Gaffney Cornerstone

A stone located on the

northeast corner of this

intersection commemorates

the point from which the

streets of the town of

Gaffney were laid out in

1873.

Marker is at the intersection of North Limestone Street (South Carolina Route 150) and East Buford Street, on the right ...

Battle of Odelltown

Following the failure of the 1837 rebellion, a faction of the patriote party gathered in the United States under the leadership of Robert Nelson to proclaim the Republic of Lower Canada and plot the overthrow of the government. Their invasion ...

Hall of Dispelling Clouds

(Paiyun Dian)

The original construction here was the Hall of the Great Buddha of the Temple of Immense Gratitude and Longevity in the Garden of Clear Ripples. It was burned down by the Anglo-French Allied Forces in 1860 and reconstructed on ...

736 Ferry Street

1906

Built after the Fire of 1904 that consumed the entire block

Occupied in 1881 by Contra Costa Telephone Company

founded in 1881 by J. Borland which was sold to Pacific Bell Telephone Company in 1892

with R. Borland as superintendent ...

Confederate Memorial Day

First Decoration, or Memorial Day, was observed in Kingston in late April of 1865, and has been a continuous observance here since that day, the only such record held by any community in this Nation. The first Memorial, or Decoration ...

Site of 1896 Van Zandt County Courthouse

In 1894, the Van Zandt County Commissioners Court approved construction of a new brick courthouse at this site. Built between 1894 and 1896, it replaced a frame courthouse that had served the county since shortly after the Civil War. The ...

Ellicott Flour Mills

The Ellicott Driveway portion of the Gwynns Falls trail follows the route of a millrace that carried water to a flour-milling complex owned by the Ellicott family. In the 1800s, 26 gristmills along the Gwynns Falls and other on the ...

Regulators of Goliad County

When the Civil War ended in April 1865, many Texans returned to find their farms and ranches neglected, their cattle running wild and unbranded. The Federal troops sent to occupy Texas in June 1865 could not control the widespread cattle ...

1st Regiment Eastern Shore Maryland Volunteer Infantry

(Front):1st Reg't Eastern Shore

Maryland Vol. Infantry

Col. Jas. Wallace.

Lockwood's Independent Brig.

12th Corps.

Maryland's Tribute to her Loyal Sons

(Back):

Five companies held the works in front of this stone on the morning of July 3d 1863, relieving other troops and remaining until about noon ...

The Citizens of Irvington

As a lasting expression of their gratitude and affection, have placed this tablet as a testimonial to the young men of this community, who, in a spirit of unselfish patriotism, volunteered at their countrys call, in the cause of democracy.