Guarding the James

After tremendous labor in a short period of time, the fort was ready for defense. By mid-October 1864, Company C, 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery brought several large cannon into the fort and mounted them along the walls facing the James ...

The Advance Was Made With the Utmost Enthusiasm

Gen. Jacob Cox, Union Ninth Corps

After finally driving the Confederates from the bluffs overlooking the Lower Bridge, close to 10,000 Federal troops crossed Antietam Creek and formed on the ridge 300 yards to the east (behind you). At approximately 3:00 ...

The Founding of Worthington / Worthington, A Planned Community

The Founding of Worthington

The Scioto Company, led by James Kilbourn (Kilbourne) of Granby and Berlin, Connecticut, founded Worthington in 1803, the year that Ohio became a state. The Scioto Company was organized as a land company in 1802 with 38 ...

The Home of Simon G. Atkins

1863-1934

Founder of Slater Academy

Now Winston-Salem State University;

President, 1892-1904; 1913-1934

Religious and Community Leader.

House Originally Located

Three Blocks West of Current Location

Marker is at the intersection of Wallace Street and Price Street, on the right when traveling east on Wallace Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Ohio Military Hall of Fame Monument

Ohio Heroes

The purpose of the Ohio Military Hall of Fame is to recognize those Ohio individuals who served in the United States military and distinguished themselves by displaying extraordinary heroism in action against an enemy of the United States while ...

Stephen Tyng Mather

July 4, 1887 - Jan. 22, 1930

He laid the foundation of the National Park Service defining and establishing the policies under which its areas shall be developed and conserved unimpaired for future generations. There will never come an end to ...

The Comstock Lode

1864 – 1964

Near this spot was the heart of the Comstock Lode, the fabulous 2 ½ mile deposit of high-grade ore that produced nearly $400,000,000 in silver and gold. After the discovery in 1859, Virginia City boomed for 20 years, ...

The Compere Store

Built in 1858 by Pierre Bonet with fire proof steel shutters and stone walls. Owned and operated by Victorene Compere to provision the miners. Restored and preserved as a private residence in 1939.

Historic American Building Survey No. 1108

1977 ECV

Marker ...

The Food Storeroom

Proviantní Sklad

In Czech:

Proviantní Sklad

Budova s jedním obdélníkovým nádvo?ím byla postavena v letech 1786 až 1789. V objektu se skladovala mouka, cukr, s?l, a pe?ivo. Spolu s Kavalírem ?. II zde mohly být v p?ipad? vále?ného konfliktu uskladn?ny zásoby potravin pro ...

The Athenaeum

(St. Xavier College)

On this property in 1831

Bishop Edward Fenwick established a college

known as the Anthenaeum and placed it

under the patronage of St. Francis Xavier.

In 1840 his seccessor,

Bishop John Baptist Purcell,

gave the College to ...