Hannah Neil Mission And Home For The Friendless

Founded 1858

Founded by Hannah (Mrs. William) Neil, the Mission, located at this site for 109 years, helped children and families with difficulties as they journeyed westward on the Old National Trail. The second oldest Columbus charity, the Mission, now known ...

The Wisconsin Granger Movement

The Cottage Grove Grange, which became a leader in the state and national Grange movement, had its meeting hall near this site shortly after the Civil War. As a community center it became a significant cultural and social influence for ...

Welcome To The Twp. Of Lebanon

Settled in the 18th century as an agricultural community.

Est. 1731 Inc. 1798

1798 Bicentenial 1998

Marker is on Penwell Road, on the right when traveling east.

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African Americans at Columbus during the Civil War

Confederate General Leonidus Polk occupied the site of Columbus and began erecting extensive fortifications in September of 1861. In addition to the soldiers under his command, more than 13,000 at one point, over 10,000 African American slaves were present. Several ...

Colonel Matthew Elliott

1739 - 1814

Near this site stood the house erected in 1784 by Matthew Elliott. Born in Ireland, he emigrated to the American Colonies in 1761, and during the Revolution served with the British forces as a captain in the ...

The Home of Benjamin R. Hanby

Here Hanby composed the famous ballad “Darling Nellie Gray.” Visitors welcome.

Marker is at the intersection of West Main Street, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.

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Honor the Immortal Dead

In the grave-yard adjoining this church are buried

Commodore John Barry

Father of the American Navy.

He was chosen by the Continental Congress to

command the first warship owned by the

colonies and he fought the last naval

battle of ...

Site of Mount Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church and Cemetery

Post Marker:

Known as

Old Swack Church

Erected 1844

Builder Jacob Swackhammer

In use until 1896

Small marker on concrete post:

Mount Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church

(Commonly known as the Swack Church)

Built in 1844 - In use until about 1900

Plaque prepared by

Watchung Area Council, B. S. A.

Marker is ...

Saint Mary of the Springs Academy / Anne O'Hare McCormick 1880-1

Side A:

Saint Mary of the Springs Academy

On this site stood St. Mary of the Springs Academy, a school for girls first founded by the Dominican Sisters in 1830 in Somerset, Ohio, to respond to the educational needs of frontier Catholics. ...

Prisoners of War in St. Augustine During the American Revolution

From the onset of the American Revolution in 1775, the British Crown Colony in East Florida was a Loyalist bastion. In its capital, St. Augustine, the British lodged as prisoners many American Patriots and their French allies. Most of these ...