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Former U.S. Presidents: #28 Woodrow Wilson Historical Markers
By Gary Nigh, November 16, 2007
Government House Marker
GEOGRAPHIC SORT WITH USA FIRST
| On West State Street 0.2 miles from North Warren Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Home of Moore Furman, Trenton’s first mayor, 1792–1794. Official residence of Governor of New Jersey, 1798–1845. Gen. George B. McClellan in 1862 and Woodrow Wilson in 1912 were among many notables who occupied this famous landmark. — — Map (db m3655) HM |
| | -1873- -1934-
Appointed Director of American Committee on Public Information in France during the World War
by President Woodrow Wilson
Patriot Journalist Jurist
whose pen defended his nation
counseled her citizens
sought her . . . — — Map (db m4019) HM |
| On West State Street 0.2 miles west of Barrack Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The State House is the heart of New Jersey’s State government, the second oldest State House in continuous use in the United States. First built in 1792 and expanded in every generation, the State House is a witness to two centuries of American . . . — — Map (db m3850) HM |
| On South Broad Street at Windsor Alley, on the right when traveling north on South Broad Street. |
| | Trenton’s first theater, built here in 1867, presented everyone from Mark Twain and Ethel Barrymore to George M. Cohan before its 1921 conversion to a movie and vaudeville palace as the Capital Theatre. Governors George B. McClellan (1877) and . . . — — Map (db m3991) HM |
| On Mattison Avenue at Emory Street, on the left when traveling north on Mattison Avenue. |
| | Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States, used the entire fifth floor of this building for his executive offices during the late summer and early fall of 1916 while he vacationed at Shadow Lawn, the Summer White House at West Long Branch. . . . — — Map (db m5240) HM |
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Built in 1879.
Named for the seven U.S. Presidents who attended services here: Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Chester A. Arthur, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, and Woodrow Wilson.
Deconsecrated in 1953, . . . — — Map (db m14049) HM |
| On West Avenue (U.S. 40) at North Main Street (New Jersey Route 45), on the right when traveling west on West Avenue. |
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E. W. Humphreys, 1863-1942
Edward W. Humphreys left a precious legacy of several hundred photographs that he had taken from 1865 to about 1930.
President Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson campaigned for Governor of New Jersey in the . . . — — Map (db m153663) HM |
| On Main Street 0.1 miles east of New Jersey Route 94, on the right when traveling east. |
| | For close to 120 years, this location served as the home to the famed Blairstown Hotel. During the late 1830s, George Van Scoten saw the need for accommodations for those traveling through town and weary from their travel by foot or horse. At the . . . — — Map (db m150373) HM |
| On State Road 11 at milepost 5.3, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Columbus was founded in 1891 as a U.S./Mexico border station but eventually coalesced around the railroad station three miles to the north in 1903. The area’s history is tied to a March 9, 1916, raid on Columbus by Mexican revolutionary leader . . . — — Map (db m37778) HM |
| On State Road 11 at milepost 2.5, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Columbus was founded in 1891 as a U.S./Mexico border station but eventually coalesced around the railroad station three miles to the north in 1903. The area’s history is tied to a March 9, 1916, raid on Columbus by Mexican revolutionary leader . . . — — Map (db m37780) HM |
| On Volcano Road 2.6 miles from State Road 325, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The late 1800s were a time of homesteading and private acquisition of public lands. Conservationists began working to preserve some public lands like Yellowstone and Yosemite. In 1891, the General Land Office of the Department of the Interior . . . — — Map (db m89224) HM |
| On Williams Street at Church Street, on the left when traveling east on Williams Street. |
| | Honor Roll Men of the Village of Valatie who proved their country’s worth in the World War * Delmar Berlin * Harry Klomps * JohnW. McConnell Jesse Adriance • J. B. Agar • H. K. Avery • E. J. Beaupre • F. H. Berlin • A. Brignull • E. E. Brignull • . . . — — Map (db m59187) HM |
| On East 64th Street at Madison Avenue, on the right when traveling east on East 64th Street. |
| | The lawyer and former New York governor lived here from 1917 to 1921, after losing the 1916 presidential elections to Woodrow Wilson. Hughes served as U.S. Secretary of State during the Harding Administration (1921-23) and the Coolidge . . . — — Map (db m98645) HM |
| On Gramercy Park South west of Irving Place. |
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The National
Arts Club was
founded in 1898.
Early members include
Robert Henri,
Frederic Remington,
Daniel Chester French,
Woodrow Wilson and
Theodore
Roosevelt. — — Map (db m106670) HM |
| On West 96th Street at West End Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West 96th Street. |
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The great pianist, composer, singer, teacher and the first woman conductor was born in Caracas, Venezuela on December 22, 1853 and died here at "Della Robia" on June 12, 1917 as an American citizen.
A pupil of Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Anton . . . — — Map (db m98553) HM |
| On Cooper Square at East 8th Street, on the right when traveling north on Cooper Square. |
| | The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art is America’s first free college. Founded by progressive thinker/abolitionist/inventor Peter Cooper, its doors were opened to all, regardless of race, religion, gender or social status.
Its . . . — — Map (db m136713) HM |
| On Thayer Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The Class of 1961 presents this memorial to the United States Military Academy on the occasion of its 40th reunion and one hundred forty years after the graduation of the Classes of May and June 1861. We commemorate the reconciliation . . . — — Map (db m63355) HM WM |
| On Central Drive at South Liberty Drive (U.S. 9W), on the right when traveling east on Central Drive. |
| | WW I 1917 – 1918
In Flanders Field
Loved and Were Loved
And Now We Lie In
Flanders Field
By John McCrea
The War to End All Wars
President Woodrow Wilson
WW II 1941 – 1945
Pearl Harbor Dec. 7th 1941
A Day . . . — — Map (db m37059) WM |
| On Bayard Street at Spring Street, on the right when traveling east on Bayard Street. |
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1776
Abigail Adams entreats her husband
to "remember the ladies".
1777
Women lose the right to vote in New York.
1780
Women lose the right to vote in Massachusetts.
1784
Women lose the right to vote in New . . . — — Map (db m104714) HM |
| On South Lafayette Street 0.1 miles south of East Marion Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Honoring those from Cleveland County, who served in the World War and the following who made the supreme sacrifice
Honor Roll
Harvey N. Allen •
Wm. Barrett •
E. O. Cabaniss •
John Carver •
Calvin Cook •
Ira A. Crabtree •
Broadus . . . — — Map (db m23537) HM |
| On South 3rd Street (U.S. 74) at Cottage Lane, on the right when traveling north on South 3rd Street. |
| | President of the United States, 1913-1921. His home, 1874-1882, was the Presbyterian manse, which stood one block E. — — Map (db m28731) HM |
| On Heaton Street, on the right when traveling south. |
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Warren Gard (1873-1929), son of Samuel Z. Gard and Mary Duke, was born in Hamilton, Ohio. He established his practice in Hamilton after graduating from Cincinnati Law School and being admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1894. Gard served as Butler County . . . — — Map (db m122416) HM |
| On Euclid Avenue (U.S. 6) east of East 196th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | By 1922, the Ambler Realty Company of Cleveland owned this site
along with 68 acres of land between Euclid Avenue and the Nickel
Plate rail line. Upon learning of the company’s plans for industrial
development, the Euclid Village Council enacted . . . — — Map (db m134117) HM |
| On U.S. 42, on the right when traveling west. |
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Born enslaved March 12, 1864, Charles Young was the highest-ranking African American line officer most of his career. He became the third Black graduate of West Point in 1889 and the last until 1936. Young served with the 9th and 10th Calvary . . . — — Map (db m95398) HM |
| On Old National Road (U.S. 40), on the left when traveling east. |
| | For nearly fifty years prior to 1914, almost no maintenance had been carried out on “the pike”, the National Road. By the early 20th century, bicyclists, automobile owners, postal service, and the trucking industry were demanding better . . . — — Map (db m98521) HM |
| On North Main Street (Ohio Route 58) just north of West Lorain Street (Ohio Route 511), on the left when traveling north. |
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First Church was built by the Oberlin Community in 1842-44
for the great evangelist Charles Grandison Finney (1792-1875).
He was its pastor, headed Oberlin College’s Theology Department, and later became College president. In the
mid-19th . . . — — Map (db m144079) HM |
| On Berkly Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | “In a righteous cause they have won immortal glory and have nobly served their nation in serving mankind.”
Woodrow Wilson 1918
“This tablet erected by the City of Dayton
from funds furnished by the Home Guards
to the . . . — — Map (db m109985) WM |
| | Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States,
created a plan for peace at the end of World War I.
The Fourteen Points agreement was part of his League
of Nations idea, which was the forerunner of the
United Nations. President Wilson was . . . — — Map (db m157493) HM |
| On Historic Columbia River Highway 2.8 miles from Corbett, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Classic symbol of the Columbia River Gorge, Vista House beckons travelers to Crown Point to revel in an extravaganza of water, cliff, and sky. Samuel C. Lancaster, design engineer of the Historic Columbia River Highway, envisioned this outcropping . . . — — Map (db m86662) HM |
| On Steinwehr Avenue (Business U.S. 15) 0 miles north of Culp Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | On July 1-4, 1913, the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg was celebrated with the first joint reunion for all Union and Confederate veterans, many of whom fought here in 1863.
53,407 veterans attended. 44,713 Union and 8,694 . . . — — Map (db m19063) HM |
| On Crescent Street at Mulberry Street, on the left when traveling south on Crescent Street. |
| | Located in this building at Mulberry and Crescent Streets was what became known as the "Switchboard of America," the printing business and national clearinghouse operation of J. Horace McFarland (1859-1948), one of Harrisburg's most famous national . . . — — Map (db m6850) HM |
| On Mount Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | In Memory of
James L. Killen, Jr.
Jesse S. Mills
Rockdale Boys who died in Action
in the World War 1918
Erected by Their Neighbors of
Aston & Middletown Townships
[Rear of Marker]
Roll of Honor
In Honor of . . . — — Map (db m67392) WM |
| On 2nd Street (U.S. 522) at Market Street, on the right when traveling south on 2nd Street. |
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(Dedication Plaque):This park forum and bronze tablets erected by the citizens of Fulton County as a memorial to her soldiers who served in the Civil War, the Spanish-American War and the World War. (Top of Civil War Plaque): These . . . — — Map (db m19529) HM |
| On Queen Street at King Street, on the right when traveling north on Queen Street. |
| | Indian wigwams, a hickory tree, and a spring - that was old center square "Hickory Town" prior to 1730. In that year, however, significant changes occurred as Andrew and James Hamilton laid out Lancaster Townstead with an open square. Streets . . . — — Map (db m5151) HM |
| On Main Street, on the right when traveling north. |
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Roll of Honor
to commemorate the names of
our men who answered their
country's call and served for
liberty and democracy in the
World War ending Nov. 11th, 1918.
[Honored Dead]
George Ihnát • . . . — — Map (db m151863) WM |
| | Educator, statesman, President. Here, at Bryn Mawr College, Wilson held his first teaching position. From 1885, when the college opened, until 1888, he taught history and politics in nearby Taylor Hall. — — Map (db m84843) HM |
| On South Front Street south of Saint Louis Street. |
| | Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army during the first World War and military counselor to President Wilson at the Versailles Peace Conference, was born in this house on December 31, 1853. — — Map (db m43385) HM |
| On Berlin Street (Pennsylvania Route 516) at Hanover Street (Pennsylvania Route 3041) on Berlin Street (Pennsylvania Route 516). |
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This tablet is erected to honor the boys who from this town and community gave their lives and services during the World War ending by Armistice signed November 11th, 1918, 11:00 A. M.
Peace terms signed June 28th, 1919, 3:00 P. . . . — — Map (db m30457) WM |
| On Pinckney Wildlife Refuge north of William Wilton Parkway (Route 352), on the right when traveling north. |
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[Front]:
Inhabited for some 10,000 years, Pinckney Island was known as Espalanga, Look–out, and Mackey's prior to about 1775. Alexander Mackey received two Proprietary grants for land on the island in 1710. Charles Pinckney later . . . — — Map (db m6611) HM |
| On Hobcaw Road at Ocean Highway (U.S. 17) on Hobcaw Road. |
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In 1718 the Lords Proprietors granted
12,000 acres on Hobcaw Point, the
southern portion of Waccamaw Neck,
to John, Lord Carteret. The barony was
subdivided beginning in 1766, creating
several large rice plantations which
flourished until . . . — — Map (db m16288) HM |
| On Fish Hatchery Road (State Highway 32-73), on the right when traveling north. |
| | This military post, also known as Camp Styx,was begun here in 1913 as a National Guard training center. The base sent men to a Mexican border disturbance after Pres. Woodrow Wilson mobilized the guard, 1916. The 1st Infantry Regiment, later the . . . — — Map (db m39078) HM |
| On Highlands Highway (State Highway 28). |
| | Russell House
This was a busy Appalachian farmstead in the late 1800's and early 1900's. You could hear the laughter of children playing in the creek, lowing cattle and clucking chickens as they searched for food. Ganaway Russell built a . . . — — Map (db m20978) HM |
| Near Hampton Street at Henderson Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The Woodrow Wilson Family Home is South Carolina's only presidential site and Columbia's earliest example of historic preservation advocacy. Traditionally celebrated for its association with the nation's 28th president, this circa-1871 property also . . . — — Map (db m134993) HM |
| On Marion Street north of Lady Street, on the right when traveling north. |
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First congregation organized in Columbia (1795). The churchyard, allotted as a public burying ground in 1798, was granted to this church 1813. Here are buried: D.E. Dunlap, first pastor; Chancellor H.W. DeSaussure; Jonathan Maxcy, first President . . . — — Map (db m29042) HM |
| On Blanding Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Founded 1828 by Presbyterian Synod of South Carolina and Georgia. Located here 1831. Moved to Decatur, Georgia 1925. Woodrow Wilson's father and uncle were among faculty members. Central building, erected 1823, was designed by Robert Mills as home . . . — — Map (db m28842) HM |
| Near Hampton Street at Henderson Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Woodrow Wilson's mother, Janet "Jessie" Wilson, is said to have planned their new home's landscape. Garden design during the 1870s sought to extend a home's interior beyond its windows by arranging plantings in a way that was visually appealing to . . . — — Map (db m134995) HM |
| On Hampton Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | [ United States Emblem ]
Woodrow Wilson
World War President
Lived here in the home of
His parents
Dr. and Mrs. Jos. Ruggles Wilson
1871- 1874
Erected as a memorial by the
South Carolina Department
of the . . . — — Map (db m28100) HM |
| On Hampton Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Built by 1872, this house was the boyhood home of Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), twenty-eighth President of the United States (1913-21). It was constructed by his parents, the Reverend Joseph Ruggles Wilson and Jessie Woodrow Wilson, when they lived in . . . — — Map (db m28019) HM |
| Near Hampton Street at Henderson Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | President Woodrow Wilson signed the Federal Farm Loan Act of 1916 to aid farmers in need of credit. This legislation created the nationwide Farm Credit System which included the Federal Land Bank of Columbia, the forerunner of today's AgFirst Farm . . . — — Map (db m134985) HM |
| On Groce Road (State Highway 292) at Spartanburg Road (State Highway 292), on the right when traveling south on Groce Road. |
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[East Base]:
This memorial is dedicated to the men and women of this area who have served in the armed forces of the United States and to those who gave their life in Performance of the service.
Erected by the people of District 5 . . . — — Map (db m10751) HM |
| On Oakland Avenue (U.S. 21). |
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This building was designed by Robert Mills and erected in Columbia, S.C., as the stable and carriage house of the mansion of Ainsley Hall; Chapel of Columbia Theological Seminary (Presbyterian), 1830-1927; first home of Winthrop College, . . . — — Map (db m16774) HM |
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[Left Top]:
This Chapel of the Columbia Theological Seminary, at Columbia, South Carolina, was occupied by the Winthrop Training School as a classroom for one year.
1886-1887.
The Winthrop Training School was organized in 1886 by . . . — — Map (db m28087) HM |
| On West 5th Street (North Dakota Avenue) west of North Main Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | (side 1)
President Woodrow Wilson came to Sioux Falls on September 8, 1919, as part of a 29-city campaign to stump for the Treaty of Versailles, which included the League of Nations. An excited crowd of onlookers cheered the 28th . . . — — Map (db m124172) HM |
| On North Phillips Avenue north of West 5th Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | (panel 1)
”If you didn't drink whiskey, play cards, use your fists or otherwise intimidate, you didn't belong in the arena with Frank Pettigrew… a man who came to the Dakotas with nothing but desire, talent and ambition. He pitched . . . — — Map (db m124226) HM |
| On Church Street 0.1 miles west of 4th Avenue North, on the left when traveling east. |
| | On this site stood the Maxwell House Hotel built by John Overton in 1859. It was destroyed by fire on Christmas Day, 1961. After wartime use as a barracks, hospital and prison, it was formally opened as a hotel in 1869. Presidents Andrew Johnson, . . . — — Map (db m24145) HM |
| On North Castell Avenue at West Mill Street, on the right when traveling north on North Castell Avenue. |
| | The old post office of New Braunfels was built during the full-scale 20th century transformation of the United States Postal System. Programs like the United States Postal Savings System, parcel post, airmail, and improved rural delivery services . . . — — Map (db m130116) HM |
| On Seawall Boulevard east of 28th Street, on the left when traveling east. |
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1917 Honor Roll 1918
We with uncovered head
salute the sacred dead
who went and who return not.
McDonald, Margaret • Astal, Douglas N. • Berg, George • Bone, Albert R. • Brown, William H. • Burke, C.T. • Carrague, Michael T. • . . . — — Map (db m90705) WM |
| Near Moody Avenue south of Winnie Street, on the left when traveling south. |
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Called the "First Citizen of Texas" by U. S. President Woodrow Wilson, Rabbi Henry Cohen, an internationally known humanitarian, was born in London, England.
He came to Galveston in 1888 as spiritual leader of congregation B'Nai Israel and . . . — — Map (db m118254) HM |
| | In 1917, with World War I at a stalemate, German military leaders adopted an aggressive strategy to strike any ships, even those of neutral nations, encountered in the Atlantic. As part of a campaign to hinder entry of the U.S. into the war, . . . — — Map (db m153223) HM |
| Near East Prarie Street (Farm to Market Road 2640) east of Walnut Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Fearless frontier law officer. Known for crack marksmanship and lightning-fast disarming of foes. His long-time friend Gov. James Hogg made him Captain of
Co. B, Frontier Battalion, in 1891. There he handled the "Murder Society of San Saba" and . . . — — Map (db m70513) HM |
| On Rusk Street east of Bagby Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | A native of Stoke St. Gregory in Somersetshire, England, T.W. House emigrated to the United States in May 1835. A baker by trade, he soon was employed by the St. Charles Hotel in New Orleans. By 1838 he had moved to Houston and established the . . . — — Map (db m116813) HM |
| On Rusk Street at San Jacinto Street, on the left when traveling east on Rusk Street. |
| | T. W. House, Jr., was the third of eight children born to Thomas William (1814-1880) and Mary Elizabeth (Shearn) (1822-1870) House. T.W. House, Sr., was an English immigrant who established the T.W. House Bank in 1838 and became mayor of Houston in . . . — — Map (db m116848) HM |
| On North Covington Street near Fancher Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | This depot was built to serve the Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Katy) Rail Line, which reached Hillsboro in 1881. Completed in 1902, the station features elements of the Eastlake, Victorian, and Prairie styles. Early MKT trains carried materials for the . . . — — Map (db m62900) HM |
| On North Plaza (Business U.S. 82) at West Plaza, on the left when traveling west on North Plaza. |
| | Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, John James Culbertson grew up in large northeastern cities. He married Emily Lou Lee of New Jersey in 1882 and soon became a salesman for a cotton product company based in Alabama.
During his southern travels, . . . — — Map (db m97618) HM |
| On Port Street at West Cotter Street, on the right on Port Street. |
| | The Aransas Pass has significantly influenced the economic development of the region. The natural waterway also has included treacherous navigational hazards. In 1878, the US Government addressed this situation when it established the first Aransas . . . — — Map (db m45835) HM |
| On West Avenue at West 18th Street, on the right when traveling south on West Avenue. |
| | Edward Mandell House (1858-1938), heir of a wealthy Houston businessman, moved to Austin in 1885 to be at the center of state politics, his primary interest. He managed the successful campaigns of four Texas Governors and became an important figure . . . — — Map (db m25980) HM |
| On East Kilpatrick Steet at North Newsom Street, on the right when traveling east on East Kilpatrick Steet. |
| | Born in Mississippi, "Bill" McDonald moved with his family to Rusk County, Texas, about 1866. During Reconstruction, McDonald was tried for treason after a conflict with Union authorities but was acquitted. He established W. J. McDonald and Co., one . . . — — Map (db m139048) HM |
| On South Main Street (Texas Route 37) at East Cedar Street, on the right when traveling north on South Main Street. |
| | Colonial mansion built by Marcus DeWitt Carlock, Sr., prominent early-day attorney, Confederate courier, political leader, friend of Governor Jim Hogg, member Electoral College that named Woodrow Wilson president. Entertained many high officials in . . . — — Map (db m139269) HM |
| On Bannys Road at Factory Road, on the right when traveling south on Bannys Road. |
| | At the south end of Main Ridge, the road becomes Banny's Road, which once led to Banty's Wharf. Banty's Wharf was named for Capt. John L. "Banty" who lived here with his wife, Mrs. Ellen Elizabeth Shores. For over 200 years the island's primary . . . — — Map (db m106987) HM |
| Near Wharf Street east of Ford's Landing Way, on the right when traveling west. Reported unreadable. |
| | Between 1911 and 1912, Battery Cove, the shallow bay extending from the southern edge of Keith's Wharf southward to Jones Point, was [unreadable] for the Civil War Battery Rodgers and was used as a small [unreadable] for an extensive dredging . . . — — Map (db m127768) HM |
| On Lee Highway (U.S. 29) at North Pollard Street, on the right when traveling east on Lee Highway. |
| | The Cherrydale Volunteer Fire Department was the first fire company in Arlington County. Formed in 1898 and officially established in 1904, it originally consisted of 10 leather buckets, a ladder, and spirited volunteers. A community fundraising . . . — — Map (db m55809) HM |
| On John Lewis Road north of Woodrow Wilson Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Groundbreaking for the Woodrow Wilson General Hospital was June 26, 1942. The hospital was named after Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president of the United States and a native of the neighboring city of Staunton. The federal government acquired 652 . . . — — Map (db m106827) HM WM |
| On Rockfish Gap Turnpike (U.S. 250) at Skyline Drive and Blue Ridge Parkway, on the right when traveling east on Rockfish Gap Turnpike. |
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Nelson County. Nelson County was named for Thomas Nelson, Governor of Virginia from June to November, 1871. It was formed in 1807 from Amherst County. Oak Ridge, birthplace of William Cabell Rives and later the residence of Thomas Fortune . . . — — Map (db m21701) HM |
| On U.S. 250, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Highland County. Formed in 1847 from Pendleton and Bath, and given its name because of its mountains. The Battle of McDowell, 1862, was fought in this county.
Augusta County. Formed in 1738 from Orange and named for Augusta, Princess of . . . — — Map (db m30389) HM |
| On Germanna Highway (State Highway 3) at Batna Road (County Route 663), on the right when traveling east on Germanna Highway. |
| | Just south stands Salubria, a rare estate of Georgian architecture in Virginia's Piedmont. The house is notable for its elegant proportions, fine Flemish-bond brickwork, and superb interior paneling. Salubria probably was constructed in the . . . — — Map (db m4580) HM |
| Near George Washington Memorial Parkway (at milepost 7). |
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These trees were planted in commemoration of the eight Presidents of the United States who were sons of Virginia.
George Washington, 1789-1797
• Thomas Jefferson, 1801-1809
• James Madison, 1809-1817
• James Monroe, 1817-1825
• Wm. . . . — — Map (db m814) HM |
| On Occoquan Regional Park Road near Ox Road (Virginia Route 123), on the left when traveling east. Reported missing. |
| | Adjacent to this park a group of women was imprisoned in 1917 for demanding the right to vote. The road to Occoquan Workhouse had started in 1848.
In July 1848 at the Seneca Falls Convention in New York, officially opening the American women’s . . . — — Map (db m2343) HM |
| On Chesapeake Avenue (Virginia Route 167) at Hampton Roads Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Chesapeake Avenue. |
| | The Hampton Roads Golf and Country Club was established in 1893 on undeveloped land purchased for speculation by Mary Frances Armstrong in 1888. This site today would extend from Hampton Roads Avenue to East Avenue, from Kecoughtan Road to Hampton . . . — — Map (db m33945) HM |
| On West Virginia Beach Boulevard (U.S. 58) at Llewellyn Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West Virginia Beach Boulevard. Reported missing. |
| | Pauline Adams, a native of Ireland who immigrated to the United States in her youth, was a woman’s rights activist who advocated a militant approach to the campaign for suffrage. The Equal Suffrage League of Norfolk was formed at her house in Ghent . . . — — Map (db m104849) HM |
| Near Lincoln Street east of 3rd Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Dry Dock 2, first built of wood, was completed in November 1887, but rebuilt with concrete in 1933. Dry Dock 3 was completed in November 1903. Dry Dock 4 was opened on April 1, 1919, with the King and Queen of Belgium in attendance. Dry Dock 5 . . . — — Map (db m76827) HM |
| On Virginia Avenue (State Highway 42), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Rockbridge County
Area 616 Square Miles
Formed in 1778 from Augusta and Botetourt, and named for the Natural Bridge. Samuel Houston and Cyrus H. McCormick were born in this county. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson are buried in Lexington. . . . — — Map (db m34306) HM |
| On Lee Jackson Highway (U.S. 11) near Raphine Road (County Route 606), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Rockbridge County
Area 616 Square Miles
Formed in 1778 from Augusta and Botetourt, and named for the Natural Bridge. Samuel Houston and Cyrus H. McCormick were born in this county. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson are buried in Lexington. . . . — — Map (db m23760) HM |
| On Warm Springs Pike (Virginia Route 42) 0.8 miles north of Mussoq Creek Road (Virginia Route 747), on the right when traveling north. |
| | (Obverse)
Rockingham County
Area 876 Square Miles
Formed in 1778 from Augusta, and named for the Marquis of Rockingham, British statesman. John Sevier, of Tennessee, was born in this county. In it took place the battles of Cross . . . — — Map (db m88642) HM |
| On Lee Highway (U.S. 11) south of Summit Church Road, on the left when traveling south. |
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Rockingham County. Area 876 square miles. Formed in 1778 from Augusta, and named for the Marquis of Rockingham, British statesman. John Seiver, of Tennessee, was born in this county. In it took place the battles of Cross Keys and Port . . . — — Map (db m12369) HM |
| Near Middlebrook Avenue (Virginia Route 252) west of South Augusta Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Dr. Barnas Sears, a career educator and Baptist minister, was nearly 65 years old in 1867 when he resigned as president of Brown College in Providence, Rhode Island, and moved to Staunton.
He became the agent of the Peabody Educational Fund . . . — — Map (db m134485) HM |
| On Lee Highway (U.S. 11) south of Woodrow Wilson Parkway (Virginia Route 275), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Three and one half miles south, on Coalter Street in Staunton, is the birthplace of Thomas Woodrow Wilson, 8th Virginia-born President. New Jersey Governor, 28th President (World War I). He was chief author and sponsor of the League of Nations. Born . . . — — Map (db m12363) HM |
| On Greenville Avenue (U.S. 11) at Ritchie Boulevard (State Route 275), on the right when traveling south on Greenville Avenue. |
| | One mile north, on Coalter Street in Staunton, is the birthplace of Thomas Woodrow Wilson, 8th Virginia-born President of the U.S., Princeton University President, New Jersey Governor, 28th President (World War I). He was chief author and sponsor of . . . — — Map (db m23076) HM |
| On E Frederick Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Commemorating the Birthplace of Woodrow Wilson this enclosing wall and garden laid out as of the period of 1846 – 1857 is dedicated by the Garden Club of Virginia — — Map (db m58784) HM |
| On North Coalter Street at Berkeley Place, on the left when traveling north on North Coalter Street. |
| | has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark Under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935 this site possesses exceptional value in commemorating and illustrating the history of the United States. U. S. . . . — — Map (db m58590) HM |
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Several markers are located along the Virginia Legends Walk. In order, starting from the eastern entrance, they read as follows:Grace Sherwood
(1660-1730)
Sherwood lived in Princess Anne County from the latter 1600’s until the . . . — — Map (db m33678) HM |
| On Orby Cantrell Highway (U.S. 23) just north of the traffic light for Lowes Home Improvement, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Napoleon Hill was born nearby on 26 Oct. 1883.
At age 13, he became a “mountain reporter” for small
town newspapers. He left Southwest Virginia in 1908
to write magazine profiles of such business leaders as
Andrew Carnegie, Henry . . . — — Map (db m90860) HM |
| On East Main Street (U.S. 11) near 1st Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Edith Bolling Wilson was born here on 15 Oct.
1872, where she lived with her parents Judge
William H. and Sallie White Bolling and ten
siblings. Edith Bolling married Norman Galt in
1896 and after his death in 1908 she operated
his Washington, . . . — — Map (db m44916) HM |
| Near Voice of America Road West 1.1 miles north of Lotzgesell Road when traveling north. |
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Approximately 10,000 years ago
Dungeness Spit began to form. The Spit is formed from sand and gravel from the Olympic Mountains carried by the Dungeness River into Dungeness Bay.
Debris is also sloughed off the bluffs to the . . . — — Map (db m129716) HM |
| On U.S. 60, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Large Federal fish hatcheries are located here. A mile east on Howard's Creek the armies of North and South fought in 1863. At "Oakhurst" three miles north the first golf club in America was organized in 1884.
Twelve Presidents, from "Old . . . — — Map (db m19361) HM |
| On U.S. 50 east of U.S. 250, on the left when traveling west. |
| | To the north stood the birthplace of John Barton Payne (1855–1935), Secretary of the Interior in the cabinet of President Woodrow Wilson. From 1921 until his death in 1935, he was chairman of the American Red Cross. — — Map (db m74933) HM |
| On U.S. 250, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Anna Jarvis was born here, 5-1-1864. Through her efforts President Wilson designated in 1914 the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day. She died 11-24-1948 and was buried in West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala-Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. — — Map (db m74918) HM |
| Near Interstate 94 at milepost 43, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The outbreak of war in Europe in August 1914 did not involve the United States directly. Americans expected to remain neutral in the struggle between Great Britain, France, Russia and Italy against Germany and its allies. The desire for neutrality . . . — — Map (db m2167) HM |
| Near North Water Street (U.S. 12) north of Harrison Street, on the left when traveling north. |
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This Field of Honor is a Memorial as a lasting tribute to those men and women who have served our country in war and peace. Those who survived were forever changed. Those who died were forever young in their loved ones' memories.
. . . — — Map (db m80141) WM |
| On County Route I 0.5 miles east of County Route H, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Here at Stony Hill School, Bernard J. Cigrand, 19 year old teacher and his students held the first recognized observance of “Flag Birth Day” on June 14, 1885, with a flag ten inches high, carrying 38 stars, standing in a bottle on the . . . — — Map (db m30688) HM |
| On Main Street (State Highway 66) at Soo Marie Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Main Street. |
| | When World War I started in 1914, Poland was divided between the empires of Prussia, Austria, and Russia. In 1917, a Polish National Committee organized regiments of Polish-American men to fight under a Polish flag in Europe. Forty-eight . . . — — Map (db m138225) HM |
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