The Great Raid

In late April 1863, the Confederates launched a major raid from Rockingham County into West Virginia. A primary goal of the raid was the destruction of the Cheat River Bridge of the B&O Railroad near the Northwestern Turnpike crossing the ...

D.R. Jones' Division, Longstreet's Command

C.S.A.

D.R. Jones' Division, Longstreet's Command.

Brig. Gen. David R. Jones, Commanding.

September 15-16, 1862.

This division, composed of the brigades of Toombs, Kempter, Drayton, [J]en[k]ins, Garnett, and George T. Anderson, withdrew from its position on the South Mountain during the night of Sept. ...

Salt Lake Stock & Mining Exchange Building

Built 1909 of sandstone & brick.

Exchange organized 1888.

Played essential part in

development of nation’s

resources as financial center

for mining activities

of the west.

Marker can be reached from Exchange Place.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Vanderbilt University

An independent, privately supported university founded 1873 by Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, New York shipping & railway magnate, who gave $1,000,000 to start the university & expressed his wish that it should "contribute to strengthening the ties which should exist between ...

Images of Death

July 2, 1863 - Second Day

"It was now near nightfall, and the operations of the day were over. ...I commenced the melancholy task of looking up my numerous dead and wounded. It was a sad list."

Brig. Gen. J.B. Kershaw, C.S.A.

Kershaw's ...

Wildlife Thrive In Corridor Year Round

Clark Fork Corridor: The Land

Bighorn sheep, elk, mule deer, and white-tailed deer-you may see any of these large mammals grazing in this area, depending on the season. Most spend their summer higher above the river and move to lower, snow-free ...

Army of the Cumberland

June 24-26, 1863

Moving south about 3 mi. E., the XX Federal Corps (McCook) was stopped at Liberty Gap, 6 mi. S.E., by the 5th & 15th Arkansas Inf., of Liddell's Brigade, later reinforced by Cleburne's Division. With its 1st (Jeff ...

D.R. Jones' Division, Longstreet's Command

C.S.A.

D.R. Jones' Division, Longstreet's Command,

Brig. Gen. David R. Jones, Commanding.

September 17, 1862.

The division formed at daylight on the plateau commanding the approaches to the Burnside Bridge.

At about noon the enemy made several attempts to carry the bridge, but was repulsed. ...

Bicentennial of the Northwest Ordinance

Ohio University

[Campus side of the marker]

In commemoration of the Bicentennial

of the

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

Ohio University, the first public university established in the Old Northwest Territory, was founded on the principles of the ordinance.

[Street side of the marker]

Ohio University 1804

Class Gateway

Religion ...

In Honor of the Men and Women of the 25th Ward

1941 - 1945

In Honor of the Men and Women of the 25th Ward who served their country in World War II

Dedicated May 26th 1946 A.D.

Marker is at the intersection of West Capitol Drive and North Green Bay ...