Monticello Journeys

Lincoln’s journeys to Monticello were sometimes difficult because of the weather and his lack of popularity on some issues.

Lincoln, Judge David Davis, and other members of the Bar were trying to reach Monticello in the spring of 1852, having ridden ...

Joist Hite and Braddock / Winchester

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Joist Hite and Braddock

By this road, then an Indian trail, Joist Hite and his followers came to make the first permanent settlement in this section, 1732. In 1755, General Edward Braddock of the British army, accompanied by George ...

Miller James Huggins

Manager of New York Yankees 1918 - 1929

Pennant winners 1921-22-23...1926,27,28

World Champions 1923 1927 and 1928

As a tribute to a splendid character who made priceless contributions to baseball and on the field brought glory to the New York club of ...

Joseph Vincent McCarthy

Manager

New York Yankees 1931 - 1946

One of baseball's most beloved and respected leaders

led Yankees to 8 pennants and 7 world championships including 4 consecutive 1936 - 1939 compiling a .627 winning percentage

Erected by New York Yankees April 21, 1976

Marker is ...

Joseph Paul Dimaggio

"The Yankee Clipper"

1914 - 1999

Recognized as baseball's "greatest living player"

Lifetime batting average .325

Won MVP award 1939, 1941

Selected to All-Star Game 13 times

American League batting title 1939, 1940

Elected to Hall of Fame 1955

Set one of baseball's most enduring records, 56 ...

Nathanael Greene, Maj. Gen., Continental Army

John Maitland, Lt. Col., 71st Regt. of Scotch Foot

This tomb, known as the Graham vault, possesses the distinction of having been the burial place of two heroes of the Revolutionary War, one American and the other British.

Lt. Col. John Maitland ...

Major John Berrien (1759-1815)

In 1775 John Berrien of New Jersey came to the province of Georgia, where one of his mother's kin had previously settled. His father, John Berrien (1711-1772), was a judge of the supreme court of New Jersey and a trustee ...

The Johnson Manufacturing Company

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The Johnson Manufacturing Company was incorporated in 1902 by brothers James B., J. Will, Isaac T., and Charles F. Johnson, all of Quaker heritage. The company manufactured tin and galvanized iron ware for railroad lines across the United States. ...

Site of Sojourner Truth's Speech on Women's Rights

On this site on May 29, 1851, Sojourner Truth, a former slave, gave her world famous "And Ain't I a Woman?" speech, recalling the hardships she had endured. Active in both the Abolitionist and Women's Rights Movements, she electrified an ...

John Anderson Ward Farmstead / John Quincy Adams Ward & Edgar Me

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John Anderson Ward Farmstead

John Anderson Ward had this Federal style house constructed from 1823-1825 on land inherited from his father, Urbana's founder Colonel William Ward. The Colonel's will stipulated that a local mason use 26,500 bricks to ...