Brooke County/Ohio County

Brooke County

(South Face)

Formed in 1797 from Ohio County. Named for Robert Brooke, Virginia governor, 1794-1796. Here Alexander Campbell founded the Christian Church and established a college. First Grimes Golden apple tree in this county.

Ohio County

(North Face)

Formed in 1776 from West ...

Laura Foster

Died May 28, 1866

On the 28th of May 1866, Laura Foster, a beautiful but frail girl, was decoyed from her fathers house at German Hill in Caldwell County to a place in Wilkes County and was murdered. Tom Dula (Tom ...

Manitowoc County Veterans Memorial Park

Marker is on North 18th Street, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Marshall County/Ohio County

Marshall County

(North Face)

Formed in 1835 from Ohio. Named for Chief Justice John Marshall. In Marshall County is Grave Creek Mound, first among remains left by the unknown race which lived in the Ohio Valley centuries before the white man came.

Ohio ...

Staff Sgt. Andrew Miller

Andrew Miller was born on August 11, 1916 in Manitowoc, the third son of Henry and Margaret Miller. He was inducted into the United States Army in June 1942 at Two Rivers. Miller landed in France on September 14, 1944, ...

Harriet B. Jones

(b. 3 June 1856; d. 28 June 1943)

Born 3 June 1856, in 1885 was first licensed woman physician in state; opened private practice then hospital in Wheeling, 1892. Jones was active in temperance and women's suffrage; and promoted establishment of ...

First Court House and Jail

This boulder

marks the square where the

First Court House and Jail

were located

in Manitowoc County

Built in 1840

Marker is at the intersection of North Rapids Road (County Road R) and Ellis Street, on the right when traveling north on North Rapids Road.

Courtesy ...

Grand Central Terminal

“Landmark of New York”

Completed in 1913 from plans of Warren & Wetmore and Reed & Stem on site of earlier depot built by Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt in 1871. Statuary group over main entrance executed by Jules Coutan.

Marker is ...

G.A.R - H.M. Walker Post 18

Grand Army of the Republic

1861 - 1865

Grand Army

of

The Republic

H.M. Walker Post

No. 18

Marker can be reached from North 20th Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Benwood Mine Disaster

Nearby mine supplied coal to large Wheeling Steel mill. An explosion here, 28 April 1924, resulted in third worst mine disaster in state history. 119 miners, many natives of Poland, Italy and Greece, were killed. There were no survivors. Led ...