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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6F5_berea-union-depot_Berea-OH.html
Ohio from the time of its construction in 1876 until its closing in 1958, is an unusual, but well-designed example of Victorian Gothic Architecture. With the development of an expanding stone quarry industry in the area, Berea and its railroad fac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6F4_new-century-club_Newark-DE.html
In 1893 a group of Newark women established a literary and social organization known as the Tuesday Club. Later renamed the New Century Club, the organization became part of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. Committed to matters of civic re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6F3_st-john-african-methodist-church_Newark-DE.html
This congregation was organized circa 1848. Early meetings were held in a log cabin at this location on land that was conveyed to trustees of the "Protestant Methodist Church" in 1850. In 1866 the members of the First Colored Methodist Protestant …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6F2_limestone-springs_Gaffney-SC.html
Used as early as the American Revolution, this site became a "Summer Watering Place" in 1835. Low country aristocrats such as Governor David Johnson were attracted here by the climate and therapeutic waters. A post office was here from 1836 to 187…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6F1_thomas-fenwick-drayton_Hilton-Head-Island-SC.html
Confederate Brig. Gen. Thomas F. Drayton was in command of this area at the time of nearby battleof Port Royal, November 7, 1861. A brother, Capt.Percival Drayton, commanded the Union warshipPocahontas at the same battle. Earlier,General Drayton h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6F0_tabernacle-baptist-church_Beaufort-SC.html
Tabernacle Church was formed by black members of Beaufort Baptist Church after other members evacuated the area because of Federal occupation in 1861. The church's lecture room was used for services during the war. In 1867 the black congregation b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6EZ_the-wedge_Newark-DE.html
The wedge-shape tract, west of the Maryland and Delaware curve, consists of approximately 800 acres of land. For more than a century, the property was claimed by Pennsylvania but governed by Delaware. In 1889, a joint committee appointed from both…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6EY_bethlehem-church_Fairfax-SC.html
This Baptist Church, organized by 1854, built its first house of worship near here on land purchased in 1859 from A.R. Stokes. The congregation obtained the land for its present location in 1910 from G.D. Sanders and completed by 1914. In 1944 the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6EX_the-indian-wars_Perrysburg-OH.html
When American Pioneers attempted to settle the area north and west of the Ohio River, following the Ordinance of 1787,the Indians aided by the British in Canada, fought valiantly and fiercely for their homes in the Ohio Country. It required the ef…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6EW_49th-pennsylvania-infantry_Gettysburg-PA.html
(Front):49th Penna. Infantry3rd Brig. 1st Div. 6th Corps(Left):This regiment made a continuous march from Manchester, MD, arriving on the field the afternoon of July 2. Occupied this position in reserve from the morning of the 3rd until the enemy'…