Edith Wharton

1862 - 1937

This was the childhood home of Edith Jones Wharton, one of America's most important authors at a time when 23rd street marked the northern boundary of fashionable New York. Here in her father's extensive library, young Edith ...

Alamance County Courthouse

Alamance County Courthouse

Built in 1923

to replace the original

1851 brick and stucco

structure

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and Elm Street on Main Street.

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William Leverett Morrison

Lieutenant-Commander U.S. Naval Reserve Force

Last in command of the U.S.S. Wolverine formerly the U.S.S. Michigan the first iron-hulled battleship (1843-1949).

Under his direction, the Pennsylvania Naval Militia in 1910 used the ship as its training base and on April 10, 1917, ...

In Memory of J. Wilson Parker

In Memory of J. Wilson Parker

June 26, 1895 ------ July 27, 1966

Grand Master 1940

Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Masonic Home of

Georgia, 1946-1966

Raised in Fairburn Lodge No. 180, F. & A. M., 1920; Worshipful Master 1923 and 1943; ...

Butler Memorial Airport

1963

Dedicated to those who served

our nation in all wars

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Anderson College Infirmary

Presented by

Mr. & Mrs. Rex Rice

of

Belton, South Carolina

in

1960

for the Advancement of Christian Education and to the Glory of God.

Marker is on Kingsley Road, on the right when traveling north.

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War Comes to Mount Welby

[Oxon Hill Farm]

“I should not be surprised if Government persists in their determination to quarrel with England that we should experience all the horrors of civil discord.”

Letter of Mary Welby De Butts to her brother, Richard Earl Welby, ...

Birthplace of Thomas A. Edison

(1847-1931)

One of America's most prolific and important inventors, Thomas Alva Edison was born in this house in 1847. Designed by his father, Samuel Edison, a shingle maker by trade, this small gabled brick cottage was built in 1841. Though the ...

Disabled Veterans of Chester County Pennsylvania Memorial

To honor all disabled veterans of Chester County who served their country and were wounded or injured in the line of duty

DAV 90

Marker is on West Market Street, on the left when traveling east.

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A. Y. Austin Post 74, G.A.R. Memorial

Presented

to

The Village of Willoughby

by the surviving members

of A.Y. Austin Post G.A.R.

Aug 17, 1900

Thos. Cox • F. Hardaker

W.H. Cowan • J.O. Humphrey

Thos. Dodd • C.W. Holmes

C.J. Davis • S.F. Hills

J.S. Ellen • J. Nodine

A. Elliot • W. Quigley

H.R. Goodrich • J. ...