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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6AB_washingtons-reconnaissance_Newark-DE.html
Generals Washington, Greene and Lafayette came to Iron Hill, August 26, 1777 in hope of viewing British army then landing along Elk River. Only a few tents could be seen. A heavy storm coming up, they spent the night in a nearby farm house.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6AA_miles-mcsweeney-home-site_Hampton-SC.html
On this site stood the home of Miles Benjamin McSweeney ( 1854 ~ 1909 ), first Governor of South Carolina from Hampton County. He was the founder of the Hampton County Guardian, S.C. representative 1894 ` 96, Lieutentant Governor 1897 ~ 99, and G…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6A9_hitchcock-woods_Aiken-SC.html
Hitchcock Woods, one of the largest urban forests in the United States, is an area consolidated between 1891 and 1898 by Celestine Eustis (d. 1921), Thomas Hitchcock (1860-1941), and William Whitney (1841-1904). Described as "the greatest equine p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6A8_andrew-jackson-higgins_Columbus-NE.html
Andrew Jackson Higgins, designer and manufacturer of World War II landing craft known as "Higgins boats," was born August 28, 1886, at Columbus, Nebraska. His parents were John Gonegle Higgins, a prominent lawyer and judge, and Annie Long O'Connor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6A7_battle-of-coochs-bridge_Newark-DE.html
American light infantry and cavalry under General William Maxwell encountered advance guard of British and Hessian troops under Generals Howe, Cornwallis and Knyphausen in this vicinity September 3, 1777. American troops were expert marksmen draft…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6A6_pencader-presbyterian-church_Newark-DE.html
On October 15, 1701, William Penn granted 30,000 acres of land to William Davies, David Evans, and William Willis "in behalf of themselves and Company of new Welsh Purchasers." Known as the Welsh Tract, this expansive holding attracted large numbe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6A5_architectural-history-of-the-maryland-agricultural-college_College-Park-MD.html
The College Park Campus began on this hilltop. In 1856, Charles Benedict Calvert of Riversdale gave 420 acres for the founding of Maryland Agricultural College. The original College building was the Barracks, a beautiful six-story gothic structure…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6A4_field-for-flight_Kill-Devil-Hills-NC.html
"Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so that we could discover them!!"Orville Wright, June 7, 1903
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6A3_the-manor-of-cornwaleys-cross_St-Inigoes-MD.html
2000 acres granted Sept. 8th, 1639 to Thomas Cornwaleys who came to Maryland with "The Ark and The Dove." He and Jerome Hawley were appointed "His Lordship's Commissioners for the government of said Province" 1633 with Leonard Calvert as Governor.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6A2_four-powered-flights_Kill-Devil-Hills-NC.html
The Wright brothers made four successful sustained powered flights the morning of December 17, 1903. The commemorative granite boulder and replica monorail mark the lift-off point of those four flights, the numbered markers the terminating point.
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