The Ohio and Erie Canal / Canal Dover Toll House

1825 - 1913

The Ohio-Erie Canal

1825-1913

Seeking an alternate transportation route to distant markets, many farmers and manufacturers in Ohio wanted to connect the Ohio River to Lake Erie with a canal. Beginning in Cleveland the Ohio-Erie Canal ran south, the length ...

Christian Deardorff

In memory of

Christian Deardorff

Founder of the city

of Dover Ohio

in 1807

Marker is at the intersection of Wooster Avenue and 3rd Street, on the left when traveling south on Wooster Avenue.

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Round Rock Volunteer Fire Department

The Hose and Hand Pump Company was formed in 1884 as Round Rock’s first organized fire department. Money for equipment was raised through donations, picnics, dances, box suppers, and other fund drives. The first building constructed for Round Rock’s fire ...

The President’s House

has been designated a

Registered National

Historic Landmark

Under the provisions of the

Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935

this site possesses exceptional value

in commemorating and illustrating

the history of the United States

U.S. Department of the Interior

National Park Service

1971

Marker is on Nassau Street, on the ...

McLeod Vault

Built in the style of coastal burial chambers in 1854 by Savannah planter Francis Harris McLeod (1784-1864), an investor in Roswell King´s mills. He was the namesake of his grandfather Francis Harris, first Speaker of 1751 Ga. Colonial Assembly. Six ...

The Round Rock

A guide for Indians and early settlers, this table-shaped stone in the middle of Brushy Creek once marked an important low-water wagon crossing. Hundered-year–old wheel ruts are still visible in the creek bottom. The rocky stream bed also provided building ...

"walked on Shore above this Creek"

"...Capt. Lewis walked on Shore above this Creek and discovered a high moun from the top of which he had an extensive view, 3 paths Concentering at the moun..."

William Clark

July 4, 1804

The U.S. Army expedition led by Captains Meriwether Lewis ...

The Old Waterworks

The development and evolution of Harrisburg's early public works infrastructure is captured through the unique Riverfront Park setting of the Old Waterworks, the original stone portion of which was constructed in 1841. At that time water was pumped by this ...

Amphibious Scouts and Raiders World War II

1942-1945

[Rendering of organizational insignia.]

In memory of our fallen comrades who sacrified their lives in the service of their country while serving in the United States Navy and Army Amphibious Scouts and Raiders during World War II.

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A Noted Preacher

William Elbert Munsey was born a few miles

east in the mountains of Giles (present-day Bland)

County on 13 July 1833. Despite little formal

schooling, Munsey possessed an insatiable

appetite for knowledge. He entered the ministry

of the Methodist Church in 1855, preached

his first sermon ...