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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4PI_gingaskin-indian-reservation_Cape-Charles-VA.html
The Gingaskin Indian Reservation was located nearby from 1640 to 1813 and was created from a land patent in 1640 that set aside land for the Accomac Indians. When the Accomacs moved there, they became known as the Gingaskins. They continued to pra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4PG_william-doyle-morgan-house_Georgetown-SC.html
732 Prince Street was the home of William Doyle Morgan (1853-1938), mayor 1891-1906 and the catalyst for much of Georgetown's growth and prosperity by the turn of the century. He helped give the city what one observer called "the snap and vim of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4PF_conrad-ehrhardt-railroad-park_Ehrhardt-SC.html
Conrad Ehrhardt was born in Weiterade Kuhrhessen Germany on December 13, 1832 and left home at the age of 19 to come to America. He came with only 25 cents in his pocket and skills that he aquired from the mills, in which he had worked, in Germany…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4PE_these-citizens-by-subscribing-for-the-park-stock-in-1860_Baltimore-MD.html
Enabled the city to purchaseDruid Hill
Thomas Swann, MayorGeorge S. Brown, Chauncey Brooks, Benjamin Deford, John S. Gittings, William E. Hooper, John H. B. Latrobe, Columbus O'Donnell, John M. Orem, Enoch Pratt, Thomas Winans
Park Commissio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4PD_wagner_Baltimore-MD.html
First prizeAwarded toThe United Singersof Baltimoreat the19th Nat'l SangerfestBrooklyn N.Y. 1900.Presented to theCity of Baltimore.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4PC_the-seneca-aqueduct_Poolesville-MD.html
Canal engineers build aqueducts to bridge canal boats over rivers and large stream such as Seneca Creek. Eleven aqueducts were needed between here and the canal's western terminus at Cumberland, Maryland; all required skilled quarrymen and stonema…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4PB_a-sense-of-sanctuary_Baltimore-MD.html
From 1909 to 1951, in the days of an unwritten "Jim Crow" segregation policy, the Parks Commission of Baltimore maintained "separate but equal" facilities. Druid Hill became the sole park city-wide where the African-American community felt welcome…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4PA_in-memory-of-harvey-j-burns-jr_Baltimore-MD.html
A Black pioneer in Baltimore tennis.
Teacher - promoter - mentorof youth seeking entryinto the tennis circuit.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4P9_round-hill-redoubt_Highland-Falls-NY.html
Fort Montgomery's "Round Hill" redoubt was built to protect a piece of high ground that commanded the rest of the fort. It was one of three redoubts that the Americans built as they realized their gun batteries, which faced the river, were vulnera…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4P8_william-wallace_Baltimore-MD.html
"Guardian of Scotland"Scottish Wars of IndependencePresented to the people of Baltimore byWilliam Wallace SpenceNovember 30, 1893Re-dedicated on August 22, 1993by theSt. Andrew's Society of Baltimore"It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor h…