Birthplace of General Joseph Wheeler

A short distance north of this place, General Joseph Wheeler was born on Sept. 10, 1836. He graduated from West Point in 1859 and held the rank of 2nd

lieutenant when the Civil War broke out. Resigning his commission in the ...

Forrest "Phog" Clare Allen

November 18, 1885 - September 16, 1974

Known as "Phog" for his foghorn umpire calls and "Doc" for his osteopathic skills ("I won more games at the training table than on the sidelines"), Allen was KU's head basketball coach from 1920 ...

Swenson Plaza Flood Memorial

The enlargement and beautification of Swenson Plaza, completed in 1999, was proposed and initiated by Mayor Stephen R. Reed during ceremonies marking the 25th anniversary of Harrisburg's devastating 1972 Flood caused by Tropical Storm Agnes. As a riverfront gathering place ...

Knights Ferry

Picturesque mining center and trading post, 1849, once called Dentville. Early ferry to the southern mines; county seat 1862-72; rare wooden covered bridge reputedly designed by U. S. Grant, brother-in-law of the Dent brothers, 1854; old flour mill, 1854.

Marker is ...

Miss Doherty's College Preparatory School for Girls

Mary Harlan Doherty was born in 1862 in the Dayton Street neighborhood of Cincinnati. She graduated from Woodward High School in 1880 at a time when women were not expected to go to college, but rather to marry, raise ...

Ford Building

Built c.1835

Old Town Fairfax

This was the home of Antonia Ford, imprisoned as a spy following Ranger Mosby's night capture of the local Union commander, Brig. Gen. Edwin H. Stoughton, March 9, 1863. A search of the house had revealed an ...

Battle of Hanging Rock

Commemorating

Battle of Hanging Rock

June 21, 1864.

Marker is on Catawba Valley Drive (Virginia Route 311) north of North Electric Road (Virginia Route 419), on the right when traveling west.

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Reviving the Waterfront

Here where the Gwynns Falls flows into the Patapsco's Middle Branch, Baltimoreans have come to work and to play over the years. Since the early 1700s this area his been home to mining operations, brickyards, glass factories, and other industries. ...

Site of Field City

The deserted site of Field City or Tubb Town offers silent testimony to the boom and bust fate of many western towns.

In the spring of 1889 Deloss Tubbs, a businessman from Custer, Dakota Territory, laid out Field City around his ...

Proving Ground Foreman’s House

This was the home for one of the foremen at the Sandy Hook Proving Ground. After the proving ground closed in 1919, it was used for housing noncommissioned officers and their families. Today, this building is a residence for National ...