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Major General John Sedgwick

(Left):Major General John Sedgwick

in command of

the Sixth Corps Army of the Potomac

at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg,

the Wilderness, and Spotsylvania

born at Cornwall, Conn. September 13th 1813

killed at Spotsylvania, Va. May 9th 1864

(Right):Erected by the State of Connecticut

in grateful memory of the service

given to ...

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James Euwin Edmiston

1820-1892

An Arkansas native, James Euwin Edmiston came to Texas in 1835, settling near present Webberville. He was a Texas Ranger during the Texas Revolution, and took part in several Indian battles in this area. He was involved in the Woll ...

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J. Frank Dobie House

Built in 1925, this house was occupied by eminent Texas author, educator, and folklorist J. Frank Dobie (1888-1964) and his wife Bertha from 1926 until their deaths. Dobie, who taught a popular course at the University of Texas on the ...

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In Memory of Harvey J. Burns, Jr.

1923-1988

A Black pioneer in Baltimore tennis.

Teacher - promoter - mentor

of youth seeking entry

into the tennis circuit.

Marker is on Hanlon Drive, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Richard J. Hughes

1909 - 1992

This plaque commemorates the

birth of Richard J. Hughes in this

house on August 10, 1909. He

became Governor of New Jersey

from 1962 to 1970. He served as

Chief Justice of the New Jersey

Supreme Court from 1973 to 1979.

Marker is on East ...

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Generations Have Enjoyed this View

I cannot conceive of anyone passing this way who will not avail himself of taking this trail to the top of Pinnacle Mountain...there will be many pilgrimages...[to] this historic spot... The beauty of the mountains, the spirit of the pioneer ...

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St. John's Church

This was the parish church of St. John's Parish, formed in 1680. It was built in 1734. Earlier churches stood at West Point and about one mile north of this site. Carter Braxton, Revolutionary Statesman, was a vestryman Preserved by ...

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Jumbo

This is a fragment from Jumbo, a huge steel vessel designed to contain the explosion of the first nuclear device at the Trinity Site some 35 miles southeast of here on July 16, 1945. Jumbo was 25 feet long, 12 ...

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Jones Memorial Terrace

Erected in 1957 by George and Jessie Jones in loving memory of their son, Earl E. Jones, Ashland College student 1920-21, who died in 1921.

This terrace is dedicated to the pleasurable growth and development of the young people who attend ...

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Governor Edmund Jackson Davis

October 2, 1827 – February 7, 1883

Born in Florida, E.J. Davis became a lawyer and judge after moving to Texas. During the Civil War (1861-65), he commanded a regiment of Texas Unionists and rose to the rank of Brigadier General.

During ...

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