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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4WA_old-st-nicholas-cemetery_Fairfax-SC.html
The original cemetery associated with St.Nicholas Lutheran Church is 1/3 mile S off SC Hwy 641. The church, originally locatednearby, was founded about 1804 in what wasthen Barnwell District, and the cemeteryincludes family plots of the Platts, Ha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4W9_methodists_Georgetown-SC.html
William Wayne, nephew of Revolutionary General Anthony Wayne, was converted here by Bishop Francis Asbury on February 24, 1785, and a Methodist congregation was formed later that year. Woolman Hickson was appointed minister. This is the site of an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4W8_h-h-bennett-studio_Wisconsin-Dells-WI.html
This building was constructed in 1875 by Henry Hamilton Bennett, pioneer landscape photographer, nationally known for his artistry, technical excellence and inventive genius. His views of this area brought the earliest tourists to his beloved Dell…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4W7_stroud-bank_Wisconsin-Dells-WI.html
Perry G. Stroud, a young attorney from New York, established this early bank in Kilbourn City, now Wisconsin Dells, in ca. 1870. Over his thirty-year career as the town's first attorney, Stroud preserved much of the city's early documentary histor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4W6_colonial-road_Warrenton-VA.html
This crossroad is the ancient Dumfries-Winchester highway. Over it William Fairfax accompanied George Washington, then a lad of sixteen, on his first visit to Lord Fairfax at Greenway Court. It was on this occasion that Washington assisted in surv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4W5_in-memory-of-the-many-faithful-colored-servants_Alexandria-VA.html
Buried at Mount Vernon from 1760 to 1860. Their unidentified graves surround this spot.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4W4_fort-buhlow-and-fort-randolph_Pineville-LA.html
Fort Buhlow and Fort Randolph were earthwork/moat fortifications constructed beginning October 1864 by Confederate forces anticipating a repetition of Union Gen. Nathaniel Banks' Summer 1864 Red RiverExpedition. Construction, completed March 1865,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4W3_assessing-the-obstacle_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
Never had "Stonewall" Jackson faced a stronger enemy position. Arriving here on Schoolhouse Ridge on the first day of the battle, Jackson scanned Bolivar Heights (the lower ridge in front of you) and saw a dangerous enemy - 7,000 Union infantry an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4W2_st-nicholas-church_Fairfax-SC.html
Lutheran church, org. by 1804, has occupiedseveral sites. Today's structure, built in 1910,incorporates material from the 1884 church andstands about 2 mi south.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4W1_congregational-church-of-blair_Blair-NE.html
Religous institutions have played an important role in the history of Nebraska. During the frontier period, churches fulfilled both the spiritual and social needs of the early inhabitants. The Congregational Church was one of Nebraska's pioneer de…