St. Francis Barracks

These coquina walls were once part of the Franciscan chapel and friary of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, established by missionaries from Spain. Before these walls rose, thatch-roofed wooden building on this site were burned in 1599, rebuilt and ...

19th Century Club World War Veterans Monument

In Memory of

World War Veterans

Marker is on South Main Street south of East Cherokee Street (U.S. 29), on the left when traveling south.

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Blacksburg VFW Post 4941 Veterans Monument

In Honor of

All Veterans

Marker is on South Shelby Street south of East Cherokee Street (U.S. 29), on the left when traveling south.

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Federal Land Bank

James W. Plachek, Architect, 1938

City of Berkeley Landmark

designated 1985

The Farm Credit Administration built this structure to house federal agricultural banking and financial agencies, including one of the 12 Federal Land Banks that assisted Depression-era farmers. Features of the Moderne-style building ...

The Battle of Santa Clara

January 2-7, 1847

The Battle of Santa Clara was the only campaign fought in the Northern district of California between Californios and United States forces during the Mexican-American war. In the 1840’s an oak forest grew near the present Lawrence Expressway, ...

Clifts Plantation Burial Ground

Who Was Buried Here?

The Clifts Plantation cemetery was located on the opposite side of the current road. Because of long distances to the nearest church in the 17th and early 18th centuries, plantation burial grounds were common in the Chesapeake ...

St. Paul Baptist Church

This African-American church was organized in 1873 by Simon McIntosh, Henry Golden, Lily Yarborough, Frances Kelly, Lizzie Hart, and others. The first pastor, Rev. Daniel Golden, served 1873-1891. The first sanctuary was built in 1876. The present sanctuary was built ...

James Henry Bibb

In memory of

James Henry Bibb

One of the founding fathers of

Madison Station in November 1869.

Erected by his grandson

Marker is on Bibb Street north of Mill Road, on the left when traveling north.

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Beyond Purcellville

The trail ends here but the story does not. The founders of the Alexandria, Loudoun, & Hampshire (later the W&OD) sought to rival the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad for the coal of West Virginia and the trade of the Ohio ...

Samuel Beatty's Brigade

Wood's Division - Granger's Corps.

Samuel Beatty's Brigade

Wood's Division - Granger's Corps.

Brig. Gen. Samuel Beatty.

Nov. 25, 1863, P.M.

79th Indiana - Col. Frederick Knefler.

86th Indiana - Col. George F. Dick.

9th Kentucky - Col. George H. Cram.

17th Kentucky - Col. Alexander M. Stout.

13th ...