Monument to a Tulip Tree

This particular Liriodendren Tulipifera was used by Early's Confederates as a signal station and sharpshooter's post during the battle of Fort Stevens in July 1864.

The Middle Point

of the Transpeninsular Line



Photo by Leven Browne, ca. 1997

The Grave of Little Orphant Annie

  Greenfield, Indiana

Moncure Conway

 A Man Who Freed Himself ...

Foot Print Rock

New Paris, Ohio

A piece of glaciated gneiss with a human footprint in it,size 9.

Surratt's Boarding House

Wok 'n Roll

The Lincoln assassination conspirators met at Mary Surratt's Boarding House on H Street in Washington.

The Post Mark'd West

The Base Point on the Mason Dixon Line

Site of Post Mark'd West set up by Mason and Dixon June 12, 1764

This post used as base point in the survey of Mason Dixon Line 1763 - 1767