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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM66V_polly-woods-ordinary_Bedford-VA.html
Built in the early 1800's, this simple mountain cabin was operated as an inn, or "ordinary", from about 1830 until about 1850. Here the widowed Polly Woods catered to the "ordinary" needs of the weary mountain traveler — a hot meal, a comfor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM66U_a-soldier-of-france_Ticonderoga-NY.html
Here liethe bones ofa soldier of Francefound under theNorthwest Bastionof the Fort inNovember 1900
Rest in Peace
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM66T_carpenters-hall_Philadelphia-PA.html
. . . for the purpose of obtaining instruction in the science of architecture and assisting such of their members as should by accident be in need of support, or the widows and minor children of members . . .By-laws of the Carpenters' CompanyCarpe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM66S_eighteen-colonial-soldiers_Ticonderoga-NY.html
Here are interredthe bones ofEighteenColonial Soldiersfound nearthe Old Military Roadin Ticonderoga Villageon Nov. 1st 1924
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM66R_ashtabula_Central-SC.html
This plantation on the old road to Pickensville has been the home of several prominent S.C. families. Many of its owners were members of the Pendleton Farmers Society, and during the nineteenth century, studies, experiments, and advances in agricu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM66Q_glenmont_West-Orange-NJ.html
Home ofThomas Alva Edisonfrom 1886 to his deathon October 18, 1931.Here three childrenwere born to him andhis wife, Mina.The Library over theentranceway was his"Thought Laboratory"for many ideas whichlater took shape atthe Edison Laboratoryin the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM66P_african-american-school-site_Pendleton-SC.html
The one-room frame public school organized shortly after the Civil War, housed 76 students and 1 teacher by 1870. The school term lasted 1 month and 10 days. Jane Harris Hunter, founder of the Phillis Wheatley centers for working girls, attended t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM66O_printer-john-miller_Pendleton-SC.html
This London newspaper publisher and defender of a free press emigrated to Charleston in 1783 where he served as state printer and publisher of the first daily newspaper in South Carolina. Later in Pendleton he founded Miller's Weekly Messenger the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM66N_jefferson-davis-bridge_Augusta-GA.html
Jefferson DavisWest Point GraduateClass of 1828 * * *Services:Indian Wars 1829- 1835Member of Congress 1845-'46Colonel U.S. ArmyHero of Buena Vista and MontereySecretary of War 1853-'57Senator from Mississippi1849-'51 1857-'61President ofConfedera…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM66M_hottell-insurance-building_Corydon-IN.html
Has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by The United States Department of the Interior