Former U.S. Presidents: #14 Franklin Pierce Historical Markers

By William Fischer, Jr.

United States Commanders in Chief Markers

1► Arkansas (Benton County), Bella Vista — United States Commanders in Chief —

2► District of Columbia (Washington), Penn Quarter — The New Willard — Erected 1901 —

3► Georgia (Pierce County), Blackshear — 113-1 — Pierce County —

4► Indiana (Marion County), Indianapolis — 49.2011.1 — Isaac Blackford —

5► Kansas (Shawnee County), Topeka — 15 — Capital City of Kansas —

6► Kansas (Shawnee County), Topeka — 15 — Capital of Kansas —

7► Kansas (Wabaunsee County), Paxico — 106 — Historical Kansas —

8► Kentucky (Union County), Sturgis — 211 — U. S. Treasurer —

9► Maryland (Baltimore), Downtown — Fish Market —

10► Maryland (St. Mary's County), Piney Point — Piney Point — “Summer White House” —

11► Massachusetts (Essex County), Rockport — First Congregational Church of Rockport Steeple Rehabilitation —

12► Massachusetts (Essex County), Rockport — The First Settlers of Sandy Bay —

13► New Hampshire (Coos County), Carroll — 087 — Crawford House —

14► New Hampshire (Grafton County), Littleton — Host to History —

15► New Hampshire (Hillsborough County), Hillsborough — 065 — Pierce Homestead —

16► New Hampshire (Merrimack County), Concord — 080 — Franklin Pierce — 1804 – 1869 — Fourteenth President of the United States (1853 – 1857) —

17► New Hampshire (Merrimack County), Concord — Franklin Pierce —

18► New Hampshire (Merrimack County), Concord — Site of Home of President Franklin Pierce —

19► New Hampshire (Merrimack County), Concord — State House Grounds — Downtown Concord — Est. 1725 —

20► New Hampshire (Merrimack County), Concord — 125 — The Pierce Manse —

21► New Hampshire (Rockingham County), Portsmouth — Nation's Oldest Bank —

22► Ohio (Belmont County), Barnesville — 7-7 — Governor Wilson Shannon 1802-1877 / Barnesville’s Shannon Family —

23► Ohio (Mahoning County), Canfield — 31-50 — Elisha Whittlesey —

24► Oregon (Josephine County), Grants Pass — No Land is Free —

25► Oregon (Yamhill County), Dayton — Pioneer Park and Blockhouse —

26► Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Sylvan Heights Mansion —

27► Pennsylvania (Franklin County), Cove Gap — President James Buchanan —

28► Texas (Brewster County), Marathon — The U.S. Army Camel Experiment —

29► Texas (Hutchinson County), Borger — 17949 — Beale Road —

30► Texas (Nueces County), Corpus Christi — 213 — Artesian Park and Sulphur Well —

31► Vermont (Chittenden County), Burlington — Site of the American House — 1808 - 1893 —

32► Virginia (Fairfax County), Fairfax — The Battle of Ox Hill —

33► West Virginia (Greenbrier County), White Sulphur Springs — President's Cottage —

34► West Virginia (Hampshire County), Capon Lake — Capon Springs —