Harper House

From this vantage point, a succession of early residents watched Harpers Ferry grow from a tiny village into a thriving industrial community.

In 1775, town founder Robert Harper chose this hillside for his family home because it lay safely above ...

Large Arsenal Foundation

Completed in 1800, the 2 1/2-story, brick arsenal building stored weapons made for the security and survival of a young United States of America. Lewis procured 15 rifles from this stockpile. They were the first and most essential weapons his ...

108th Ohio Infantry

John Beatty's Brigade - Davis' Division

108th Ohio Infantry

John Beatty's Brig., Davis' Div., 14th Corps.

Lieut. Col. Carlo Piepho.

Nov. 25, 1863Davis' Division, in which this regiment served, was concentrated at Caldwell's crossing opposite the mouth of the west Chickamauga, previous ...

Poole's Ferry

Smith's Ferry

Side A - North

Poole's Ferry

Most important of Kings River's earliest crossings, it was operated from 1851 - 1857 by William Campbell and John Poole 3 miles above this point. The ferry and its trading post served travelers and ...

Fort Defiance

Fort Defiance was erected upon this site by General Wayne August 9-17, 1794 and thus "The Grand Emporium of the hostile Indians of the west was gained without loss of blood."

From this point General Wayne advanced against the Indians ...

Glover’s Brigade

Continental Army

Division

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Glover’s Brigade

Brig. General John Glover

commanding

1st Massachusetts Infantry Col. Joseph Vose

4th Massachusetts Infantry Col. William Shepard

13th Massachusetts Infantry Col. Edward Wigglesworth

15th Massachusetts Infantry Col. Timothy Bigelow

Marker is on Outer Line Road, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Freedom Shrine

Freedom Shrine

Created by the National Exchange Club

to strengthen citizen appreciation

of our American heritage

Presented by the Exchange Club of Stamford

Dedicated June 14, 1979

[ Reproductions of historic American documents are displayed in a granite case behind glass panels. The documents and ...

Pier Park

The dedication of this property

for park purposes is the fulfillment of

William Francis Pier's desire to preserve

the beauty of this natural rock bridge

as a lasting memorial to his father

William Henry Pier

Erected by

The State Highway Commission of Wisconsin

1946

Marker can be reached from ...

Former Site of Columbia Theological Seminary

Founded 1828 by Presbyterian Synod of South Carolina and Georgia. Located here 1831. Moved to Decatur, Georgia 1925. Woodrow Wilson's father and uncle were among faculty members. Central building, erected 1823, was designed by Robert Mills as home for Ainsley ...

Rochambeau

[ Left Marker : ]On June eighteenth, 1781, General Rochambeau left Newport with his army to join the American forces on the Hudson, and on August nineteenth, 1781, the combined armies under command of General Washington began their victorious march ...