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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4UW_the-puck-building_New-York-NY.html
Completed in 1889, to designs of Albert and Herman Wagner, this impressive structure, originally the home of the well-known humor magazine Puck, is one of the few surviving buildings from New York's old publishing and printing district. The buildi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4UV_washingtons-southern-tour_Waynesboro-GA.html
Traveling from Savannah to Augusta on his Southern tour of 1791, President George Washington stopped in Waynesboro on May 17. Departing from Savannah two days earlier, Washington lodged at "one Spencers " in Effingham County, fifteen miles north o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4UU_brentsville_Bristow-VA.html
Fourth seat of the Prince William County government. Courthouse, jail, Episcopal Chapel, and White House were built in 1822 on land originally part of the Brent Town tract confiscated from Robert Bristow, a Tory, in 1779. ♦ St. James Church …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4UT_veirs-mill_Aspen-Hill-MD.html
Veirs Mill was built by Samuel Clark Veirs in 1838. It was operated by Veirs and Co., or Veirs and Bros., for 89 years. Known by many as Rock Creek Mills, it drew customers from Rockville and Mitchel's Crossroads (now Wheaton), through a route tha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4US_screven-county_Sylvania-GA.html
Screven County was created by an Act of the General Assembly of Georgia, December 14th, 1793. It was named for General James Screven. The first county seat and court house was the home of Benjamin Lanier at what is now Rocky Ford.
In a companio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4UR_british-headquarters_Newington-GA.html
Near Hudson`s Ferry, about four miles east of Newington, General Augustine Prevost in command of 4000 British regulars made headquarters and constructed redoubts in February, 1779. The complete occupation of Georgia was directed and effected from …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4UQ_sylvania_Sylvania-GA.html
Sylvania was established as the county seat of Screven County by an Act of the General Assembly, December 24, 1847. Moses N. McCall, Willis Young, John A. Cross, John R. Kittles, Solomon Zeagler, William Lovett and John Roberts were named Commissi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4UP_the-confederate-perspective_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
"General J.R. Jones was directed to make a demonstration against the enemy's right."Jackson's official report
Confederate Colonel Edmund Pendleton wrote about the night of September 14, 1862, from his perspective across the road on School House…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4UO_washingtons-route_Sylvania-GA.html
President Washington passed here early on the morning of Tuesday, May 17th, 1791, enroute to the home of William Skinner with whom he had breakfast. The Skinner home, still standing (1953), is about 5 miles northwest. President Washington spent th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4UN_lewis-and-clark-campsites_Blair-NE.html
On August 3 Lewis and Clark held a council with the Oto and Missouria Indians at a site they named "Council Bluff," near present Fort Calhoun, Nebraska. It was the first of many councils they would hold on their journey to the Pacific Ocean. Follo…