Cortlandt Civil War Monument

[ south side ]

To The Memory Of

The Soldiers and Sailors From

The Town of Cortlandt

Who Served in the Civil War

1861 - 1865

[ bronze plaque on north side ]

Erected by The

Citizens of The

Town of Cortlandt

Through the Efforts

of the

Veterans Monument

Association

And All Organizations

Affiliated With

The ...

Birthplace of Paul Dresser

1859 - 1906

Composer of Indiana State Song, "On the Banks of the Wabash," and other songs popular in the Gay Nineties. His famous brother, Theodore Dreiser, wrote An American Tragedy and other novels.

Marker is at the intersection of Dresser Drive ...

Enslaved Africans in the Household of George and Martha Washingt

At various times during Washington's stay in Philadelphia, nine enslaved Africans were known to have lived and worked here at the President's House. They were dynamic participants in the daily life of the presidential household and the surrounding city. Painstaking ...

First Land Granted in Calhoun County Area

George Sterling was granted 570 acres of land here on March 14, 1704. During the lifetime of his daughter, Mary Sterling Heatly Russell, the plantation was a stopping place for Indians and travelers on the Cherokee Path. The Rev. John ...

Black Soldiers of the 1st Rhode Island Regiment

In Memory of The

Black Soldiers of The

1st Rhode Island Regiment

Who Died In The

Battle of Pines Bridge

In Defense of America's

Freedom

May 13, 1781

Sponsored By

Afro-American Cultural Foundation

Westchester County, New York

John H. Harmon – Executive Director

The Rhode Island Black

Heritage Society

Rowena Stewart - Executive Director

Dedicated ...

Elmwood Cemetery Confederate Soldiers

J Baker • Samuel Hill • J C Schroeder

William Barefoot • W D Hutto • Sindal

Joseph Burns • R Johnson • A Smith

F Butler • P P Killebrew • J Smith

R Campbell • D F McFarland • Scott Nimrod ...

Mission Nuestra Señora Dolorosísima de la Soledad

This mission, founded October 9,1791 by Father Fermín Francisco de Lasuén, ministered to the Indians of the Salinas Valley. Governor José Joaquín de Arrillaga died here July 24, 1814 and was buried in the chapel. Prosperous in its early years, ...

Nineteenth Century Functional Commercial Building

Historic Landmarks

of Fountain County

award presented to

David and Judy Jones

for the restoration

and preservation of the

Nineteenth Century Functional Commercial Building

C. 1885

Marker is on West 2nd Street east of North Main Street, on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Santo Domingo Redoubt

Garrison Life in 1808

The Infantry Regiment of Cuba was formed in 1786-1789 as a result of Spanish military reforms introduced in the second half of the 1700s. The Regiment consisted of three battalion. The First and Second Battalions were assigned ...

The McMahan Indian Mound

This Mississippian substructure,16 ft. high and 240 ft.in circumference, built during the Dallas phase (1200-1500), was first excavated in 1881, with artifacts being sent to the Smithsonian. Later excavations exposed nearby villages of the Woodland Indian dating from 200 A.D. ...