William Edwards Stevenson

1900-1985

Boyhood home of the President of Oberlin College and head of Aspen Humanities Institute.

Ambassador to the Philippines.

Olympic Gold Medalist for the

1600 meter relay in 1924.

Marker is on Park Avenue.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Beech Allee (Avenue) and Stone Fences

John Jay Homestead

When Jay assembled his 750 acres by 1800, much of the land had already been cleared indiscriminately by tenant farmers. Stone, however, was abundant and it was put to good use. Jay spent 15 years encircling his ...

The Carriage Drive and Roadways

John Jay Homestead

The original carriage drive entered the estate from the Post Road one mile north of the current Homestead driveway. In the mid-19th century, an allee (avenue) of European and copper beech trees was planted along the drive ...

Edith Hamilton

1867-1963

Classicist author of The Greek Way.

A leader in women's day-schooling

First headmistress of Bryn Mawr School.

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Alice Hamilton, M.D.

1869-1970

Founder of industrial hygiene, pioneer in removing lead from paint.

Harvard's first woman professor.

Marker is on ...

Atchison WWI Factory Supported Freedom

Atchison County Historic Site

At this site Atchison Leather Products operated a grease factory that filled a vital need to keep the world free. Before World War I the only factory producing a certain grease needed in munitions production and packing ...

The Chesapeake Bay : History Happened Here

Ironclad Revolution

In 1861, the Confederate navy converted the hulk of U.S.S. Merrimack into an ironclad, CSS Virginia. On March 8, 1861, the Virginia sank one Union warship and drove another aground in flames before the north's ironclad, U.S.S. Monitor, crossed ...

Blackford County Revolutionary War Heroes

In Memory

of the

Revolutionary Heroes

who rest in Blackford County

David Kirkpatrick • John Mills

John Saxon • John Twibell • Thomas Miles

Erected by

The Nancy Knight Chapter

Daughters of the American Revolution

1776 —— 1933

Marker is at the ...

The Deadly Sharpshooters

July 2, 1863 - Second Day

"The sharpshooters also began their deadly work, and the sharp zip - p-i-n-g-g-g - of the spiteful rifle ball, more dangerous than its larger brother, added to our perils."

Capt. G. Carter, U.S.A.

22nd Massachusetts Infantry

Little Round ...

2nd Maryland Infantry

Maryland

2nd Md Infantry

At 9:30 a.m. advanced

on the stone bridge,

defended by Toombs'

Brigade and two batt-

eries on high ground

beyond. Charged to

within 100 yards of the

bridge when, checked

by the severity of

the enemy's fire it took

shelter along the bank

of the stream and was

engaged until ...

Dragoon Springs Stage Stop

Land of Legends

Coronado National Forest

Land of Legends

The Dragon Springs Stage Stop

The San Antonio and San Diego Mail Line began service across Arizona to the Pacific coast in July, 1857. Its route included a stop here near the Dragoon spring. The ...