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Jim Weakland Field

This field is named in honor of a man who, for twelve years, dedicated his time to teaching the youth of Prince William County the true meaning of sportsmanship.

He was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, police officer, and coach who ...

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The CCC in York County / Tom Johnston Camp, (SCS#10), CCC

The CCC in York County

One of the most successful of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs was the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), created in 1933. It gave many young men and World War veterans jobs planting trees, fighting forest fires ...

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Jacob J. Abel, M.D.

1857-1938

Pioneer researcher on adrenalin, insulin, and the artificial kidney. First Professor of Pharmacology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. For 40 years the leading pharmacologist in America.

Marker is on Bolton Street, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy ...

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Home Site of Jonathan Law

Near This Site Stood

The Home Of

Jonathan Law

Governor And

Deputy Governor

Of Connecticut

1714 - 1750

Marker is at the intersection of West River Street and River Street, on the right when traveling south on West River Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Jacob Epstein

1864-1945

Innovative wholesale merchant to the South and collector of Old Master paintings. As a philanthropist, he inaugurated the system of matching charitable grants.

Marker is on Park Avenue.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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The Works of the New Jersey and Pennsylvania Concentrating Compa

On this site in 1891, Thomas Edison developed an enormous complex of mines, crushers, separators, and subsidiary buildings that came to be known as “Edison” or, more properly, “The Works of the New Jersey and Pennsylvania Concentrating Company.” This company ...

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I. Jenkins Mikell House

c. 1854

This is one of the last grand

antebellum houses of

Charleston built by Edisto

Island cotton planter,

I. Jenkins Mikell. He adopted

design sophistication and

colour of an Italian villa

unusual in Charleston.

Notice the Jupiter or rams

...

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Pope John Paul II Mass

In commemoration of the mass for world justice and peace offered by His Holiness Pope John Paul II October 2, 1979 here in Yankee Stadium. Gift of the Knights of Columbus.

Marker is at the intersection of River Avenue and 161st ...

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Lillie Carroll Jackson Museum

"God opened my mouth and no man can shut it." With this firm belief in God and herself, "Ma" Jackson acieved extraordinary success in securing equal rights for blacks in Baltimore and Maryland. Born in 1889, she began fighting for ...

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The Johnston Building &\ Menaker Building

1906 was a banner year in Harrisburg for the construction of major buildings. The new State Capitol Building was completed that year and two "book-end" office structures were developed on Market Square. One was the eight-story Union Trust Building at ...

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