Port Bay Hunting and Fishing Club

Danish native Andrew Sorenson (1864-1941), established a reputation as a hunting and fishing guide in this area in the early 20th century. He bought 240 acres of land (.5 mi. W) in 1909 and in 1912 incorporated the private Port ...

The Battle of Reams Station

The Petersburg (& Weldon) Railroad

As early as September 1829, business interests in Petersburg wanted to build a railroad between Petersburg, Virginia and Weldon, North Carolina. The railroad would connect the Appomattox and Roanoke river and attract trade away from ...

Manasquan Fire Bell

In honor of those men who have volunteered their services in the Manasquan Fire Dept.

This bell has served since the 1870s to summon firemen to fires.

Marker is on Abe Voorhees Drive near Preston Way.

Courtesy hmdb.org

First Iron Bridge

The first iron truss bridge in the U.S. was built in 1845 in the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad blacksmith shop, just south of here. It was designed for the railroad in 1844 by Richard B. Osborne.

Marker is at the intersection ...

Blair County Memorial Highway

To all

Sons of Blair County

who served this nation

in time of war,

this road of memory

is gratefully dedicated

for all time

Dedicated Nov. 12, 1933

Rededicated Nov. 11, 1992

Marker is at the intersection of 40th Street and Chestnut Avenue, on the left when traveling west ...

A. B. Graham

Albert B. “A. B.” Graham was born in Champaign County on March 13, 1868, the son of Joseph and Esther Graham. He was raised in a small rural home, but a fire destroyed the house in 1879, and the family ...

Bosse-Morgan Building

”Hop Sing Laundry”

Built in 1855 by Gordon. Early tenants included Gellespy & Co. Clothing and J. Harwood & Co. Tin and Hardware. Hop Sing operated a Chinese laundry here circa 1894 until his death in 1944. Purchased in 1897 by ...

Birthplace of Andrew Jackson Monument

[Carving Side]

"I was born in So Carolina, as I have been told, at the plantation whereon James Crawford lived about one mile from the Carolina Road X of the Waxhaw Creek" Andrew Jackson to J.H. Witherspoon, August 11, 1824.

Jackson said ...

Blair County War Mothers Memorial

That the loving memory of

Blair County's War Mothers

may be forever perpetuated,

this shaft is erected by a

grateful people

Marker is at the intersection of 40th Street and Chestnut Avenue, on the right when traveling west on 40th Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Boy of the Waxhaws

By Anna Hyatt Huntington

This statue of the young Andrew Jackson is a gift to the children of South Carolina by the sculptor, Anna Hyatt Huntington. Children of the elementary schools throughout the state contributed their nickel and dimes for the ...