Brookville Road

Side one:

On December 31, 1821, a 78-mile state road was authorized from the Ohio border to Indianapolis through Brookville, to be built with required citizen labor. Commissioners filed a survey report June 24, 1822 for the Brookville State ...

Market Square Presbyterian Church

With its roots dating to 1794 and having evolved from the earlier Paxton Presbyterian Church east of the city in what would become Paxtang, the Presbyterian Church of Harrisburg originally met in rooms of the old jail, on Walnut Street, ...

Berkeley Piano Club

William L. Woollett, Architect, 1912

City of Berkeley Landmark

designated in 2005

The Berkeley Piano Club, dedicated to the performance and study of music, was founded in 1893 by a group of local women. Early meetings were held in members’ homes and later ...

Tomb of the Unknown Slave

On this October 30, 2004, we, the faith community of St. Augustine Catholic Church, dedicate this shrine consisting of grave crosses, chains and shackles to the memory of the nameless, faceless, turfless Africans who met an untimely death in ...

To the Memory of Burrell Hecock

To

the memory of

Burrell Hecock

of

Cleveland Ohio

Aged 17 Years

Who lost his life in an

heroic attempt to rescue

Mr and Mrs

Eldridge Stanton

of Toronto Ontario

when the ice bridge in

the gorge immediately

below was swept down

the Niagara River

and into the

Whirlpool Rapids

February 4th 1912

Marker can be reached from ...

Mrs. E.P. (Stella) King Building

Albert Dodge Coplin, Architect

City of Berkeley Landmark

designated in 2005

This corner store was built for Stella King’s dry goods business and upstairs residence. Until the shop closed in 1923, it was a gathering place where neighbors could find everything from sewing ...

You are about to enter South Dakota / You are now leaving South

You are about to enter South DakotaCreated with its twin, North Dakota, 2 November 1889, its 77,047 square miles ranks 15th in size. Those square miles include exceptional corn land in the SE, grass land in the W, wheat land ...

The Birth of a River

Nearly 12,000 years ago, the Potomac River was formed as a result of the final glacial episode of the Pleistocene Epoch. At that time, the Potomac River was little more than a tributary of the Susquehanna River. A variety of ...

Ebenezer

The town of Ebenezer was incorporated in 1893. Dr. W.B. Fewell was the first intendant, and the first wardens were J.W. Avery, A.A. Barron, S.A. Fewell, and J.B. Neely. The post office here from 1890-1911 was called Old Point. Earlier ...

George W. Baird

George W. Baird

Medal of Honor

Brig General US Army

Indian Wars

Dec 13 1839 Nov 28 1906

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Gulf Street and Cherry Street, on the right when traveling south.

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