Beleaguered Town

Union soldiers and officers gazing upon Fredericksburg from this spot in 1862 saw many of the same landmarks visible today. The skyline of this peaceful river town, population 5,000 in 1860, is still dominated by the three steeples of City ...

American Troops Withdraw

American troops withdrew

west along Elmwood and

Morris Avenues toward the

Rahway River Bridge at the

Springfield border on

June 7, 1780 after heavy

fighting at the First

Presbyterian Church.

Marker is at the intersection of Caldwell Avenue and Elmwood Avenue, on the right when traveling north on ...

First Division

First Corps

Army of the Potomac

First Corps

First Division

Brig. General James S. WadsworthFirst Brigade Brig. Gen. Solomon Meredith, Col. Wm. W. Robinson

Second Brigade Brig. General Lysander Cutler

July 1. Arrived at 10 a.m. The First Union Infantry on field. Formed across Chambersburg Pike ...

St. Peter Claver Catholic Church and School

This African-American parish began in 1888 and was named St. Peter Claver in 1903, in honor of the Patron Saint of Negro Missions. The current school, convent, and rectory were built here after the parish moved from Pio Nono Avenue ...

Sow…Tend…Harvest

For most of its existence, Chatham had an unchanging rhythm: sow, tend, and harvest, each according to the crop. Most of Chatham’s slaves lived out their lives to this seasonal cadence, year after year. More than 50 enslaved workers—sometimes more ...

Federation of India Community Association

In 1962, Asian Indian students of Case Western Reserve University started India Association of Cleveland (IAC). In 1967, IAC started a newspaper "LOTUS," regarded as the first such Asian Indian community newspapers in the United States. In 1978, IAC started ...

Gen. Andrew Porter

Revolutionary War officer; surveyor of western and northern State boundaries, 1784-87; Surveyor-General, 1809-13. Born near here, 1743; died at Harrisburg, 1813. His home, "Selma," is marked a block distant.

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and Selma Street, on ...

Hudson River Bridge Cornerstone

The North River Bridge Co.

Ground broken June 8th, 1895

First foundation masonry

laid June 18th, 1895

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Beyond the Big House

Slaves did virtually all the work that kept Chatham worthy of its widespread reputation for productivity, elegance, and hospitality. Before the Civil War, it’s unlikely that white residents ever amounted to more than 20 percent of Chatham’s population. At times ...

Fries Manufacturing and Power Co.

First producer of hydroelectric power in North Carolina, April 20, 1898. Located 3 mi. S.W. at early ferry crossing.

Marker is on U.S. 158, on the right when traveling east.

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