Naval Battle, 1864

The Confederate ironclad ram Albemarle, led by Capt. J.W. Cooke, crossed Batchelor's Bay, May 5, 1864, and fought seven Union warships 15 mi. E.

Marker is at the intersection of North Carolina Route 45 and Batchelor Bay Drive, on the left ...

Stillwater World War I Memorial

1917       1918

Erected by the war chest of

The Town of Stillwater

to honor patriotic services in

The Great World War

A. Bache • G. W. Baker • H. B. Baker • J. R. Baker • C. ...

Night at the Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory

Latitude Observatory Park

Each night an observer would conduct a series of tasks as they made and recorded their observations; including rotating, aligning, and leveling the telescope, taking numerous readings of stars, weather and other factors.

A typical night at the observatory ...

History and Purpose of the Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory

Latitude Observatory Park

The Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory was constructed in 1899 as one of the original four stations selected by the International Geodetic Association to carry out systematic observations to measure the variations in latitude cause by the Earth's wobble on ...

Monongahela River Navigation System

One of the nation's earliest and most successful river navigation systems, its series of locks and dams, begun in 1838, has provided year-round navigation between Pittsburgh and Fairmont, WV. Millions of tons of coal shipped through the locks supplied Pennsylvania's ...

Joe Horvath

1945 – 1995

A long time neighborhood resident, Joe devoted his life to serving the youngsters of Hell’s Kitchen. He started as a junior counselor at PAL when only 16 years old and, except for a brief stint as an ...

Battle of Plymouth

Confederates under Gen. Robert F. Hoke, aided by the ram "Albemarle," took the town, April 17-20, 1864.

Marker is at the intersection of West Third Street and Washington Street, on the right when traveling east on West Third Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Hotel and Ulysses S. Grant at Mt. McGregor

Mt. McGregor developed as a resort after a road and a small hotel (now Grant Cottage) were built by Duncan McGregor in the 1870s. A group of investors recognized the site’s potential and, in 1882, built a railroad line ...

Home Site of Robert Treat

Near this site stood

The home of Robert Treat

A founder of Milford

Deputy Governor and Governor

Of Connecticut 1676 – 1708

Founder of Newark, New Jersey

1665 - 1672

Marker is at the intersection of North Street and Governor’s Avenue, on the right when traveling north ...

The Railsplitter Candidate

The City of Decatur was chosen as the site for the 1860 Republican State Convention with Abraham Lincoln as the most prominent Republican present. As the convention delegates were beginning to take their first, formal balloting, Richard Oglesby, future three-term ...