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On Main Street (State Highway 116) at Miller Street on Main Street.
First Corps marched from Gettysburg to Emmitsburg. Fifth Corps from Marsh Run to Moritz's Cross-Roads. Sixth Corps from Fairfield to Emmitsburg except the Third brigade, Second Division which in conjunction with the First Brigade, Second Cavalry . . . — — Map (db m10770) HM
On West Main Street (State Highway 116) at Spring Street, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
(Preface): After Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's stunning victory at Chancellorsville in May 1863, he led the Army of Northern Virginia west to the Shenandoah Valley, then north through central Maryland and across the Mason-Dixon Line . . . — — Map (db m60301) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 116), on the right when traveling south.
Wounded of the Sixth U.S. Cavalry and Sixth Virginia Cavalry C.S.A. were cared for in this church building after a severe engagement that took place two miles north of here on July 3, 1863. — — Map (db m10773) HM
On Steelman Street, on the right when traveling north.
This "fire gong" came from the Fairfield farm of
Harry E. Brown
1874-1951
Volunteer Fireman
Church leader
Civic elder
School Board president
First "Pennsylvania Master Farmer" of Adams County (1935)
Given in memory by his grandsons
Thomas . . . — — Map (db m103690) HM
On East Main Street (Pennsylvania Route 116) just east of North Miller Street, on the right when traveling west.
This bell is from St. John's United Church of Christ which united with Zion Lutheran to form a new congregation in 1968, St. John Lutheran Church. It is a reminder of God's call to the faithful to worship in this region and a symbol of Christian . . . — — Map (db m159858) HM
On Fairfield Road (State Highway 116) at Iron Springs Road (County Route 3014), on the right when traveling south on Fairfield Road.
Begun in 1836 by the State of Pennsylvania, largely through the efforts of Thaddeus Stevens. The meandering railroad's nickname was provided by its opponents. It was put up for sale in 1842. Just west of here stands its granite stone viaduct. — — Map (db m10767) HM
On Old Waynesboro Road north of Iron Springs Road, on the left when traveling north.
On June 22, 1863, a skirmish erupted at Monterey Pass when Company D of the 4th Virginia Cavalry attacked portions of Union cavalry under the command of Captain Robert Bell, Captain Samuel Randall, and several members of the Gettysburg Home Guard. . . . — — Map (db m148604) HM
On Jacks Mountain Road near Zoo Road, on the right when traveling south.
The Jacks Mountain Road Covered Bridge has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m136403) HM
On Old Waynesboro Road at Iron Springs Road, on the right when traveling north on Old Waynesboro Road.
Fountain Dale is located between Jack's Mountain and Beard's Hill, and is also connected to two major mountain gaps, Monterey Pass and Fairfield Gap, which would prove to be fighting ground all of it's own. Troops on both sides needed to keep the . . . — — Map (db m8512) HM
On 1340 Old Waynesboro Road, on the right when traveling south.
On the morning of July 4, Union General Judson Kilpatrick's Cavalry Division consisting of General George Custer and Colonel Nathaniel Richmond's Brigades were ordered from Gettysburg to attack the wagon trains that were moving on the road between . . . — — Map (db m30968) HM
On Old Waynesboro Road north of Iron Springs Road, on the left when traveling north.
On the afternoon of July 4, Union General Judson Kilpatrick left Emmitsburg with three brigades of cavalry, supported by three batteries of rifled artillery. Kilpatrick was ordered to locate and attack a Confederate wagon train that was moving over . . . — — Map (db m104827) HM
On Steelman Marker Road at Topper Road (Local Route 312), on the right when traveling north on Steelman Marker Road.
Indian trader and interpreter of Maryland and Pennsylvania. First settler in this valley. Born of Swedish parents along the Delaware. This tablet erected by Liberty Twp. and Fairfield Area Bicentennial Cmte. First Marker Placed in 1924 by . . . — — Map (db m29543) HM
On Jacks Mountain Road at Old Waynesboro Road, on the right when traveling north on Jacks Mountain Road.
At this site, on December 8, 1842, the Lutheran Church of Fountaindale was consecrated by pastor Solomon Sentman. The church was built on land owned by Joseph and Isaac Baugher, and previously owned by Daniel Sprenkle. In 1842, there were 55 . . . — — Map (db m134154) HM
