Famous Personalities at Fort Cumberland

Horatio Sharpe

Lived: 1718-1790. Here as Governor of Maryland and the commander of the fort. Fort Frederick was built by his direction. Governor: 1753-1769. Sharpsburg, Md., was named in his honor.

Daniel Boone

Lived: 1734-1820. Here as a teamster with Braddock's forces, blazed ...

Westinghouse Railroad Air Brake

Before the success of his electric company, George Westinghouse developed the air brake for railroads. It was an innovative engineering feat that revolutionized rail transportation, enabling trains to be longer, heavier, and faster, while also being safer.

Marker is at the ...

Due West Community

Site of Gilgal Primitive Baptist Church, a log structure and prominent landmark during military operations, June 5-17, 1864, in which church was destroyed.

Cleburne’s Div., Confederate, was posted at the ch., the left of Johnston’s line [CS] after the withdrawal of ...

Kings Mountain Battlefild Trail

If you follow the trail to your left, you will circle the base of Kings Mountain, as gathering patriot forces did on the afternoon of October 7, 1780. The path climbs to a rock-strewn ridge line which was defended by ...

Kings Mountain Battleground

Kings Mountain Battleground

York County

South Carolina

Marker is on Kings Mountain Park Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Five miles south lies the main campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, founded in 1872 as a land-grant college specializing in agriculture and mechanical arts. The land-grant college system initiated scientific agricultural and industrial instruction in the Commonwealth. ...

Hill of Three Waters or the Triple Divide

A triple point, or triple divide, is the place where two continental divides intersect and water drains into three different watersheds. Five widely-recognized triple divides exist in the United States, including: Triple Divide Peak, Montana, The Hill of Three Waters, ...

Trinity United Methodist Church

Originally called Iroquois Mission was

the first religious organization in

Jasper County

Established

October 22, 1833

Marker is at the intersection of Cullen Street (Indiana Route 114) and Angelica Street, on the right when traveling north on Cullen Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Site of Colonial Shipyard

Approximately 300 yards northeast of this marker there was located in colonial days a shipyard where at least one vessel capable of engaging in overseas trade was built.

The creek on which it stood is known as Shipyard Creek. The ...

Washington Checked Lee’s Retreat

In memorium

June 28, 1778

This tablet is erected

on the field of the

Battle of Monmouth

to commemorate the imperishable

deeds of valiant Americans

“at the turn of the tide”

in the

American Revolution.

Near this spot Washington checked

Lee’s retreat and brought victory

out of confusion.

New Jersey Society

Sons of the ...