Fort Ashby

Fort Ashby, one in the chain of Indian forts built by George Washington, 1755. sharp fighting here 1756. in 1794, troops under Gen. Daniel Morgan camped here on their way to suppress Whiskey Rebellion. Fort restored by W.P.A., 1939.

Marker is ...

Fairfax Rosenwald School

The Fairfax Rosenwald School of “Fairfax Colored School” was constructed in 1925–26 on this site. It replaced an earlier African-American school on Main Street east of the Fairfax Cemetery. In 1917, Julius Rosenwald, president of Sears, Roebuck & Co., formed ...

Capt. James Cook, R.N.

1728-1779

After two historic voyages of the South Pacific[,] Cook was cruising the waters of the Pacific Northwest on his third and final voyage, with his two ships, Resolution and Discovery[.] He was searching for the western exit to the legendary ...

28th Division Shrine

Dedicated to heroic dead of Pennsylvania's famed 28th in two world wars. The Division was created Sept., 1917. The Shrine was founded by Col. Theodore Boal and made a State memorial in 1932

Marker is at the intersection of East Boal ...

Fort Sellers

On land Washington surveyed for Elias Sellers in 1748 stood this fort, important link in system of frontier defenses. It was garrisoned by an officer and thirty men and withstood several attacks by the Indians.

Marker is on Short Gap Highway ...

Washington Square

Washington Square, originally called the Mall and later the Parade, is ringed by buildings constructed over two centuries. The Square reflects Newport’s transformation from a rudimentary outpost to one of the five major trading posts in colonial North America. Originally ...

The First National Bank of Jacksonville

Since 1890 the financial interests of this area have been served by The First National Bank and its predecessor The Tredagar National Bank (an institution of the "Boom" days of Jacksonville)

Organizers were Peyton Rowan, President, Jos. W. Burke (Brig. Gen. ...

The First National Bank and Trust Company of Western Maryland

was originally chartered as the Cumberland Bank of Alleghany by an act of the 1811 Maryland Legislature and opened for business April 1, 1812. this is the oldest bank in Western Maryland and the second oldest National Bank in the ...

82nd Indiana Infantry

First Brigade - Third Division

[Front Side of Marker]:

82nd Reg. Indiana Infantry.

First Brigade Third Division.

14th Corps - Thomas

[Reverse Side of Marker]:

Indiana's Tribute

To Her

Eighty-Second Regiment Infantry.

Colonel Morton C. Hunter, Commanding.

First Brigade (Connell).

Third Division (Brannan).

Fourteenth Corps (Thomas).

This Regiment, Colonel Morton C. Hunter, Commanding, ...

Military Hospital

On this site stood the First Presbyterian Church. During the Civil War it was used as a military hospital

Marker is on Liberty Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org