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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM44S_paxton-church_Paxtang-PA.html
Organized as a congregation in 1732, with William Bertram as first pastor. The second pastor was the famed "Fighting Parson," John Elder. In the churchyard are buried John Harris, Jr., William Maclay and other notables of this region.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM44R_paxton-church_Harrisburg-PA.html
A short way from here is early 18th century Paxton Church. The first pastor was installed in 1732. In the churchyard are buried John Harris, founder of Harrisburg, Senator William Maclay, and many other eminent leaders.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM44Q_historic-first-reformed-church_Hackensack-NJ.html
Earliest records of this pioneer Dutch church, dated 1686, mark it as the second oldest in New Jersey. Old stones embedded in the east wall show the initials of founding families and first settlers.The old burying ground contains the grave of Gene…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM44P_gen-j-e-b-stuarts-cavalry_Clear-Spring-MD.html
Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry on his raid around the Federal army, Oct. 19, 1862, crossed the National Road here after crossing the Potomac River at McCoy's Ferry three miles south of this point.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM44O_cherokee_Tuolumne-CA.html
First placer camp in East Belt section of Mother Lode. Gold discovered here in 1853 by Scott brothers, descendants of Cherokee Indians. Scars of placer "diggings" in every little arroyo in Cherokee Valley healed over by Mother Nature later replace…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM44N_augusta-road_Savannah-GA.html
Northwest of this spot, on Liberty and West Broad Streets began the Augusta road, one of the oldest in Georgia.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM44M_bank-house_Hackensack-NJ.html
Erected about 1831 by the Washington Banking Company. The first bank in present Bergen County, it opened in the nearby Mansion House in 1825-26. After the bank failed in 1833, it housed the offices of prominent lawyers and judges. Later the home o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM44L_the-joseph-lord-house_Tuolumne-CA.html
Joseph Lord was a significant pioneer of the community. A naturalized Englishman, he was born about 1837 and died before 1906. The house was built around 1875 in the Italianate style. It is the oldest surviving house in the Tuolumne community. Mir…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM44K_gen-enoch-poor_Hackensack-NJ.html
Regarded by Washingtonand Lafayette as a greatgeneral. He died nearby in1780 and lies buried inthe Reformed Churchyard.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM44J_hose-cart-house_Tuolumne-CA.html
This hose cart house restored March 1974, by Tuolumne Hose Co. No. 1, in memory of those who fought fire and originated the first volunteer fire dept. in the townsite of Summerville in 1885.