Concord Battle Monument

Here

on the 19th of April

1775

was made

the first forcible resistance

to British aggression.

On the opposite bank

stood the American Militia.

Here stood the invading Army

and on this spot

the first of the enemy fell

in the War of that Revolution

which gave

Independence

to these United States.

In gratitude to ...

Fortified Settlement

About 800 feet south of this point, on the south bank of the Muskingum River is the site of the

Fortified Settlement

Erected in April, 1799, by Nicholas Coburn, Robert Allison, Nathan Kinney, William Davis and their families, and Oliver Dodge, Daniel ...

Battle of Cooch's Bridge

American light infantry and cavalry under General William Maxwell encountered advance guard of British and Hessian troops under Generals Howe, Cornwallis and Knyphausen in this vicinity September 3, 1777. American troops were expert marksmen drafted by General Washington from the ...

Pencader Presbyterian Church

On October 15, 1701, William Penn granted 30,000 acres of land to William Davies, David Evans, and William Willis "in behalf of themselves and Company of new Welsh Purchasers." Known as the Welsh Tract, this expansive holding attracted large numbers ...

Architectural History of the Maryland Agricultural College

The College Park Campus began on this hilltop. In 1856, Charles Benedict Calvert of Riversdale gave 420 acres for the founding of Maryland Agricultural College. The original College building was the Barracks, a beautiful six-story gothic structure completed in 1859 ...

Field for Flight

"Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so that we could discover them!!"

Orville Wright, June 7, 1903

Marker can be reached from Wright Brothers National Monument Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Tipton County (Indiana) Veterans Memorial

Tipton County Veterans Memorial

Marker is on East Jefferson Street east of South Main Street, on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Town that Wouldn't Die

Today Julesburg is a thriving agricultural center and the seat of Sedgwick County government. But the town was not always this successful. This modern-day community is the fourth to bear the name of "Julesburg."The First Julesburg

began as a trading post ...

Fort Sedgwick

Due South 1 ¼ Miles is the site of

Established in September, 1864,

as a United States Army Post.

Called Camp Rankin and Post Julesburg

Name changed in November 1865, to

honor General John Sedgwick, who was

killed at Spottsylvania May 9, 1864

The fort protected the ...

Four Powered Flights

The Wright brothers made four successful sustained powered flights the morning of December 17, 1903. The commemorative granite boulder and replica monorail mark the lift-off point of those four flights, the numbered markers the terminating point.

Since soft sand prohibited launching ...