Bishop McDevitt High School

Standing picturesquely upon a slope rising to the summit of Reservoir Park and at the apex of Market Street's climb from Center City is Bishop McDevitt High School, primary parochial secondary school serving the City of Harrisburg and the Harrisburg ...

Highway Headquarters

General Robert E. Lee and his staff planned one of America's greatest battles at this site. Almost a century later the site began offering overnight accommodations to travelers coming to pay homage to their heroes.

Gutted by fire in 1896, the ...

Site of Old Helena

A thriving and important town of the lead-mining days, here on July 28, 1832 troops crossed the Wisconsin River in pursuit of Indians under Black Hawk

Among officers of the Army here present these later became distinguished

Gen. Henry Atkinson •

Col. ...

The Napoleon 12-Pounder Field Gun Model 1857

(Left panel)

The twelve-pound Napoleon smoothbore cannon

was developed in France in 1853 and was named

for the Emperor Napoleon III. It was adopted and

manufactured in the United States in 1857.

It was the mainstay of artillery for both the Union

and Confederate ...

Washington Confederate Cemetery

Immediately after the Civil War, Union casualties in the Frederick-Washington County areas were re-interred at a new National Cemetery at Sharpsburg. Yet no provisions were made to provide decent burial for thousands of hastily-buried Confederates. To address this problem, the ...

The Hudson School

On this site stood the Martha Institute from 1866-1999. Built on land donated by Hoboken philanthropist Martha Bayard Stevens and named in her honor, the Martha Institute served as home to Hoboken's first German-American school, the Manual Trade School, Hoboken's ...

General Shaver's Headquarters

During the Battle of

Prairie Grove

Gen. Robt. G. Shaver

established his head-

quarters under

this tree

Dec. 7, 1862

This spot marked by

U.D.C.

June 20, 1932.

Marker is at the intersection of South Battlefield Park Road (County Route 80) and East Douglas Street (U.S. 62), on the right ...

Underground Mining in the Hibbing Area

In 1895 underground mining began in the Hibbing area following the discovery of iron ore. The Burt-Poole and Sellers mines were the first to ship that summer. Mining Captains, of Cornish decent, utilized their experience from the Vermillion Iron Range ...

“We Fought Desperately”

The Breakthrough Trail

The passage of the picket posts and abatis shattered regimental formations in the Vermont Brigade. The attack degenerated into a rush of disorganized men rather than an example of textbook tactics. Orderly Sergeant Thomas H. McCauley of the ...

B & O Depot

Built 1892, following the completion of railroad in 1887. Lost Creek grew to become largest shipping point for cattle in West Virginia in 1915 and on entire B & O system, east of Mississippi in 1923.

Marker is at the ...