The Wounded and the Dead

"Every conceivable wound that iron and lead can make, blunt or sharp, bullet, ball and shell, piercing, bruising, tearing, was there...."

1lst Lt. Frank A. Haskell, U.S.A.

Aide to Brig. Gen. John Gibbon

In the three days at Gettysburg, 7,708 soldiers were killed. ...

Morning Star #20 I.O.O.F Lodge Building

Morning Star Lodge #20 was instituted February 9, 1854. The Lodge met for several years on the second floor of a 48 x 24 foot hillside building near here. In 1859, the members erected a building on this site. On ...

The Homestead

Milton S. Hershey was born here on September 13, 1857. The house was built by his great-grandfather, Isaac Hershey, in 1826. Milton S. Hershey purchased The Homestead in 1897 and lived there with his wife Catherine from 1905 to 1908. ...

Chocolate Workers' Sit-Down Strike

Hershey's Chocolate Workers Local 1 (CIO) responded to a labor-management impasse on April 2, 1937 by initiating the first sit-down strike in Pennsylvania and in the confectionery industry. The strike was ended by strike-breaking violence and government mediation. The union ...

Drug Store

Treatment for illness and the maintenance of good health were important for the success of a new community.

Early pharmacists compounded prescription medicine with mortars and pestles, made their own pills, and sold popular patent medicines, which promised to cure a ...

Daggett House

Built in 1685, this is the oldest standing house in Pawtucket and is on the National Register of Historic Places. It is now operated by the Pawtucket Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

For tour Hours Contact the Park ...

M60A3 TTS Medium Tank

Initially Manufactured by Chrysler Corporation

Crew: 4

Maximum Speed: 30mph

Weight: 57 tons

Maximum range: 260 miles

Armament: Main 105mm gun, Secondary 50 caliber machine gun, M240 coaxial machine gun.

The first M60 tanks were issued to U.S. Army units during the fall of 1960 as ...

De Mott – Westervelt House

Built about 1808 by Henry DeMott, this sandstone Dutch Colonial house was once attached to the pre-Revolutionary homestead of Albert Lydecker. Material from the older house used in the present frame wing built c. 1810 by Peter Westervelt. The Westervelt ...

Fort Selden State Monument

1865-1891

Fort Selden was established to protect settlers and railroad construction crews in the Mesilla Valley and the Jornada del Muerto from Apaches. The first regular army troops to garrison it were four companies of the black 125th Infantry. General Douglas ...

Site of Placerville Drive In Market

Owned and operated by the

Ray Gier Family

From 1946 to 1955

Owned and operated by the Bing Peterson

and Thomas C. Smith Families

From 1955 to 1967

Marker is on Main Street west of California Highway 49, on the right when traveling west.

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