DeSoto Townsite

The town of DeSoto was platted on this site in 1854 and incorporated in 1855. Steamboating on the Missouri was then in its heyday. DeSoto provided a landing for passengers and goods. A number of boats sank nearby, notably the ...

Veterans Drive

In memory of

all veterans

who served

our country

City of Burlington

Marker is at the intersection of Veterans Drive and Commerce Square Boulevard, on the right when traveling west on Veterans Drive.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Standard End Pumping Unit

This standard end pumping unit was salvaged and erected by the Production Department, Chevron U.S.A., Inc., La Habra to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Standard Oil Company of California

The unit is composed of original parts from the San Joaquin Valley ...

Warren County World War I & II Memorial

They sought no glory but their country’s good

In memory of

those who served in

defense of their country in

World War I       1917 – 1918

and

World War II       1941 – 1945

World ...

Delaware Village Historic District

Listed on the State & National Registers of Historical Places 2004

John I. Blair founded Delaware Village in the 1850's as a station on the newly built Warren Railroad in a rural neighborhood first settled circa 1740. While the station was ...

72nd Pennsylvania Infantry

2nd Brigade, 2nd Division

(Front):72nd Pennsylvania Infantry

Philadelphia Fire Zouaves

Mustered in Aug. 10, 1861

Mustered out Aug. 24, 1864

Total enrollment —— 1600

Killed and mortally wounded 195

wounded ———— 558

Died of disease & in rebel prisons 70

Captured or missing ——— 165

Total loss ————— 988

2nd Corps

(Left):July ...

Seige at the 26th Street Roundhouse

Great Railroad Strike of 1877

On July 21st 1877, the Philadelphia militia fired into a vocal crowd of striking Pennsylvania trainmen and sympathizers. Twenty people were killed, including at least three children. Many more were wounded. Following the attack, the militia ...

72nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers

Philadelphia Brigade

Erected by 72nd Regt. P.V.

The ground of the last assault

the Philadelphia Brigade

Gen. Alexander Webb

held this angle July 2d and 3d 1863

casualties in the battle 495

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The 72d Penn. Vol's

"Philadelphia Fire Zouaves"

Colonel D.W.C. Baxter

lost 10 officers and 182 men

out of 473 ...

Two-Chambered Granary

The two-chambered granary was used for storing threshed grain until it was either sold or consumed. The presence of two chambers indicates that the owner could grow two different crops and store them simultaneously. Grain was often transported across the ...

Founder of Presbyterianism

Five miles west was the home of the Rev. Francis Makemie, founder of Presbyterianism in the United States. About 1684, Makemie established in Maryland the first Presbyterian Church. Later he moved to Accomac and married. He died here in 1708.

Marker ...