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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4MF_king-and-queen-county-essex-county_Tappahannock-VA.html
(Obverse)King and Queen CountyArea 320 Square MilesFormed in 1691 from New Kent, and named for King William III and Queen Mary. The family of George Rogers Clark long lived in this county.
(Reverse)Essex CountyArea 258 Square MilesFormed in 169…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4ME_mattaponi-indian-town_Tappahannock-VA.html
To the north, after the 1644-1646 conflict between colonists and groups still loyal to the Powhatan chiefdom, the Mattaponi Indians found refuge on the headwaters of Piscataway Creek. Officers of then Old Rappahannock County signed a treaty with t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4MD_wilderness-campaign_Locust-Grove-VA.html
May 6, 1864, Hancock's Federal soldiers opened the second day of battle about 5 a.m. Hill's Confederates were driven westward to this vicinity, the small clearing of the Widow Tapp Farm where Lee had his headquarters. As Col. William T. Poague's c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4MC_forks-of-wheeling-creek_Wheeling-WV.html
George Washington described the land here in 1770. The French expedition headed by Capt. Celeron buried leaden plates at the mouth in 1749 and claimed the land for France. De Bonnescamp's map gives creek name-Kanonouaras.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4MB_bacons-northern-force_Tappahannock-VA.html
At Piscataway, near here, the northern followers of Bacon the Rebel assembled in 1676. On July 10, 1676, an action was fought with Governor Berkeley's supporters, some of whom were killed and wounded. Several houses were burned. Passing here, the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4MA_the-east-west-streets-in-the-city-of-columbia-gervais-street_Columbia-SC.html
The East-West Streets In The City Of ColumbiaThe streets of Columbia running from east to west (with a few exceptions) were named for products important in the State's economy, for the two Taylor plantations on which the new Capitol was located an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4M9_old-north-church_Dumont-NJ.html
Organized in 1723 as the Schraalenburgh Reformed Dutch Church. First church was built in 1728. In 1801 the present Old North Reformed Church was built, one mile north of first site, and continues as a Reformed congregation. This sanctuary is consi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4M8_everett-dunn-house_Tenafly-NJ.html
Built about 1867 for the Charles J. Everett family, this house was designed by famous architect Richard Morris Hunt in the Swiss Chalet style. Everett was noted as an inventor. In 1919 it became the home of Harvey Dunn, a prominent artist whose st…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4M7_boundary-lines-of-baltimore-town_Baltimore-MD.html
[This marker portrays the subject in a pictorial manner. It shows the major streets of Baltimore in 1729. The six stars on the map represent the locations of this and five other identical markers.]
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4M6_the-western-district-station-house_Baltimore-MD.html
"Pine Street Station"1878has been placed on theNational Registerof Historic Placesby the United StatesDepartment of the Interior