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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ_the-scottish-rite-in-ohio_Cambridge-OH.html
The first Scottish Rite body of Free-Masonry west of the Alleghenies was formed in Cambridge, Ohio, in 1852 by Killian H. Van Rensselaer, an honorary 33rd Degree Mason. He lived in this city from 1851 to 1867. Van Rensselaer was superintendent of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY_catawba-war-path_Maidsville-WV.html
Branch of Warrior Trail of the Great Catawba Indian War Path located here where Mason and Dixon Survey crossed Dunkard Creek for third time. Guide, Six Nations Indians' chief, declared he "would not proceed one step further," because hostile Delaw…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX_centralia-pulp-and-paper-mill_Wisconsin-Rapids-WI.html
Here the vast Wisconsin River paper industry began in 1887 when the Centralia Pulp and Water Power Company converted a saw mill into a pulp and paper mill.
The pulp mill spanned the river to the island at the site of the present hydro-electric …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW_hundred_Hundred-WV.html
Henry Church, who died in 1860 at the age of 109, was familiarly known as "Old Hundred" and the town was named for him. He was a soldier in the British Army under Conrwallis and was captured by American troops under Gen. Lafayette.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV_the-tingle-tavern_Cambridge-OH.html
Here the Tingle Tavern "Sign of the Crossed Keys" (first tavern in Cambridge) was built in 1808. In this tavern the first government of Guernsey County was organized 1810.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU_keenes-mill_Springfield-VA.html
A saw and grist mill built by James Keene between 1796 and 1800, when it was expanded, stood on the north side of the original Keene Mill Road right-of-way just to the east of this marker. The mill served the surrounding farm community for approxi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT_baltimore-and-ohio-railroad-station_Gaithersburg-MD.html
Built: 1884. The Gaithersburg Railroad Station and freight house were built in 1884 as handsome replacements for the adjacent small frame structure which served as a freight depot when the Metropolitan Branch of the B & O Railroad was extended to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS_stevens-point-gateway-to-the-pineries_Stevens-Point-WI.html
This plaque commemorates the pioneers who established Stevens Point during the 1840's, 50's and 60's. Community life centered here at the foot of Main Street where supplies were transshipped from wagon to boat for the trip north to lumber camps. P…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR_the-bodies-of-three-confederate-cavalrymen_Old-Washington-OH.html
Here was laid to rest by the citizens of Washington under public authority the bodies of three Confederate cavalrymen killed during the Battle of Washington July 24, 1863, when a force in command of Confederate General John Morgan was overtaken an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ_morgans-raid-in-old-washington_Old-Washington-OH.html
On July 23, 1863, General John Hunt Morgan entered Guernsey County with 600 Confederate cavalrymen, the remnant of a 2,000-man diversionary raiding force that had traversed Kentucky, Indiana, and southern Ohio. Morgan's forces halted in Old Washin…