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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM45N_zion-chapel-of-ease-and-cemetery_Hilton-Head-Island-SC.html
A Chapel of St. Luke's Parrish,established May 23, 1767, built ofwood shortly after 1786 under thedirection of Captain John Stoneyand Isaac Fripp, was consecratedin 1833. Members of the Barksdale, Baynard, Chaplin, Davant, Fripp,Kirk, Mathews, Pop…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM45M_kaminski-house-museum_Georgetown-SC.html
Dating back to the 1700s, the Kaminski House contains one of the finest collections in English and American antiques and furnishings in South Carolina. The original structure with beaded clapboard siding was built around 1769 by Paul Trapier, a pr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM45L_first-army-corps_Keedysville-MD.html
U.S.A.First Army Corps,Phelps' Brigade, Doubleday's Division,Col. Walter Phelps, 22d New York Infantry,Commanding.Organization.22d, 24th, 30th and 84th New York Infantry,And 2d U.S. Sharpshooters,(September 17, 1862.)Phelps' Brigade formed line at…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM45K_reservoir-park_Harrisburg-PA.html
This land, the largest park in south-central Pennsylvania, and which crowns the city's summit, contrastingly complements Harrisburg's magnificent riverfront. Originally known as Prospect Hill because of its lofty vantage points, the name was chang…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM45J_state-arsenal_Harrisburg-PA.html
As early as the days of John Harris in the mid-18th Century, Harrisburg has well provided for the storage and distribution of military munitions and supplies. Even prior to the completion of the first state capitol building in 1822, an arsenal was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM45I_harrisburg-cemetery_Harrisburg-PA.html
Here is established Harrisburg's oldest and largest Cemetery and final resting place of many noted individuals of national, state and local importance in all walks of life. Chartered in 1845, the Cemetery was created just outside the limits of the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM45H_mount-pleasant-press-the-j-horace-mcfarland-company_Harrisburg-PA.html
Located in this building at Mulberry and Crescent Streets was what became known as the "Switchboard of America," the printing business and national clearinghouse operation of J. Horace McFarland (1859-1948), one of Harrisburg's most famous nationa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM45G_city-of-auburn_Auburn-CA.html
Gold discovered near here by Claude Chana May 16, 1848. Area first known as "North Fork" or "Wood's Dry Diggings". Settlement given name of Auburn in Fall of 1849. Soon became important mining town, trading post and stage terminal. County seat of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM45F_harris-switch-tower_Harrisburg-PA.html
By 1929, Harrisburg's growth as a freight and passenger rail hub in the eastern United States necessitated the introduction of new rail interlocking technologies to guide the convergence of high volume locomotive traffic through the city. At that …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM45E_carson-hill_Angels-Camp-CA.html
Gold discovered in creek just below town by James H. Carson in 1848, whose name was given to creek, hill and town. In November, 1854, at Morgan Mine, was found the largest gold nugget in California, weighing 195 pounds troy, worth at that time $43…