Duane Leroy Bliss

1833 – 1907

Timber baron and transportation mogul, D.L. Bliss – a one time Nevada banker – was best known for the railroads and steamships that he introduced to the Lake Tahoe Basin. He organized the Carson & Tahoe Lumber & ...

Miami County Navy Mothers Club 402

War Memorial

“These heroes are dead.

They died for Liberty - They died for us.

They are at rest.

They sleep in the land they made free.

Under the flag they rendered stainless.

Under the solemn pines.

The sad hemlocks.

State Your Business...

Friends or business associates coming to call on the Mahaffie family used the front door of the house. Stagecoach passengers and other travelers used the side door to reach the dining hall in the cellar, and had no need to ...

1st Corps, 3rd Division, 2nd Brigade Bivouac

U.S.A.

On the night of September 16, 1862, three regiments of Magilton's Brigade, Meade's Division bivouacked in the North Woods, a few feet south of this point in support Seymour's skirmishers; one regiment was in second line, in the open ground ...

North Berkeley Congregational (Grace North) Church

James W. Plachek, Architect, 1913

City of Berkeley Landmark

designated in 1999

When architect James Plachek was hired at the age of 29 to design this church, it was his first major commission in Berkeley. He later designed many public and commercial buildings, ...

Cedar Creek Primitive Baptist Church

Cedar Creek Primitive Baptist Church was organized April 10, 1813. The first pastor was Samuel Strange; first clerk was John Collins; first deacons were Frederick Holland, John Collins, and H.H. Kennedy. Other deacons include Redding Yeomans, J.J. Kennedy,

Lewis Powell, Homer ...

Metallurgical Laboratory

Building 4

Metals were vital to Thomas Edison – from iron, copper, and various alloys used in new inventions to gold for plating phonograph record molds. Here in the metallurgical laboratory, workers collected, assayed, and evaluated the metals used for Edison’s ...

Hillside Club

John White, Architect, 1924

City of Berkeley Landmark

designated in 2004

The Hillside Club was founded in 1898 by Berkeley women intent on preserving the natural beauty of the hills. It soon became an influential cultural force. North Berkeley’s curved streets with old ...

Bank of Campbell (Farley Building)

Campbell Historical Location

Campbell’s first bank operated here from 1895 – 1911. Purchased by Guy Farley in 1923. Campbell Avenue’s oldest commercial building.

Marker is on East Campbell Avenue, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Clara Barton

(Upper Plaque):During the Battle of Antietam

September 17, 1862

Clara Barton brought supplies

and nursing aid to the wounded

on this battlefield.

The act of love and mercy

led to the birth of the present

American

National Red Cross

(Lower ...