Jamestown Island

Jamestown island formed many thousands of years ago from a series of shoals along the James River. When colonists arrived in 1607, an isthmus connected the island to the mainland, and a “paradise” of virgin hardwoods covered the land.

By 1800, ...

Corinth Confederate Memorial

In Memory of

Confederate

soldiers

April -May 1862

who died from

wounds or disease

in the Siege of Corinth

Marker is on South Cass Street south of Tate Street, on the right when traveling south.

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103rd Medical Battalion and Regiment

103rd Medical

Battalion and Regiment

28th Infantry Division

Marker is on Boalsburg Pike 0.1 miles north of Boal Avenue (U.S. 322), on the right when traveling south.

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Bowl, Pot, and Pipe

By 1640, Jamestown potters were making thick-walled jugs, bowls, and pots for everyday use. Symmetrical design and an occasional slip-coat of color show that skilled artisans were at work. The local ware fired red, due to the iron-rich Tidewater clay. ...

Honor the Immortal Dead

In the grave-yard adjoining this church are buried

Commodore John Barry

Father of the American Navy.

He was chosen by the Continental Congress to

command the first warship owned by the

colonies and he fought the last naval

battle of ...

The Hardwood Harvest

By the 1600s, hardwood lumber was scarce in England. Early exports of the colony were potash, used in the manufacture of glass, and soap ash, which yields liquid soap.

The ashes of hardwood logs were mixed with water, strained, and heated ...

“The Place You Tread is Holy Ground-”

In this church

on the 4th of July 1779 was held the first

public - religious commemoration of the

Declaration of Independence.

Attendance at the Holy Mass, then sung, was

The Continental Congress, The President

and official head of the ...

On Roads of Water

Within three days of reaching the New World, the first Jamestown colonists had assembled a small boat to go exploring in the roadless wilderness.

Once settled, they gathered raw materials of boat building for export as well as for their own ...

Old St. Mary's

1763

Old St. Mary's church was the most important Catholic church during the American Revolution and the early years of the nation. Built in 1763, when St. Joseph's became too small to accommodate the Catholic population of the city, the ...

Oelschlager's Dry Goods Store

The only brick commercial structure in the

business district built in 1913 by Karl Oelschlager.

It housed a dry goods store, gift shop & ice

cream parlor. The interior has the original

floral-design pressed-tin ceiling.

Marker is on Delaware Avenue west of Loraine Avenue, on ...