James Logan Butler

The Silver Baron of Tonopah, Nevada

FEB. 2, 1855

JAN. 22, 1923

His Mizpah Mine Produced

Nearly Half of the

$250,000,000 Gold and Silver

Taken in the Tonopah Rush

of the Early 1900’s.

Marker can be reached from Broadway.

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Ackerman-Boyd House

Built about 1793 by James A. Ackerman on land owned by the family since 1727. The farm was then in the locality known as Ponds Neighborhood and within the old Township of Franklin. In 1841 the house was purchased by ...

Brigadier General George B. Anderson

Brigadier General

George B. Anderson

C.S.A.

mortally wounded

235 yards S. SW.

Marker is on Richardson Avenue, on the left when traveling east.

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Lower Bridge: Take the Low Ground!

Over three weeks in March 1781, Brig. Gen. Francis Marion conducted a series of engagements between the Santee River and Georgetown, battering a larger force of British regulars and Loyalist militiamen under the command of Col. John Watson. This series ...

Schoch Blockhouse

This pioneer refuge during the Revolutionary War era was located at a spring 30 yards south. Built on Matthias Schoch's tract about 1770 and in use until 1783.

Marker is on U.S. 522 0.3 miles east of West Main Street, on ...

Beaver Creek Skirmish / Capture of Provisions at Flat Rock

(Front)

American forces under Major William R. Davie had captured a British convoy July 21, 1780, and were retreating with prisoners mounted two to the horse when ambushed by British several miles west of here on Beaver Creek. Nearly ...

Wadboo Barony: Francis Marion’s Last Headquarters

Wadboo was a Native American name given to the enormous landholding of James Colleton, a son of Sir John Colleton, who was one of the original eight Lords Proprietors of the Carolina colony. Called a barony according to the Proprietors’ ...

Bond County Veterans Memorial

Lest We Forget

This memorial is dedicated

to the men and women of

Bond County who served in

the Armed Forces of the

United States of America

Dedicated Nov. 11, 1997

In memory of those from

Bond County who gave their lives

while serving their country in

Korea

Thacker, Roy, Pvt, ...

Benjamin Ide Wheeler House and Garden

Edgar A. Mathew, Architect, 1900

City of Berkeley Landmarks

designated in 1986

When prominent educator Benjamin Ide Wheeler became president of the University of California in 1899, he and his wife built this spacious home. They entertained many dignitaries here, including President Theodore ...

Quinby Bridge & Shubrick’s Plantation: The Disastrous “Raid of t

In the summer of 1781, with the British hold on the interior of South Carolina significantly weakened, Continental commander Maj. Gen. Nathaniel Greene sent Brig. Gen. Thomas Sumter, with Brig. Gen. Francis Marion and Lt. Col. Henry “Light Horse Harry” ...