Historical Marker Database
Major, major hat tip to Harry Smeltzer for bringing this to my attention.
In a comment to yesterday’s post, Harry made me aware of a very useful resource, the Historical Marker Database, of which I was not previously aware.
It is a veritable fountain of useful information, including photos of the markers and directions to them, as well as the text on each marker, for each one in the database. It is an incredibly useful tool and one that I will inevitably make extensive use of over the years.
Craig Swain mentioned in another comment that he is a regular contributor to the database–thanks for your good work, Craig. Each one you add is a real addition to the body of knowledge. Keep up the good work.
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Eric J. Wittenberg is an award-winning Civil War historian. He is also a practicing attorney and is the sole proprietor of Eric J. Wittenberg Co., L.P.A. He is the author of sixteen published books and more than two dozen articles on the Civil War. He serves on the Governor of Ohio's Advisory Commission on the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War, as the vice president of the Buffington Island Battlefield Preservation Foundation, and often consults with the Civil War Preservation Trust on battlefield preservation issues. Eric, his wife Susan, and their two golden retrievers live in Columbus, Ohio.
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Thanks again for the kind words. For the last few months, I’ve been working through the Antietam battlefield markers, monuments, etc and posting those into the database. As I said on my blog entry today, it’s a labor of love…
Craig’s blog:
http://markerhunter.wordpress.com/
Are these marker databases available as a Google Earth layer? I have one for the markers on the National Road and it is a very effective use of the GE technology.
Scott,
I honestly have no idea.
Eric
Great work, Craig, and I’ll link your blog onto mine as well.
J.D.
Scott, I’d have to refer that question to the HMDB web developer/owner. In the past I know he’s worked some projects to make the content presentable as a raw GPX file.
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