Jones's Brigade

Stuart's Cavalry Division

Army of Northern Virginia

Stuart's Cavalry Division

Jones's Brigade

6th. 7th. 11th. 12th. Cavalry Regiments

and 35th. Virginia Cavalry BattalionJuly 1 The 12th. Regiment was detached and remained on the south side of the Potomac River. White's 35th Virginia Battalion was also ...

John G. Kirchen

Born - June 13, 1874 Lake Linden, Michigan

Died - March 4, 1931 San Francisco, California

This monument, constructed in 1931 was dedicated in memory of John G. Kirchen. Tonopah businessman and manager of The Tonopah Extension Mining Co. 1906-1931.

The Monument was ...

St. Joseph Confederate Saltworks

A major Confederate saltworks, with daily capacity of 150 bushels, before completion, was located 200 feet north. Brick foundations were salvaged from ruins of the old City of St. Joseph. Salt processed by evaporation of seawater was one of Florida's ...

Dr. John Gorrie

Dr. John Gorrie (1803-1855) was an early pioneer in the invention of the artificial manufacture of ice, refrigeration, and air conditioning. He was granted the first U.S. patent for mechanical refrigeration on May 6, 1851 (U.S. Patent No. 8080). Dr. ...

St. John House

Built n 1795 by Alex St. John on confiscated lands of Sir Guy Johnson, nephew of Sir William Johnson

Marker is on U.S. 110.

Courtesy hmdb.org

John Luke Porter

1813-1893

Wooden ships became helpless shortly before noon on March 8, 1862 when the CSS Virginia, the world's first steam-driven iron-clad vessel to be used in warfare, floated out to do battle against them. The next day the Northern ship USS ...

La Joven Francesa Bakery

Francisco Ferlita, a native of Santo Stefano, Sicily, established a bakery on this site in 1896. Bread sold for three cents and five cents, and often on credit. In 1922 the wooden structure was destroyed by fire, and a yellow ...

Johnny Mercer

1909 - 1976

World-renowned songwriter John Herndon Mercer was born in Savannah and spent much of his youth in this house at 226 East Gwinnett Street. His lyrics reflected the sounds of Southern conversation, influenced by the African-American music and the ...

Dr. John McLoughlin

"Father of Oregon"

Born in Riviere du Loup, Canada, October 19, 1784.

1824 Came to the Oregon Country as Chief Factor of the Columbia Department of the Hudson's Bay Company.

1829 Located his claim to the present site of Oregon ...

Solomon Juneau House

Born in 1793, Solomon Juneau, a French Canadian agent for the American Fur Company and founder of the City of Milwaukee, established one of his outlying trading posts in this vicinity along the east branch of the Rock River in ...