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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4CE_harrisburg_Harrisburg-PA.html
Pennsylvania's capital since 1812. As Harris' Ferry, was settled a century before by John Harris Sr. Laid out as a town in 1785 by John Harris Jr. For over 200 years a center of travel, trade and historic events.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4CD_wildwood-park_Harrisburg-PA.html
Inspired by 'City Beautiful' advocates Horace McFarland and Mira Lloyd Dock, Wildwood Park opened its first trails in 1907. The largest of several Harrisburg parks designed in 1901 by leading horticulturist Warren Manning, it was part of a nationw…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4CC_colonel-james-h-childs_Keedysville-MD.html
At this spotColonel James H. Childsof the Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalryin the temporary command of Averill's Brigade fell mortally wounded onthe morning of September 17th, 1862.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4CB_walnut-street-bridge_Harrisburg-PA.html
Oldest surviving bridge over the Susquehanna. Opened by the People's Bridge Co. in 1890. "Old Shakey," one of the last remaining multi-span Phoenix truss bridges, was a toll bridge until 1957. Flood damage, 1972, closed it to automobiles. Three of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4CA_harrisburg-giants_Harrisburg-PA.html
Harrisburg-based Negro League baseball team founded around 1900 and operated by Colonel William Strothers until his death in 1933. One of 27 major Negro League teams across the nation, the Giants finished in second place in the Eastern Colored Lea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4C9_third-indiana-cavalry_Keedysville-MD.html
Companies A, B, C, D, E, and F.Third Indiana Cavalry, 2nd BrigadeCavalry Division, Lieut. Colonel Jacob BuchananCommanding, supported Tidball's Batteryat this point from 12 m. until 5 p.m.September 17th 1862.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4C8_wildwood-lake-sanctuary_Harrisburg-PA.html
Here at the base of Blue Mountain and within the City of Harrisburg's northern tier lies the 212-acre Wildwood Lake Sanctuary, the last vestige and magnificent preserve of the Susquehanna flood-plain wetlands which at one time were common prior to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4C7_fifth-army-corps_Keedysville-MD.html
U.S.A.Fifth Army Corps.First Battalion (8 Cos) Fourteenth U.S. Infantry.Capt. W. Harvey Brown, 14th U.S. Infantry, Commanding.September 17, 1862.At 3 p.m. the First Battalion, Fourteenth U.S. Infantry crossed the Antietam at the Middle Bridge adva…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4C6_old-fairfax-high-school_Fairfax-VA.html
This building opened in 1935 as the first 4-year "Fairfax High School," becoming the largest consolidated high school in the county as the Oakton and Clifton High Schools were closed. It closed in 1972 when the new school opened on Old Lee Highway…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4C5_city-island_Harrisburg-PA.html
This 63-acre Susquehanna River jewel and major tourism and recreational destination has lured human occupations not just since Harrisburg was founded and throughout the ensuing centuries but also by prehistoric native Americans beginning at least …