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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4R7_grand-battery_Highland-Falls-NY.html
Fort Montgomery was built to prevent British ships from sailing up the Hudson River. The centerpiece of the fort's river defenses was its Grand Battery of six 32-pounder cannons. One of the largest cannons of the Revolutionary War, a 32-pounder wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4R6_camp-van-schaick_Cohoes-NY.html
Encampment of the NorthernDepartment Continental ArmyAugust 9-September 8-1777from this place August 9-1777Gen. Ebenezer Learnedwith his Massachusetts Brigademarched to relieveFort Stanwix
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4R5_camp-van-schaick_Cohoes-NY.html
Continental Army, NorthernDepartment under commandGeneral Philip SchuylerGeneral Horatio GatesAug. 15 - Sept. 8, 1777
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4R4_winyah-indigo-society_Georgetown-SC.html
Springing from the fervor for indigo, the colony's vital new crop for making blue dye, the Winyah Indigo Society was begun in 1755 and incorporated 1757 to ensure stronger financial support for the free school which it had founded. Thomas Lynch wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4R3_embrey-dam_Fredericksburg-VA.html
In 1909-10, the Fredericksburg Water Power Company constructed the Embrey Dam and its power plant on Caroline Street, for the express purpose of generating electric power. The increasing number of uses for this emerging technology encouraged such …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4R2_south-carolina-champion-oak_Georgetown-SC.html
The live oak between houses 513 and 515 Prince Street is registered with The American Forestry Associates as a State Champion - South Carolina. In 1940 the tree was estimated to be over 500 years old, and it measured 23 feet in circumference, 120 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4R1_battle-at-point-of-rocks_Point-of-Rocks-MD.html
This [railroad] company was met by the most decided and inveterate opposition, on the part of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company.Philip E. Thomas, President, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
The proximity of railroad tracks by the canal b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4R0_encounter-at-the-fall-line_Fredericksburg-VA.html
In August of 1608, Captain John Smith and his crew explored the lower Rappahannock from the Chesapeake Bay to a point just upstream from this location. Soon after landing, the group was attacked by Mannahoack Indians, a Siouan people who were gath…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4QZ_colonial-roads_Haymarket-VA.html
The town of Haymarket, chartered in 1799, owes its location to the junction of the Old Carolina Road and the north branch of the Dumfries Road at the site of the Red House. The Carolina Road developed from the Iroquois hunting path which was aband…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4QY_old-army-road_Fort-Lee-NJ.html
Old Army Road, now called Palisade Road, was used by General Washington and his staff to reach the palisades for observing movement on the Hudson River crossings and New York. The road was also used to re-supply General Knox's artillery positioned…