The First Line of Defense: The Union Skirmish Line

After sunset on September 14, 1862, the Confederate cannons across the road on School House Ridge vanished in the darkness. The features of the landscape began to blur as the shell-shocked Union soldiers on Bolivar Heights wondered if they could ...

The Jail / Robert Mills

Lancaster County

[Marker Front]:

This is the "gaol" that Willis W. Alsobrook contracted to build for Lancaster District "…agreeable to the plans and specifications signed by Robert Mills…." In 1868 Lancaster District became Lancaster County and this structure became the Lancaster County ...

Army of the Potomac

June 29, 1863

Headquarters Army of the Potomac moved from Frederick to Middleburg, First and Eleventh Corps marched from Frederick to Emmitsburg, Second Corps from Monocacy Junction via Liberty and Johnsville to Uniontown, Third Corps from near Woodsborough to Taneytown, Fifth ...

The Marquis Road

Lafayette reopened this road in June, 1781, when moving south to intervene between Cornwallis and military stores in Albemarle County. The road has been ever since known as "The Marquis Road."

Marker is at the intersection of The Marquis Road (Virginia ...

Army of the Potomac

July 3, 1863

First and Second Brigades First Cavalry Division marched from Taneytown to Westminster, the Reserve Brigade of First Cavalry Division from Emmitsburg to the field of Gettysburg, and the Second Brigade Second Cavalry Division from Manchester to Westminster.

Battle of ...

Campsite of The Army of Louis XVI, King of France

Commanded by

General de Rochambeau

during their march

to victory

at Yorktown

August 31, 1781

Marker is at the intersection of Stockton Street and Bayard Street on Stockton Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Salt River Before the Dam

The Salt River begins high in the White Mountains as runoff from melting snow, finding its way into streams and creeks that eventually form the White and Black rivers. The confluence of the two rivers marks the beginning of the ...

Coming of the Railroad

Near here took place the historic meeting of John C. Moomaw and C. M. Thomas that led to the termination of the Shenandoah Valley Railroad at Big Lick (now Roanoke), April, 1881. This was the beginning of the city of ...

The People Who Made It Happen

The Building of a Dam

The construction of Roosevelt Dam involved several thousand people over the course of the project. Hiring was straightforward; a foreman would simply size up a man and decide if he could do the work. Jobs requiring ...

The Willoughby University of Lake Erie Medical College 1834-1847

Willoughby Female Seminary 1847-1856

Side A: The Willoughby University of Lake Erie, Medical College, 1834-1847

The village of Chagrin, founded in 1798, changed its name in 1834 to honor Dr. Westel Willoughby, a pioneer medical educator. That same year, the Willoughby University ...