Battle of Buckland Mills

On October 19, 1863, 12,000 Confederate and Union cavalry clashed at Buckland. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, screening the Confederate withdrawal following the Battle of Bristoe Station, blocked the advance of Union Gen. H. Judson Kilpatrick's cavalry division. Initially occupying this position, ...

Stephen A. Douglas in Quincy

Statesman and politician Stephen A. Douglas began his distinguished national career in Quincy. A resident of the city from 1841-1847, he served as Associate Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court from 1841-1843, then in the U.S. House until he was ...

Fair-Rutherford House / Rutherford House

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The Fair-Rutherford House, a Greek Revival cottage, stood here from ca. 1850 until it was demolished in 2004.

Built for Dr. Samuel Fair, it passed through several owners before 1905, when William H. Rutherford (1852-1910)

bought and enlarged ...

Lorado Taft (1860 - 1936)

Sculptor of the Debate Memorial

Best remembered for his spectacular fountains, Lorado Taft was the creator of some of our nation's outstanding monuments. Some of his most significant include Blackhawk (Oregon, IL, 1911), The Columbus Memorial (Washington, D.C., 1912), The Fountain ...

David Crockett's Last Home

This pioneer finally settled on a farm about 4 1/2 mi. east. Following his last defeat for reelection to Congress, he went to Texas, where he died in the Alamo massacre. This cabin, restored partley from timbers of his orginal ...

Forest of Needwood

Estate of Governor Thomas Sim Lee

Member Maryland Convention 1775

Signer Association of Freemen

Governor of Maryland 1779-82, 1792-4

Delegate Continental Congress 1783-4

Member state convention which ratified the Constitution 1788.

Marker is at the intersection of Burkittsville Road (State Highway 17) and Lees Lane, on ...

Redoubt 5

During the period when Constitution Island supplemented the major West Point fortifications, the Continental Army sought to protect the Great Chain and river batteries from land attack. Placed on the highest ground of the then treeless island, three redoubts ...

Redoubt 7

Built in 1778 on the island’s highest ground, Redoubt 7 blocked the western land approach to the Great Chain’s anchor on Constitution Island. In constructing the redoubt’s stone rampart, the Army used a large granite outcropping as part of ...

The Old Toccoa Falls Power Plant

The Old Toccoa Falls Power Plant is an outstanding example of the early hydroelectric generating facilities that served America’s rural communities. Built in 1899 by E. Palmer Simpson of Toccoa, the plant was franchised in that year by the Toccoa ...

Downtown Quincy in 1858

Sixteen days of rain had laid a coat of mud over the macadam streets that wrapped the city's square. Called the "Model City" because of its beautiful setting on the bluffs, Quincy in 1858 occupied about five square miles within ...