The Public School of Germantown

The Germantown Academy

was organized at a meeting of citizens held the 6th day of December 1759 in this building the home of Daniel Mackinett and sometimes known as the Green Tree Inn.

Erected by the Undergraduates of the Germantown ...

The Parade Ground of Fort Cumberland

Occupied this site 1755

Here the Indian envoys were received before Braddock left for his defeat. In 1756-58 the garrison under Col. Washington was still reviewed here.

Marker is at the intersection of Washington St. and Prospect Square, on the left when ...

The Kneeling Miner

1976 and 2006

This statue dedicated in honor of the hardrock miner, his family and those who served the Webb City District mining industry during the past century.

The Kneeling Miner, circa 1976

Jack E. Dawson [sculptor]

Originally sculpted in concrete

as a part of ...

The Founding of Campbellton

Merriam Historic Plaza Walking Path

With the opening of the Kansas Territory in 1854, people from everywhere began to converge on Kansas. The fertile and inexpensive land available in the territory attracted David Gee Campbell, a Tennessee native. Campbell loaded his ...

The People of the South Wind & the Coming of the Shawnee

Merriam Historic Plaza Walking Path

From the late 1600’s until the early 1800’s, the Kansa (or Kaw) Indians lived in northeast Kansas. The Indian word Kansa means “People of the South Wind,” and both the state of Kansas and the ...

To the Memory of Oscar S. Straus

1850 - Statesman, Author, Diplomat - 1926

This monument was erected by public subscription in accordance with the joint resolution of Congress of December 16, 1927. Signed by President Coolidge March 2, 1929, in memory of

Oscar S. Straus

1850 - 1926

Author

"Origin of ...

The Ableman Homestead

An inn, one of several built in Delaware

towns during this period, was established

on this corner at the end of the 18th century

and remained open until the end of the

19th century. This site was purchased by

Abel Ableman and occupied from 1902 ...

Mathew Carey, Publisher

Once the Resting Place

of

Mathew Carey, Publisher

Born - Jan. 28 1760 Dublin, Ireland

Died - Sept. 16, 1839 Phila.

Printed first Catholic bible

in America, 1790

Marker can be reached from 4th Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Church of the Atonement, 1875

St. Thomas' Episcopal Parish

Here a "Carpenter Gothic" church was consecrate July 1875 by Bishop William Pinkney of Maryland. Built on land purchased by Enoch Pratt, formerly Thomas F. Bowie's estate "Cheltenham" and William Talbert's "Finches Discovery". Bell tower constructed in ...

Reynoldsburg - Birthplace of the Tomato

Alexander W. Livingston, plant breeder, horticulturist and seed merchant, who became internationally known through his development of the tomato, was born October 14, 1821, the son of John and Mary Graham Livingston. The first known variety of the tomato was ...