British Army Grounded Arms

On these fields

the British Army

grounded arms

at the surrender.

Marker is on Ferry Street (New York Route 29), on the left when traveling east.

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Forks of the Road

Site of the South's second largest slave market in the 19th century. Enslaved people were also once sold on city streets and at the landing at Natchez Under the Hill. Natchez slaves were freed in July, 1863, when Union troops ...

General Winfield Scott Hancock

(Left):General

Winfield Scott

Hancock

(Right):Born February 14, 1824.

Died February 9, 1886.

Marker is at the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue NW and 7th Street NW, on the right when traveling west on Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

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The Surrender Tree

This tree commemorates a great elm tree under which it is said that British General John Burgoyne signed the “Convention of Saratoga” by which he surrendered his forces to American General Horatio Gates, October 17, 1777.

Considered to be the turning ...

The Trail of Death

In 1838 a band of over 800 Potawatomi Indians were forcibly removed from their homeland in Northern Indiana and marched to Eastern Kansas. Many died along the trail during the two month trek. This mournful caravan traveled this road on ...

The Beginning of the Cigar Industry in West Tampa

A cigar factory built on this site in June 1892 by Hugh C. Macfarlane brought the first industry to the community of West Tampa. First operated by A. Del Pino and Company, it failed financially. In 1894 the O'Halloran Cigar ...

Floyd County World Peace Honor Roll

In honored memory of Floyd County

Servicemen who sacrificed their

lives for World Peace

SGT. Christopher K. Hilgert U.S. Army

• Aug. 8, 1993 • Somalia

SGT. Steven P. Mennemeyer US. Army

• Aug. 8, 2006 • Iraq

Dedicated by: Hobart ...

"The History of the World is the Biography of Great Men"

Carlyle

Hon. Daniel A. Haynes

Educator, Judge of the Superior Court

By Nature and Training a Most Able Jurist

Hon Alvin W. Kumler

A Brilliant Lawyer

An Honest Courageous Judge

Daniel C. Cooper

Platted Dayton 1801

Gave Land for Parks and Public Buildings

A Builder and Official Whose Vision Made ...

Floyd County American Revolution War Memorial

Dedicated to the

Soldiers and Patriots

of the

American Revolution

[ Obverse Side ]

Piankeshaw Chapter, NSDAR

Erected on their 100th Anniversary

1898 — 1998

Marker is on East Market Street east of East 10th Street, on the right when traveling east.

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Cavalry Action at Cold Harbor

On 31 May 1864, Brig. Gen. Wesley Merritt’s Union cavalry brigade, operating under Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, advanced along this road and through these fields. Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee’s Confederate horsemen fought a fluid defensive battle, gradually withdrawing to ...