Mason-Dixon Line Crownstone

The North-South line between the colonies of Maryland and Pennsylvania, now Delaware, was surveyed between June and September 1764 by Charles Mason, an astronomer, and Jeremiah Dixon, a mathematician and surveyor.

Leading a party of thirty-nine, Mason and Dixon measured off ...

Washington Headquarters

~ Preakness ~

July 1 – 29, and October 9 -

November 27, 1780, Washing-

ton had headquarters here at

the house of Colonel Theunis

Dey. The main army encamp-

ed along Totowa Heights.

Marker is on Totowa Road (County Route 644), on the left when traveling ...

Powder Springs Road

June - July, 1864

Old Zion Church stood 150 ft. E. Confederate trenches crossed rd. in N. S. direction -- the left of Johnston’s Kennesaw line, occupied by Hood’s A. C., [CS] June 21, when it was shifted to their sector ...

Bedford Courthouse Square Historic District

Courthouse square, part of original 1825 plat, surrounded by nineteenth and early twentieth century commercial buildings in various architectural styles. Limestone facing quarried and milled by local industry. Listed in National Register of Historic Places 1995.

Marker is on I Street ...

Patrick Gass

Born 12 June 1771, Gass served as carpenter for Lewis and Clark. The expedition explored and studied the land, waterways, animal life, natural features and resources of the West. Gass's journal of trip was published in 1807. Soldier in the ...

One Broad Street

This building is one of America's finest crafted Italianate structures.

First opened in 1853 as State Bank of South Carolina, it has survived Bombardment, Hurricanes and a Major Earthquake, and Twice been restored along its original plans - First ...

Central

[Front]:

The town of Central, chartered in 1875, grew up along what is now Gaines Street. The post office was called Five Mile from 1851 to 1871. In the 1870s the Atlanta & Richmond Airline Railway built its depot, hotel, offices, ...

Samuel Thornton Scott ( 1777 - 1827 )

First resident Presbyterian minister in Indiana Territory, 1808. Headed the first school under the authority of the board of trustees of Vincennes University (a grammar school), 1811-1815. Served as member of board of trustees of Vincennes University, 1813-1824.

Marker is on ...

Walker, Evans & Cogswell Company

Distinguished for Achievement as Stationers, Book Binders, and Printers, Since its founding in 1821 by John C. Walker. Appointed Lithographers and Printers to The Confederate Government in 1861. The company in this building produced stamps, Bank notes, Bonds, Certificates of ...

American Encampment

~ Totowa Heights ~

October 9 – November 27, 1780,

the patriot army extend-

ed along this site which had

also been used in July.

Washington came from his

headquarters in Preakness

to Totowa and visited the

Van Houtens.

Marker is at the intersection of Union Blvd (County Route ...