Land Ordinance of 1785 / The Seven Ranges

Side A:Land Ordinance of 1785In April 1784, the Continental Congress adopted the Report of Government for the Western Territory, a broad plan drafted primarily by Thomas Jefferson for organizing the United States' new western lands that were ceded by the ...

Harford County Sheriff's Office

Dedicated to those who serve

Courage Honor and Integrity in the Pursuit of Justice

In Memoriam

Frank Bateman

06-10-1899

DFC William H. Beebe

11-28-2006

Marker can be reached from Norrisville Road, on the right when traveling east.

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Confederate Headquarters

During February 17-19, 1865, General P.G.T. Beauregard, with Wade Hampton's cavalry acting as rear guard, made his headquarters here, telegraphing General R.E. Lee in Virginia news of the evacuation of Columbia, 20 miles south, before retiring to Winnsboro. Following and ...

St. Clement's Island

To this island in March 1634, Governor Leonard Calvert and the first Maryland colonists came in the vessels Ark and Dove. Here they took possession of the Province of Maryland, erected a cross of Maryland wood and celebrated the Holy ...

Confederate High Tide

You are standing at the Morris farm, where part of the Union XX Corps arrived late in the afternoon on March 19,1865, to stop the main Confederate assault, which had crushed Carlin’s division of the XIV Corps at the Cole ...

The Shrinking Island

Glaciers, storms, tides and winds are constantly creating and destroying islands and shorelines throughout the Chesapeake Bay region. According to Maryland settler and Jesuit missionary Father Andrew White, St. Clement's Island was 400 acres in 1634. Today, the island, measured ...

Check that Cornfield

According to the agricultural census of that year, Beatty Mahaffie produced 2000 bushels of corn on this farm in 1865. The average Johnson County farm produced 667 bushels. This small field is slightly less than one acre in size. With ...

Diamond Theater

In 1907, the First United Presyterian Church was converted into retail shops (1st floor) and a theater (2nd floor) called the Bijou, later renamed the Diamond. Vaudeville and 10 minute movies were featured. It closed in 1920.

Marker is at the ...

Cathcart-Ketchin House / Catharine Ladd

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Cathcart-Ketchin House

Richard Cathcart purchased this lot from John McMaster in 1829, and it is thought he built the present federal-style house shortly thereafter. The house has had a number of owners including Priscilla Ketchin, who purchased it in 1874. ...

Lyndhurst War Memorial

World War II

These gave all

Abate, George • Ackerson, Joseph R. • Ahrens, Howard J. • Alex, Victor J. • Alonzo, John J. • Astrella, Michael • Astrella, Philip J. • Beck, Frederick Jr. • Benedyktowicz, Vincent • Biedermann, Henry J. ...