Old Hall at Belle Grove

In 1783, Isaac Hite, Jr. married Nelly Madison Hite of Montpelier, and acquired by grant from his father the 483 acre tract that was to become the center of Belle Grove Plantation. Until the elegant manor house was built between ...

The University Club

Landmarks of New York

This building, inspired by Palace Architecture of the Italian renaissance, was designed by McKim, Mead & White and was completed in 1899.

Marker is on 1 W 54th St.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Balloons Over the Battlefield

“The view I had of the field of battle from the balloon for the first time that afternoon showed me how serious it was…..I was up half an hour in all, when I saw certain movements of our forces which ...

Benjamin Smith Barton

1766 - 1815

Physician, professor of natural history at the University of Pennsylvania. Author of first American botany textbook. In 1803, he taught natural history to Meriwether Lewis in preparation for Lewis & Clark Expecition, 1803 - 1806. He lived ...

Pine Grove / Turbeville School

Log Bldg. This site - 1850

Used Church Building - 1854

Frame Building - 1889 - 1912

Brick Bldg. On current site - 1912

E C Hist. Sites - 2000

Turbeville Ruritan Club

Marker is on Main Street (U.S. 301/378) near Dials ...

Brown-Leanos Memorial Park

Dedicated to the Brown and Leanos families that operated a grocery and restaurant business, respectively at this location since the late 1890's.

Originally dedicated on

September 10, 1990

Rededicated May 13, 2000

Marker is at the intersection of West Street (Maryland Route 450) and ...

Bryant Station Site

Bryant Station was the terminus of the California and Nevada Railroad, a narrow-gauge steam line which transported local harvests to the Emeryville docks. The railroad, formed in 1881, was originally planned to run passengers and freight to the silver mining ...

Abbeville County

Rich in History and Natural Resources

Named after the city in France, Abbeville County has a rich historical and cultural heritage. The town of Abbeville, the county seat, is known for its quaint tree-lined square with bricked streets; the famous 1908 ...

Port of Baltimore

Each year thousands of ships from all over the world call at the port of Baltimore. Fort McHenry lies at the heart of this great complex of channels, docks, cargo piers, shipyards, warehouses, and rail terminals.

Petroleum, iron ore, raw ...

Batteries F & K, Third U.S. Artillery

First Regular Brigade - Artillery Reserve

Army of the Potomac

Artillery Reserve

First Regular Brigade

Batteries F& K Third U.S. Artillery

Six 12 pounders

Lieut. John C. Turnbull Commanding

July 1 Took position on crest of hill near General Meade's ...