John Mitchell’s Map

Born in Lancaster County on 13 Apr. 1711, John Mitchell studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and in 1734 opened a practice of medicine here in Urbanna. In 1746, he moved to London, where he published his Map of ...

Navajo Code Talkers

Departure

29 Marines prepare to depart during World War II

Marker is on East Historic Route 66 (New Mexico Route 118), on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

John Nelson Davis

5 April 1835 - 28 February 1913

John Nelson Davis for whom Mt. Davis, Pa. is named was an early community leader in Southern Somerset County. He was a surveyor, school teacher, Superintendent of Schools for Elk Lick Township, Pa., and ...

Major John Pelham

Was born here ?

Commanded Horse Artillery of

Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

Killed at Kelly’s Ford, Va.

March 17, 1863

Styled “The Gallant Pelham”

By Robert E. Lee

Marker is on U.S. 431, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Battery A, 1st New Jersey Artillery

(Front):Battery A, 1. N.J. Art.

From its position in

reserves s.w. of Powers'

Hill Galloped into action

at 3 p.m. July 3, 1863.

Fired 120 rounds shrapnel

at Pickett's column and

80 shell at a battery

in left front

Erected by the

State of New Jersey 1888

Hexamer's New Jersey

Battery

commanded ...

Disappearance of Albert J. Fountain and his son Henry

Albert Jennings Fountain was a Civil War veteran, New Mexico legislator and prominent lawyer. On February 1, 1896, Fountain and his eight-year-old son, Henry, were traveling home to Mesilla from Lincoln. They carried grand jury indictments against cattle rustlers. Both ...

Jim Reeves

(August 30, 1924 - July 31, 1964)

Born in Galloway, James Travis Reeves played professional baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals' minor league team until an injury forced him to abandon that career. He became a radio disc jockey and formed ...

Jonathan Wright Homestead

circa 1815

Jonathan Wright (1782-1855) and his wife Mary Bateman Wright (1787-1866) moved with their five children from Menallen, Adams County, Pennsylvania, in 1814 and built this Federal style house. Using skills acquired from his father, Joel Wright, a surveyor who ...

Justice John McLean

1785 - 1861

Having settled in the Ridgeville area with his father, Justice McLean, in 1799, Justice John McLean was appointed to the United States Supreme Court in 1829 by President Andrew Jackson. He was best known for his anti-slavery dissenting ...

Assay Office and Justice Court

The assay office located here was one of the busiest places in the Gold Hill Mining District during the 1860s discovery era:

With statehood in 1864, came the justice court compleat with a jail. These structures were housed behind the assay ...