The Defenders of the Union

1861 — 1865

[Front Side of Monument]

Rich Mountain

Antietam, Gettysburg,

Vicksburg, Cloyd Mountain

Opequan, Appomattox.

[Back Side of Monument]

They counted not their

lives dear unto them.

Marker can be reached from Wheeling Park Drive east of National Road (U.S. 40).

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Lambert Hitchcock

In This Factory

Lambert Hitchcock

Made His Famous

Hitchcock Chairs

1826 - 1840

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (Connecticut Route 20) and School Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.

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Site of the B-24 Crash During W.W. II

On the night of March 26, 1944, three B-24 aircraft were flying loose formation from Chatham field in Savannah, Georgia on a training flight. Somewhere over the Atlantic ocean, two of the planes went down without even giving a distress ...

In Memory of Sgt. Albert Elson

In Memory Of

Sgt. Albert Elson

U.S.M.C.

Who Died On Okinawa

In The Service Of His Country

On April 17, 1945

This Memorial Erected

By His Friends and Associates

Marker is at the intersection of Center Street (Connecticut Route 20) and West Street, on the right when traveling ...

A Most Fortunate Thing...

Before the Army arrived in Yellowstone, the park's future was in doubt. Vandals destroyed thermal features, squatters sawed down trees and poachers decimated herds of wildlife. Perhaps the Army's greatest contribution to Yellowstone's history was bringing law and order to ...

West Mineral War Memorial

In honor of the veterans

of the community of

West Mineral, Kansas

who devotedly served their

country in time of war

Marker is at the intersection of McClung Street and Lyle Street, on the right when traveling east on McClung Street.

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Hartland

[ front ]

Proprietors from Hartford, those whose names appeared on the tax lists of 1720, were originally given the western land grants called Hart(ford)land, now known as the Town of Hartland. The first permanent settler in this area was Thomas ...

W.C. Trout and the Counter-Balanced Pumping Unit

The son of an early industrial engineer, W.C. Trout (1874-1947) came to Lufkin in 1905 and joined Lufkin Foundry & Machine Co. as a shareholder and company secretary. Already a successful inventor, Trout led the diversification of the shop from ...

The Federal Post Office

1870 – 1939

On this site stood the western wall of the Federal Post Office. Designed by Alfred B. Mullet – architect of the Old Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C. – the ornate building’s broad north façade faced City ...

Percy L. Hedgecock

In memory of

A strong Christian man who cared for the needs of others more than his own. Founder and first Mayor of Satellite Beach. A man who invested his time, talent and resources to help others. Through 16 years ...