James River & Kanawha Canal

The James River and Kanawha Canal was completed as far as Buchanan in 1854. The canal provided a continuous navigable waterway from Tidewater to Buchanan, a distance of 197 miles. Consisting of ninety lift locks and a total lift of ...

Judge Turhand Kirtland

1755 - 1844

Born at Wallingford, Connecticut. Served during the Revolutionary War. Proprietor, Agent, and Surveyor of the Connecticut Land Company. Appointed Judge of Trumbull County by Territorial Governor Arthur St. Clair, 1800. State Senator, Trumbull County, 1815-1816. Poland Justice of ...

F. P. Joy & Company

In 1870, W. S. Dann opened a small one room store at this location. Additions were built in 1880 and 1886. Mr. Dann was one of those most interested in the founding of Greenville College. F. P. Joy joined ...

James River & Kanawha Canal

In its peak years the canal employed 75 deck boats, 66 open boats, 54 batteaux, 6 passenger or packet boats, 425 horses, and 900 men.

"The batteaux...charmed my young eyes more than all the gondolas of Venice." George William Bagby, ...

John Street Church

A United Methodist Historic Shrine

The oldest continuous Methodist congregation in America, founded by Philip Embury and Barbara Heck in 1766, has served on this site since 1768. The present building, erected in 1841 and restored in 1965, is the ...

John Posch

Shoemaker from Austria

In 1912, at age 24, John Posch came to the United States with a dime in his pocket and a bag of tools. In Austria, he had apprenticed for four years as a shoemaker and passed his test ...

James A. Rhodes

He served as Governor for 16 years—longer than any other state governor in the history of the Union.

Governor of the State of Ohio, 1975–1983, 1963–1971 • Auditor of the State of Ohio, 1953–1963 • Major of the City of Columbus, ...

Sgt. John Basilone

In memory of

Sgt. John Basilone

U.S. Marine Corps

Killed at Iwo Jima

Febuary 19, 1945

Awarded

Congressional Medal of Honor

and

Navy Cross

Marker can be reached from Broadway (U.S. 9), on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Major General Porter

Major General

Porter

Adjutant General

State of New York

1886 – 1894

Left Inscription : >

He labored

to increase the efficiency,

perfect the discipline and

elevate the standard of

the National Guard.

Rear Inscription : >

Josiah Porter

1st. Lieut. 1st. Battery

Mass. Vols. 1861.

Captain. July 1861 to

September 1862.

Captain 22nd. Regiment. ...

Benjamin Banneker

(1731–1806)

The self-educated Negro mathematician and astronomer was born, lived his entire life and died near here. He assisted in surveying the District of Columbia, 1791, and published the first Maryland Almanac, 1792. Thomas Jefferson recognized his achievements.

Marker can ...