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Patapsco Friends Meeting House
Maryland, BaltimoreOn this sitewas erectedPatapsco FriendsMeeting House6th Mo. 12th, 1681is the earliest record of thismeetingRemoved toAisquith & Fayette Sts.Baltimore Town2nd Mo. 22nd, 1781...
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Fries
Virginia, Grayson County, FriesOn 10 Dec. 1923, millhand Henry Whitter of Fries, Virginia, recorded nine songs in New York City for OKeh Records. Released early in 1924, the coupling of “Wreck on the...
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Grant County Shop (Adobe) Building
Kansas, Grant County, Ulysses The Grant County Museum Building was placed on the Register of Historic Kansas Places on October 19, 1991 The Adobe Building was constructed with WPA funding as a Machine...
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Veterans Memorial
Kansas, Grant County, Ulysses In honor of all Grant County Servicemen (Patriots & Patriotism • War, Korean • War, World I • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates,...
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Fort Barnwell
North Carolina, Craven County, Fort Barnwell Constructed by Colonel John Barnwell of South Carolina in campaign against the Tuscarora Indians in April, 1712. Remains are 2 mi. N. E. (Colonial Era •...
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“New River Train” Song
Virginia, Grayson County, FriesThe original “New River Train” song was claimed by the Ward family of Galax as part of their repertoire as early as 1895. The song was believed to refer to the train that...
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Veterans Memorial
Kansas, Grant County, Ulysses Dedicated to All American Veterans (Patriots & Patriotism • War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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Christopher Gale
North Carolina, Beaufort County, Bath Chief Justice of colony of North Carolina, 1712. Lived nearby at "Kirby Grange," his plantation. (Notable Persons) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS...
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Armistead Death Site
Pennsylvania, Adams County, GettysburgBrig. Gen. Lewis A. Armistead, CSA, died here on July 5, 1863 of wounds received in Pickett’s Charge on July 3. This summer kitchen was part of the U.S. Army’s...
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George Spangler Farm
Pennsylvania, Adams County, GettysburgGeorge Spangler Farm ☽ Eleventh Corps July – August, 1863 (War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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George Bushman Farm
Pennsylvania, Adams County, GettysburgGeorge Bushman Farm ★ Twelfth Corps July 2 – August 5, 1863 (War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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Caty Sage
Virginia, Grayson County, Elk CreekNearby was the home of James and Lovice Sage, whose five-year-old daughter Caty was abducted in 1792. Fifty–six years later her brother Charles located her in eastern...
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The Warham Mill
Connecticut, Hartford County, WindsorThe Warham Mill was established by Mr. John Warham, first minister to the Windsor Church, in 1840. The Mill has been in continuous use as a grist mill to the...
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Bissell's Ferry
Connecticut, Hartford County, WindsorThis marks the road to Bissell’s Ferry, established by the General Court of Connecticut in 1641. Operated by the Bissell family for nearly one hundred years. Later...
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Payton Guyn Hale
Virginia, Grayson County, Elk CreekBork in Elk Creek, Virginia, June 29, 1821, member of the House of Delegates, 1874–1877, member state Senate, 1879-1882. One of the “Big Four,” a group which resisted...
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Independence
Virginia, Grayson County, IndependenceThis place became the county seat of Grayson County in 1850; the first case was tried in the newly erected courthouse in 1851. The present courthouse was built in...
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John Deere Mower Model 2
Virginia, Grayson County, near Mouth of WilsonDesigned and pioneered in the 1890’s. First manufactured by John Deere in 1911, commonly known as a “horse drawn hay” mowing machine. (Agriculture •...
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Green Cove Station
Virginia, Washington County, Green CoveGreen Cove Station was a rail stop along the “Virginia Creeper” Railroad that ran from Abingdon, Virginia, to Todd, North Carolina. Built by the Virginia Carolina...
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“Maud Bows to The Virginia Creeper”
Virginia, Washington County, Green CoveThis works is one of O. Winston Link’s most revered photographs. Mr. Link’s legacy is having captured the end of the “Golden Age” of the railroad in this country....
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“Virginia Creeper” Railroad
Virginia, Grayson County, WhitetopThe Abingdon Branch of the Norfolk & Western Railway was nicknamed the “Virginia Creeper,” likely for the train’s slow speed through this mountainous region....
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