Cornwallis’s Headquarters

Nov. 21-24, 1777, Cornwallis had headquarters opposite the Court House. His troops camped on the Meeting House grounds. Many soldiers carried from the battle at Red Bank were buried here in the Strangers Burying Ground.

Marker is on N Broad Street ...

Milton's Ferry Tavern

By 1832, Milton's Ferry offered a ferry service to and from Charleston by way of a canal dug through the marsh. The ferry tavern was a two-sided house with stables and carriage houses to serve travelers. A bi-weekly stage ran ...

Old Salem Road

Here, Old Salem Road, laid out 1681 – 1686, crossed the north branch of Cooper River. The British Army used this road from Haddonfield, June 19, 1778, their right wing branching to Evesham and the left to Moorestown, enroute to ...

Wilkes-Barre Fort

Completed 1778, Inclosing the courthouse of the Connecticut county of Westmoreland. Surrendered with Forty Fort to the British in 1778.

Marker is on Public Square.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Third System

Although the United States won the War of 1812, the searing memory of the nation’s capital in flames continued to disturb the public and Congress alike. The British had entered the Chesapeake Bay, continued up the Potomac River, and set ...

The Pleasant Valley War a.k.a. The Graham-Tewsbury Fued

Circa 1882 - 1892

One of the West’s Longest and Bloodiest feuds took

place here and around Pleasant Valley. The Grahams and

the Tewksburys had been in the cattle business and it

seems probable that they first fell out over the division of cattle ...

Williams, Arizona

The area around what now is Williams, Arizona, was first explored by a Mountain Man who came to this area in 1876, William Shirley Williams, who was called “Old Bill”.

The town site was created by a cowboy named C.T. Rogers ...

"Associators"

Pennsylvania National Guard

The Rampant Lion [Image of a lion with sword and shield] Crest of the the PA National Guard.

Near this site, the Associators, a group of citizen-soldiers organized by Benjamin Franklin and predecessor to the modern Pennsylvania ...

Savoy Ballroom

SAVOY

Here once stood the legendary Savoy Ballroom a hothouse for the development of jazz in the Swing Era. Visually dazzling and spacious, the Savoy nightly featured the finest jazz bands in the nation, and its house bands included such ...

Sephaniah Reese (1866-1944)

Automobile pioneer, best known for building a 3-wheel, 1-cylinder vehicle here, 1887-88, and operating it on Plymouth's streets. His machine shop, incorporated 1888, was an early bicycle maker; the firm was located here for over 80 years.

Marker is on West ...