Clare Briggs, Cartoonist

Clare A. Briggs was born in Reedsburg on 5 August 1875 to Mr. and Mrs. William Pardee Briggs; he lived here into his early teens.

Briggs became one of our nation's best known cartoonists, often using local scenes and names ...

Georgia 4-H Clubs

Motto: “To Make the Best Better”

Georgia 4-H Club work started in 1905 with 151 boys, each growing one acre of corn, under the leadership of G.C. Adams. In 1911 girls' tomato and canning projects were started.

4-H work led by County ...

Claxton Historic Burial Site

First Claxtons to Settle in East Central Georgia

Zachariah William Claxton - b. 23 Dec. 1806 - d. 22 April 1895 and his wife Lincella Bush Claxton - b. 5 Feb. 1806 - d. 7 Jan. 1872- Zachariah was son of ...

Woodberry Forest School

Two miles northeast is Woodberry Forest School, a college preparatory school for boys, founded in 1889 by Robert Stringfellow Walker, a captain with Mosby's Rangers. The school was named for the estate on which it stands, formerly owned by William ...

"Bugsy"

Nevada Celebrates Filmmaking

Flashy end-credit sequence filmed here

at the Flamingo Hilton

Stars Warren Beatty, Annette Bening (1991)

Marker can be reached from Las Vegas Boulevard South, on the right when traveling north.

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Albany Purchase

The NE corner of the land deeded the Proprietors by the Six Nations in great council at Albany July 6, 1754, was 1 mile north of Penns Creek. It ran thence "North of the West as far as your Province ...

Morris Canal Bread Lock No 7 West

Morris Canal

1824-1924

National Register Landmark

Bread Lock

No. 7 West

Warren County

Marker is on New Jersey Route 57 at milepost 4, on the right when traveling east.

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Millersburg Ferry

The only surviving ferry service across the Susquehanna began as early as 1825. boats were poled by manpower until 1873, when the first paddlewheeler was acquired. In the 1920's, gasoline engine replaced steam power, and the paddlewheels were shifted from ...

David Barton Home Site

1785-1838

The log home of David Barton and wife Nancy Barrett was established near this site circa 1785. The tract was “west of Old Indian Boundary on both sides of Neal's Fork of Tyger River,” and ultimately consisted of 424 acres. ...

John Bannister Gibson

Born Nov. 8, 1780, in a house near here. Chief Justice of Pennsylvania 1827-51. This was also the birthplace of William Bigler, who was Governor of Pennsylvania, 1852-55; and U.S. Senator, 1856-61.

Marker is at the intersection of Pennsylvania Route ...