Why a Brick Stable?

Oxon Hill Farm - Oxon Cove Park

A 175-year-old brick stable is rare in this region. Most stables and barns built in Maryland in the 1800s were made of wood and had one story, not two. Brick buildings were more expensive ...

Stratton Manor

Benjamin Stratton, a member of the family that had owned the land since 1636, constructed this finely crafted house nearby about 1764, according to dated chimney bricks.Perhaps built on the site of an earlier Stratton dwelling, the house exemplifies the ...

World War Veterans Monument

[West Inscription]

Dedicated to Veterans

World War

[East Inscription]

Left Column: W.B. Alexander, Robert Lee Austin, R.M. Bagwell, L.A. Boggs, Willie Devoe Boggs, A.E. Brown, L.T. Bryant, Edmond J. Bryson, John W. Callaham, L.A. Cantrell, B.A. Chapman, Harry M. Chapman, A.W. Cox, Arthur D. ...

Lewis and Clark Were Here...and Here...

The Missouri National Recreational River preserves two splendid segments of the free-flowing, once unpredictable "Big Muddy." These natural-appearing reaches are reminiscent of the river as reported in the journal pages of captains Lewis and Clark and four other members of ...

Verdier House

John Mark Verdier

1759-1826

Builder Of This House

1795-1800

General Lafayette Spoke To The People

Of Beaufort From This Portico

March 18, 1825

Marker is on Bay Street, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Cavalry Area

Fort George G. Meade

As the Cold War intensified in the late 1940s, security of the nation's Capital became a major concern of Defense Department planners. To protect the Capital, a ring of conventional and nuclear weapons was established around Washington, ...

Spirit Mound

This trail leads to the summit of Spirit Mound, a sacred site for several Plains Indian tribes. Some tribal members make pilgrimages to Spirit Mound, say prayers on top, and leave offerings. As you approach and walk to the top, ...

Confederate Cemetery

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Burial of Confederates killed in a railroad collision, September, 1863, on land given by Mrs. Jane Glover, established this cemetery. Later more land was given by Ann Moyer and others, and the [CS] dead here from Marietta hospitals and the ...

Gov. Charles James McDonald

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In this area stood the home of Charles James McDonald, elected Governor of Georgia in 1839 and 1841. "Fearless and guided by practical wisdom and integrity," he was Solicitor-General of the Flint circuit. Judge of the Superior ...

Giles County Trail of Tears Memorial

"Long time we travel on way to new land...Womens cry... Children cry and men cry... but they say nothing and just put heads down and keep go towards West. Many days pass and people die very much."

-Recollection of a survivor ...