Daniel Boone and Gen. Nathanael Greene

In 1750, Daniel Boone, age 16, came with his father from Pennsylvania and settled near Boone’s Ford on Yadkin River, then in Rowan, now Davidson County.

Near this spot, in 1781, the American Army under Gen. Nathanael Greene passed on its ...

The Madison Family Cemetery

Discovering Madison

"The advice nearest to my heart and deepest in my convictions is that the Union of the States be cherished an perpetuated."

-James Madison, Advice to My Country, 1834

The Madison Family Cemetery is the understated resting place for two of ...

The Spirit of the American Doughboy

1917 1918

Emmitsburg In The Great War

This memorial

erected and dedicated in honor of

those from Emmitsburg District

who served in The World War

The Supreme Sacrifice Made By

Bentzel, Arthur H* Hahn, Martin Luther* Rowe, Francis Edward*

Elder, ...

Old Army Bridge Over the Platte River

Erected in 1875. This bridge was a vital link between Cheyenne, Fort Laramie and the Military outposts, Indiana Agencies and gold fields of the Black Hills, Dakota Region.

Placed by The Historical Landmark Commission of Wyoming, June 1951

Marker is on Wyoming ...

Battles For The Bridges

Gauley Bridge - A Town in Between

When the war began, most residents of this part of present-day West Virginia were Confederate in their sympathies. Both Confederate and Union forces considered the wooden covered bridge here strategically important because the James ...

The Rondout Train Robbery

On June 12, 1924, the largest train robbery in U.S. history occurred near here. Bandits boarded the train in Chicago and forced postal clerks to surrender sacks containing more than two-million dollars in securities and cash. Local police apprehended the ...

Andries Rees’s Tavern

Birth of a City: Nieuw Amsterdam & Old New York

ANDRIES REES’S TAVERN

Location: William Street and Wall Street

Dutch Name: Smit Straet

Here, in 1660, Andries Rees ran a tavern serving his fellow colonists. Taverns were lively centers of social life in the ...

Boone Expedition for Kentucky

Boone Highway / The Trading Path

From this spot where stood the

Old State House

was started an expedition of

frontiersmen under

Col. Richard Henderson,

for Kentucky, led by

Daniel Boone

March 17, 1776

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“And they marched away solemnly as

if going to the ends of the ...

The Dwyer Settlement in Lake County, Illinois

In 1837 William Dwyer, his wife Mary, and her brother, Dr. Richard Murphy, established a claim to the property on this site and created what was known as the Dwyer Settlement. The Dwyer homestead included a tavern and one of ...

Simpson & Mount Gregory United Methodist Churches

Creating a Unified Community of Strength

Methodist churches were a source and inspiration for the budding African-American community as people moved

westward along the Baltimore and Frederick-Town Turnpike, part of the National Road system. Both enslaved and free African-Americans worshipped, ...