowne Plaza. Prior to that time, the Harrisburger and Penn-Harris Hotels, at Third and Locust ...

Joplin Korean War and Vietnam War Memorial

In memory of our heroic combat dead of the

Korean and Vietnam Conflicts

Korean

Harold L. Terry • Jimmie E. Barcom

William M. Barnard • Otis C. Carpenter

James A. Harris • David L. Johnson

Charles R. Landon • Robert F. Wilson

Donald D. Younger • Harold ...

Patrick County / North Carolina

North Carolina

North Carolina was one of the original thirteen states. The first settlement was made on Roanoke Island, 1585, but was not permanent. Settlers from Virginia occupied the Albemarle region before 1663, in which year the colony of Carolina was ...

California State Capitol Park

HISTORY

When Spanish governors ruled the California territory, its capitol was moved from town to town between San Diego and Monterey.

San Jose had already been designated the capitol by the time California was granted statehood in 1850. In the next four ...

Smith Tavern – A Colonial Meeting Place

Ridgefield, Connecticut

The Smith Tavern stood on the site of the present library. Ebenezer Smith arrived from Milford in 1709 and was assigned Lot # 26. He opened a small tavern in his home. By 1797 a new building was erected ...

Chesapeake and Ohio Aqueduct

Across the Monocacy River

Largest of eleven C&O aqueducts. Finished 1833, Alfred Cruger, Principal Engineer. Constructed of quartzite from Sugarloaf Mountain. It served until 1924, when after a flood, commercial operations ceased. Administered by the National Park Service.

Marker is at the ...

Taylor Wharton Iron and Steel Company

Taylor Wharton Iron and Steel Company

1742-1971

Standing together we have withstood the test of time

Oldest Iron and Steel Company in the United States

First Manganese Steel in the United States

TISCO Shells

Armaments for All Wars

Machinery for Construction of the Panama Canal

Marker is on ...

Parochial House

Duleek Heritage Trail

The original house was built in 1795. It was built in three stages and was acquired by Fr John Kearney to accommodate the parish priest and the curate. It was re-roofed in 1993 and presides over the very ...

Ninth Army Corps

(Main Tablet):

U.S.A.

Ninth Army Corps.

Brig. Gen. J.D. Cox, Commanding.

September 17, 1862.

On the morning of the 17th, the Ninth Army Corps was in position behind the ridges on the east bank of the Antietam.

At 1 p.m., Sturgis' Division assaulted and carried the ...

New Hope Primitive Baptist Church

New Hope Primitive Baptist Church was constitued in July 1830. The presbytery officiating were: Wilson Conner, David Wood and Jordan Baker. Minutes of the church for the first 12 years were lost, and there is no record of charter members, ...