J.P. Morgan Building (23 Wall Street)

Exploring Downtown

At the corner of Wall and Broad streets, the financial crossroads of the world, sits the House of Morgan. J. Pierpont Morgan, Sr., the capitalist’s capitalist – known throughout the world of finance, sought out by presidents and potentates ...

James Carver

Died in 1837 and is buried here. He represented local farmers when John Jacob Astor filed suit to overturn forfeiture land sales. In 1832, after 45 years, settled by the United States Supreme Court.

Marker is at the intersection of New ...

Hexamar's (New Jersey) Battery

September 17, 1862

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From a position about 60 yards south of this point the battery, between 2 and 3 p.m., engaged and silenced the Confederate artillery around the Dunkard Church.

Marker is at the intersection of Smoketown Road and Mummas Lane, on ...

Grave of Sir William Johnson

Grave of Sir William Johnson

Baronet

1715 - MASON - 1774

His Indian name

Warraghiyagey

"he who does much business"

Founder of

Johnstown

St. John's Episcopal Church

St. Patrick's Lodge 4 F.&A.M.

First Free School

Supt. of Indian Affairs

Major General British Army

Colonel of the Six Nations

Builder of an Empire

Marker can be ...

Jackson's Command

Trimble's Brigade, Ewell's Division

U.S.A.

Jackson's Command.

Trimble's Brigade, Ewell's Division.

Col. James A. Walker, 13th Virginia Infantry, Commanding.

Organization.

15th Alabama Infantry,

12th Georgia Infantry,

21st Georgia Infantry,

21st North Carolina Battalion.

September 16-17, 1862.

At 10 p.m. of the 16th, Trimble's Brigade advanced from the Dunkard Church Woods and ...

Major John Andre

Court martial convoy passed here after the Benedict Arnold treason. They met George Washington at West Point and Andre was hanged at Tappan, NY on October 2, 1780.

Marker is at the intersection of S Lake Blvd. (New York Route 6 ...

William Barthman Jeweler

Exploring Downtown

174 Broadway

A century ago the glittering heart of the city’s diamond, jewelry and watchmaker district beat right here. “Within these stores,” wrote the Daily Graphic in 1876, “are diamonds as bright as the eyes of the ancient Dutch beauties.” ...

James Thurber

One of the outstanding American humorists of the twentieth century, James Thurber was born and educated in Columbus. He launched his writing career as a reporter for The Columbus Dispatch in 1920. In 1927 he began writing for The New ...

First New Jersey Brigade

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Infantry and Hexamer’s Battery

September 17, 1862

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The Brigade arrived upon this field from Crampton's Pass about noon, and was formed for a charge upon the Confederate line just north of the Dunkard Church. The order for ...

John Ryan's Excelsior Bottle Works

On this site in 1852 stood the Excelsior Bottle Works operated by John Ryan for the manufacture of soda water and other carbonated beverages. Ryan's soda, in colorful bottles embossed with his name and location, was known throughout Georgia. His ...