The Brick Academy

This building was erected in 1809 by Rev. Robert Finley to house a classical school founded by him in 1797. Statesmen, professional men, and business leaders were among its graduates. The academy served as a public school from 1853 to ...

Bradford

Bradford began in 1852 as a construction camp of the Columbus, Piqua, and Indiana Railroad. When the Richmond and Covington Railroad made a junction here in 1864, the village grew with the railroad yard. There were 60 miles of ...

Sunbury, Ohio / Sunbury Town Hall

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Sunbury, Ohio

“An Ohio Stagecoach Town from 1820-1873”

From its beginning in 1816, Sunbury was destined to be a stagecoach town. Anticipating large numbers of stagecoach travelers in Sunbury, the town's founder, Lawrence Myers, built an inn at the intersection of ...

Paraje de los Brazitos

Here the Camino Real between Santa Fe and El Paso passed along the eastern bank of the Rio Grande near a brazito, or small branch of the river that created a small island. At this paraje, or stopping place, American ...

Replica of the Statue of Liberty

With the faith and courage of

their forefathers who made

possible the freedom of these

United States

The Boy Scouts of America

dedicate this copy of the

Statue of Liberty as a pledge

of everlasting fidelity and

and loyalty

The Crusade to Strengthen Liberty

Marker is on 2nd Street near ...

Founding of Beatrice, Nebraska Territory

Dedicated to the Citizens of Beatrice

for all their efforts put forth in the

Beatrice Centennial Celebrations of 2007

Beatrice, Nebraska Territory

Founded on this site July 4, 1857

Time Capsule to be opened on July 4, 2057

200 years to the date

the founders celebrated on ...

Fork Union Baptist Church

Fork Union Baptist Church was constituted in

1798. Presbyterian, Episcopal, Methodist,

and Baptist congregations shared as a place

of worship the current church, built in 1824

and first known as the Brick Meetinghouse.

Gen. John Hartwell Cocke, a local plantation

owner who assisted Thomas Jefferson in

establishing ...

Old Sound Methodist Church

In April, 1799, one of the state’s first

Methodist societies was organized near this

site by Reverend Freeborn Garrettson. On

April 29, 1784, one acre of ground was

purchased here for the erection of a

“preaching house.” The Church became ...

The Delaware County Fair / Little Brown Jug

Side A

The Delaware County Fairground

June 28, 1833 a meeting of the citizens of Delaware County convened under an act of the Ohio Legislature to establish The Delaware County Agricultural Society. Officers were elected with Milo Pettibone being president, ...

King George County / Caroline County

Area 180 Square Miles

King George County

Formed in 1720 from Richmond, and named for King George I. James Madison, "Father of the American Constitution" and President of the United States was born in this county.

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Caroline County

Area 529 Square Miles

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