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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP_harley-e-warrick_Belmont-OH.html
The last barn painter for the Bloch Brothers Tobacco Company of Wheeling, West Virginia, Harley Warrick painted thousands of barns with the familiar Mail Pouch Tobacco logo over his 48-year career. Mail Pouch transcended advertising to become a fi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO_the-historic-southside-railroad-complex-of-stevens-point_Stevens-Point-WI.html
Once the rail hub of central Wisconsin, Stevens Point's Historic Southside Railroad Complex still contains buildings, engines and tracks that evoke the time when the railroad was the dominant means of transportation in the country. The first train…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN_occoquan-workhouse_Lorton-VA.html
In the nearby Occoquan Workhouse, from June to December, 1917, scores of women suffragists were imprisoned by the District of Columbia for picketing the White House demanding their right to vote. Their courage and dedication during harsh treatment…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM_border-heroine_Core-WV.html
Frontier narratives record many hostilities between settlers and Native Americans. One account states Mrs. Bozarth, in a hand-to-hand fight, armed with axe only, killed three men during a 1779 attack on her cabin at the Dunkard Creek settlement.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML_barton-heights-cemeteries_Richmond-VA.html
The Burying Ground Society of the Free People of Color of Richmond established its cemetery (later renamed Cedarwood) here in 1815. African Americans eventually founded five more cemeteries here: Union Burial Ground (later called Union Mechanics),…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK_grand-rapids-of-the-wisconsin-river_Wisconsin-Rapids-WI.html
Indians called this section of the river "Ahdawagam"—the two sided rapids, while lumbermen knew it as "Grand Rapids"—the most treacherous stretch of the river, accentuated by perilous Sherman Rock. Bloomer, Sampson and Strong harnessed…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ_levi-morgan_New-Martinsville-WV.html
1736-1826. Pursuant to an act of the Legislature of the State of West Virginia, this monument is erected in appreciation of the services rendered and in memory of Levi Morgan, a soldier and scout of the early border warfare.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI_clara-h-barton_Fairfax-Station-VA.html
Here at Fairfax Station in early Sept. 1862, after the Second Battle of Manassas and the action near Chantilly, Clara Barton ministered to the suffering. By her humane and tireless efforts this Angel of the Battlefield helped move over 3000 wounde…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH_this-tablet-marks-the-site-of-fort-morris_Shippensburg-PA.html
Erected in November 1755 by Col. James Burd and used as one of the chain of forts to protect the frontiers during the period of Indian hostility following the defeat of General Edward Braddock.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG_braddock-expedition_Shippensburg-PA.html
In 1755 supplies for Braddock's army were stored here in Edward Shippen's strong stone house "at the back Run." James Burd, the son-in-law of Shippen, opened a road to carry these supplies to the west. After Braddock's defeat the remaining supplie…