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Lewisburg Battle
Greenbrier County, WVMarker Text: Confederate troops under Gen. Henry Heth here, May 23, 1862, were repulsed in attack upon division of Col. Geo. Crook's brigade. The Old Stone Church was used as a...
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Edgar Allan Poe
Marker No. Q-29 Charlottesville Albemarle County, VAMarker Text: Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) – writer, poet, and critic – was born in Boston, Mass. Orphaned at a young age, Poe was raised by John and...
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Wilderness Road/Logan’s Station
Lincoln County, KY Marker Number 2177 Marker Text: Benjamin Logan left Boone’s Road, April 15, 1775, following trace that became the final segment of “Wilderness Road.” Logan’s path ran along an...
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Daniel Boone
Kanawha County, WVMarker Text: Across the Great Kanawha River, lived Daniel Boone, the noted frontiersman, from about 1788 to 1795. He represented Kanawha County in the Virginia Assembly, 1791; was...
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Fredericksburg Campaign
Fauquier County, VA Marker No. C-55Marker Text: Because he had moved too slowly to attack Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan was relieved of his command of...
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A Camp of Stonewall Jackson's
Madison County, VA Marker No. JE-15 Marker Text: Just to the north, on the night of November 25, 1862, Stonewall Jackson, with his corps, camped. He was on his way to join Lee at...
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Jackson's March to Fredericksburg
Madison County, VA Marker No. JE-1 Marker Text: Stonewall Jackson, on his march from Winchester to Fredericksburg, preceding the battle of Fredericksburg, camped here, November 26, 1862.Location: At...
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Hatfield and McCoy Markers on HMdb
I have taken thousands of photographs of historical markers in several states over the years. I have enough photos to keep me busy posting on my own blog for the next several years. Therefore, I...
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The Civil War/Confederate Cemetery
Greenbrier County, WVMarker Text:(The Civil War)The Greenbrier area was predominately Southern in its sympathies, and furnished some 3000 men for the army of the Confederacy. It was occupied repeatedly...
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Ida M. Tarbell
Crawford County, PAMarker Text: Noted oil historian, biographer of Lincoln, journalist, lived in this house about six years. She was graduated from the Titusville High School in 1875. Location: At 324...
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Neavil's Ordinary
Fauquier County, VA Marker No. BX-7Marker Text: Near here stood George Neavil's Ordinary, built at an early date and existing as late as 1792. George Washington and George William Fairfax on their way...
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Seneca Rocks
Pendleton County, WVMarker Text: Seneca Rocks, an outstanding natural formation, rises over 900 feet high, overlooking the junction of the Seneca and Shawnee trails or Warriors' Path and the site of an...
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Meadville
Crawford County, PAMarker Text: Founded in 1788 by David Mead and other settlers from the Wyoming region. In 1800 made county seat. First direct primary in U.S. held here in 1842. Making of hookless...
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Battle of Blair Mountain
Logan County, WVMarker Text: In August of 1921, 7000 striking miners led by Bill Blizzard met at Marmet for a march on Logan to organize the southern coalfields for the UMWA. Reaching Blair Mt. on...
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William Blizzard
Kanawha County, WVMarker Text: Born in Kanawha County on 19 September 1892. Began work as miner at age ten, and served as field organizer, UMWA. Noted as leader of 1921 Armed March. Indicted for...
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Windber Strike of 1922-23
Somerset County, PAMarker Text: Windber-area Berwind White workers joined a national strike by United Mine Workers of America in April 1922 for improved wages and working conditions, civil liberties,...
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Fredericksburg Campaign
Stafford County, VA Marker No. N-4 Marker Text: Frustrated by the Army of the Potomac's lack of progress, President Abraham Lincoln replaced army commander Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan with Maj. Gen....
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Cuckoo
Louisa County, VA Marker No. W-223Marker Text: Cuckoo, long a landmark for travelers, was built for Henry Pendleton about 1819. Nearby once stood the Cuckoo Tavern, from which in 1781 Jack Jouett made...
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Jack Jouett's Ride
Louisa County, VA Marker No. W-213Marker Text: From the tavern that stood here, Jack Jouett rode to Charlottesville, by the Old Mountain Road, in time to warn the members of the Virginia government of...
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Castle Hill
Albemarle County, VA Marker No. W-204Marker Text: The original house was built in 1765 by Doctor Thomas Walker, explorer and pioneer. Tarleton, raiding to Charlottesville to capture Jefferson and the...
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