Chesapeake Bay Skipjack Fleet

North America’s last sail-powered commercial vessels, skipjacks were developed nthe Chesapeake Bay Region around 1890 to dredge oysters from the bottom of the bay. A boom in the oyster industry began after the Civil War, as innovations in packing and ...

Encampment at Kaw's Mouth - June 26-29, 1804

by Ernst Ulmer - 2003

June 26, Tuesday 1804. "passed a bad Sand bar, where our tow rope broke twice, & with great exertions we rowed round it and Came to & Camped in the Point above the Kansas River."

Terlingua Abaja

This deserted farming village supplied produce for miners and ranchers of the area from 1900 until the 1930's. You are welcome to walk across Terlingua Creek into the heart of the rock and adobe ruins. It is hard to believe ...

Goddess of Justice

The Goddess of Justice crowned

the dome of the second courthouse

constructed upon this site in 1888

By order of the Board

of Supervisors. The statue

has been restored by

county employees and

caused to be erected

on this pedestal of honor

upon completion of the

new building in 1964

Marker ...

John Rutherford's Farm

Interrupted by War

John H. Rutherford was born about 1820. He acquired approximately 275 acres here between 1843 and 1848 from the heirs of John Carter. About May 24, 1849, Rutherford married Camilla C. Baker. At first, the couple lived with ...

Birthplace of Juliette Gordon Low

(Top):

Birthplace of

Juliette Gordon Low

Founder of Girl Scouts

In The United States

Owned and Operated

By The

Girl Scouts Of The U.S.A.

(Bottom):

The Juliette Gordon Low

birthplace

Has Been Designated A

National

Histiric Landmark

This Site Possesses National Significance

In Commemorating The History Of The

United ...

Birthplace of Juliette Low

(1860-1927)

In the house that stands opposite this marker, Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America, was born, October 31, 1860. It was her girlhood home until her marriage there in 1886 to William ...

John Thomas Schley

In memory of

John Thomas Schley

Founder of Frederick

and

Ancestor of many prominent Americans

Born Aug. 31, 1712 in Mörzheim, Germany

Died Nov. 24, 1790 in Frederick, Md.

Marker is on Church Street, on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

James Moore Wayne, 1790-1867

For 32 Years Associate Of The U.S. Supreme Court

The residence opposite this site, known as the Gordon House, was built between 1819-1821. A fine example of Regency architecture, it was designed by the eminent architect, William Jay. The third story ...

Jacob Kinsey (Kintzy) Homestead

Ninety feet north of this spot stood the first log house in this community, erected in the year 1795 by Jacob and Elizabeth Kemp Kinsey (Kintzy) who were born in Germany in 1769. The homestead contained 439 acres and 87 ...