Oakland Presbyterian Church and Cemetery

Jackson River Station

Around 1857, the Virginia Central Railroad completed the Jackson River Depot and was the terminus of the railroad for trains and travelers heading west. Travelers had to continue their travels by horseback or stagecoach. They often stayed in ...

André Captors Monument

On this spot

the 23rd day of September 1780 the spy

Major John André

Adjutant General of the British Army

was captured by

John Paulding, David Williams

and Isaac Van Wart,

all natives of this county.

History has told the rest.

The people of Westchester County ...

This 5 1/2 Foot Diameter Drill Core

This 5 1/2 foot diameter drill core came from the Cary Mine shaft from a depth of 2400 feet below the surface. The shaft was drilled during the period 1942-44 from surface to the 31st level and was later enlarged ...

Edward D. "Ted" and Pat Jones

Katy Trail State Park is one of Missouri's premier attractions, drawing about 400,000 visitors from across the United States and other countries. Stretching 225 miles from St. Charles in the east to Clinton in the west, the trail is the ...

Claysville United Methodist Church

Congregation was organized in 1849. The church, constructed in 1850 of lumber produced on a water-powered sawmill and furnished with seats of chestnut, hand finished, is in an excellent state of preservation. It was first used as a combined church, ...

Friend to Friend Memorial

(Front and Back):Friend to Friend

A Brotherhood Undivided

(Left):Friend to Friend

Masonic Memorial

This monument is presented by the Right Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania and dedicated as a memorial to the Freemasons of the Union and Confederacy. Their ...

Continuing a Tradition: Fremasonry at Gettysburg

The Right Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania laid and dedicated the cornerstone of the first battlefield monument on July 4, 1865. That Soldier's National Monument is located on the grounds of the Soldiers' National Cemetery, ...

Radnor Cemetery Lych Gate

Built in 1910, this lych gate was designed by local architect William Robert Powell to commemorate early settlers of Radnor who emigrated from Wales. Traditional in England and Wales, lych gates are covered gateways used to shelter coffins until clergymen ...

73rd Ohio Infantry

August 30, 1862

5:00 p.m.

2nd Brigade (McLean), First Division (Schenk)

First Corps (Sigel), Army of Virginia, USA

73rd Ohio Infantry

Col. Orland Smith

"The enemy in our front, moving in concert with those on our flank, came out of the woods - their line masking ...

Oakland Presbyterian Church

Organized 1834

In continuous use as a place of worship except for a period between 1861 and 1865 when it was used as a hospital for a contingent of General T.J. (Stonewall) Jackson's troops encamped nearby.

A monument in the churchyard marks ...