Cupolas from the Virginia State Penitentiary

The cupolas you see here sat atop the Virginia State Penitentiary building that stood not far from here. Benjamin Henry Latrobe's original penitentiary was replaced by the building below in the 20th century, but was torn down in 1992 when ...

The Rail Strike of 1916

In the years before motor vehicles came to dominate transportation, business was never better for the Washington & Old Dominion Railway. Demand for passenger and freight service boomed, while the W&OD's owners balked at spending the money necessary to keep ...

Lest We Forget

In Thanksgiving to God For Victory

This monument is erected in honor of the men from Meyersdale and vicinity who served in the World War and is dedicated as a sacred memorial to those who died that liberty and the ideals ...

N.C. Division of Archives & History

Organized as the N.C. Historical Commission in 1903; R.D.W. Connor, first secretary. Moved to this building, 1968.

Marker is on Jones Street, on the left when traveling east.

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Francis McNairy House

Originally located in northwest Guilford County, this two-story log house was the home of Francis and Mary Boyd McNairy. Like other Scots-Irish families, the McNairys migrated to North Carolina from Pennsylvania. In 1762, they purchased 640 acres of land, and ...

Salisbury Confederate Memorial

In memory of

Rowan’s

Confederate Soldiers

that their heroic deeds,

sublime self-sacrifice

and undying devotion

to duty and Country

may never be forgotten

1861 – 1865

[ Left of Monument: ]

Soldiers of the

Confederacy,

Fame has given you

an imperishable crown.

History will record

your daring valor,

noble sufferings and

matchless achievements

to the honor and

glory or ...

Fremont’s Fort

General John C. Fremont, 1813-1890. A noted military man, explorer, topographer, senator & businessman, Fremont was also a miner. He settled in Mariposa County living just outside Bear Valley.

He operated the Josephine, Pine Tree & Princeton mines and other claims. ...

American Hotel - Auburn, California

Historical Landmark

Site of American Hotel

One of the early hotels

Burned 1855 – Rebuilt 1857

Burned 1905 – Not Rebuilt

Marker is at the intersection of Washington Street and Sacramento Street, on the left when traveling north on Washington ...

First Baptist Church

Organized in 1820, this is the church's third downtown location. The elaborate Gothic tower is all that remains of the Matthews & Thompson building that stood at this location from 1886 to 1967. The Baptist Sunday School Board, now one ...

Wells Fargo Express Office – 1852

Historical Landmark

Wells Fargo Express Office – 1852

And Hollenbeck Bank

Opp. Firehouse

Marker is at the intersection of Lincoln Way and Commercial Street on Lincoln Way.

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