Griffith Quarry

In the Fall of 1864, Mr. Griffith Griffith, a native of Wales, established the quarry located near this site which was later to supply high-quality granite for a number of the important buildings in San Francisco and Sacramento, including portions ...

Methodist Episcopal Church of Glendale Sanctuary

Built 1920 -1928

This property is listed in the

National Register of Historic Places

By the United States Department of the Interior

Listed

January 11, 2006

The First United Methodist Church of Glendale was originally chartered as the Methodist Episcopal Church of Glendale in 1894. The ...

Fort King George

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The site of fort King George, the first fort on Georgia soil built by the English. Erected by the Colony of south Carolina in 1721, 12 years before the Georgia Colony was founded.

This fort served as a barrier against ...

Unknown Dead

To the Unknown Dead

Union Soldiers

Of the Civil War

Re-dedicated by the Lawrence Sons of Union Veterans

Camp #4 November 2006

Marker can be reached from Irving Hill Road 0.2 miles south of Ruppenthal Drive.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Towne Square

Path of History, Portsmouth, VA

The intersection of High and Court Street was known as Towne Square, the cornerstone of the community. The square that you are standing on was known as Courthouse Square, the site of the original courthouse from ...

Oldest Oil Producing Well

McClintock No. 1 Oil Well has produced continuously since August, 1861. Drilled only two years after the famous Drake Well, it is located 240 yards away, across the railroad.

Marker is on William Flinn Highway (Pennsylvania Route 8) north of Waitz ...

City of Auburn

Gold discovered near here by Claude Chana May 16, 1848. Area first known as "North Fork" or "Wood's Dry Diggings". Settlement given name of Auburn in Fall of 1849. Soon became important mining town, trading post and stage terminal. County ...

The McIntosh Family Of McIntosh County

The service of this family to America, since the first of the Clan, with their leader, Captain John McIntosh Mohr, came from the Highlands of Scotland to Georgia, in 1736, forms a brilliant record.

The roll of distinguished members of this ...

Erie Extension Canal

Part of the old channel lies near the highway. The Conneaut Line, from Erie to near Conneaut Lake, was begun by the State, 1838, and completed by the Erie Canal Company, 1843-44. Canal in use until 1871.

Marker is at the ...

Pine Grove

Late 1854, in a grove of tall pines Albert Leonard built his Pine Grove Home & Inn & was first postmaster. It was located at the junction of stage roads to Jackson and Clinton.

Pine Grove post office was established ...