John D. Baxter

This marks the spot where John D. Baxter, Orderly Sergeant, Co. F, 10th W.Va. Inft. Fell inside the Confederate line leading the last charge, November 6th, 1863.

Marker can be reached from Seneca Trail (U.S. 219) near George Hill Road (County ...

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

[ Upper Marker ]

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

by Wilbur Lee Mapp

1994

[ Main Marker ]

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., planned to speak at Trinity AME Zion Church in Greensboro (a few blocks from here) on April 4, 1968. He canceled ...

John Haynes

John Haynes

1594 – 1654

Of Copford Hall. Essex England. Third Governor of Massachusetts. A founder of this commonwealth & its first Governor. A lover of religious liberty. A man trusted and honored.

Near this place he was buried & by this ...

Lassen’s Bosquejo Rancho

“When Lassen returned to Sutter’s Fort he was still haunted by memories of the beautiful scenery in the North Valley. He decided to apply for land and settle there. There were no settlements at all in this region, so there ...

Jean Baptiste Charbonneau

As an infant in 1805, he accompanied his parents Toussaint Charbonneau and Sacagawea, as they guided the Lewis & Clark Expedition. He lived along the American River Canyon, at Murderer’s, Buckner’s, Rattlesnake & Manhattan Bars between 1848 and 1857. In ...

Chapman’s, Jackson’s, and Lurty’s Virginia Batteries

C.S.A.

Protecting much of the Confederate army were seven artillery pieces, all of which were placed above the highway. Both smoothbore and rifled cannon were present and blocked efforts by the Union army to advance up the main road. However, the ...

Major Robert Augustus Bailey

Killed here while waving the Confederate battle flag in a last, vain attempt to rally his men.

Marker can be reached from Seneca Trail (U.S. 60) near George Hill Road (County Route 24/1).

Courtesy hmdb.org

Captain Benjamin Merrill

Sacrificed his life for the cause

of regulators. Was executed by

officials of the Crown, June 19, 1771.

Home was 8 miles south.

Marker is at the intersection of N Main Street and W Center Street, on the right when traveling south on N ...

Jackson's Mother

In Westlake Cemetery is the grave of the mother of General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson. The monument at the grave was placed by Captain Thomas Ranson, who had fought in Jackson's old brigade in the War between the States.

Marker is ...

Elkwater / Col. J. A. Washington

(Obverse)

Elkwater

Trenches made by Federal troops under Gen. Reynolds, 1861. Nearby were the two Haddan Indian forts, scene of the Stewart and Kinnan massacres. Important features of 4-H Club work among rural youth started here in 1915.

(Reverse)

Col. J. A. Washington

Here, Sept. ...