Franklintown Chapel

The Franklintown community was first populated by ex-slaves from the Samuel Harrison plantation. Franklintown Chapel's congregation was organized in 1880 by Trinity M.E. Church, located in the City of Fernandina at the north end of Amelia Island. The Reverend J.G. ...

Patrick J. Quinlan

1849 - - - - - 1893

President

United Association of Journeyman and

Apprentices of the Plumbing and

Pipefitting Industry of the

United States and Canada

1889 - 1892

A plumber born in Boston, Massachusetts, Patrick J. Quinlan was a member ...

Walter Philip Reuther

1907 - - - - - 1970

“- - - - Whose memory is enshrined in the hearts of all of us.”

Born at Wheeling, W. Va. Sept. 1, 1907, the son of Valentine and Anna Reuther. One of four brothers, ...

Joseph A. Beirne

1911 - - - - - 1974

President

Communications Workers of America

1938 - 1974

Joseph Beirne helped found the CWA in 1938, and served as President until 1974, helping develop CWA into the largest communications union in the Nation.

In 1949, ...

Pride Mansion

Dr. Samuel Pride, first Worthy Master of the New Providence Masonic Lodge, built his house here. Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, enroute to the relief of Burnside at Knoxville, billeted himself here. From 1878 to 1900 it was the Friends’ ...

The Brule St. Croix Portage

Upper Lake St. Croix end of trail,

discovered 1680.

Indians, voyageurs, explorers,

missionaries, traders and pioneers travelled

this path from the waters of the

Great Lakes to those of the Mississippi.

To all who pass this way

this trail is dedicated.

This tablet was placed by

Claude Jean Allouez ...

Alleghany Springs

Yellow Sulphur Springs was developed on a modest scale by Jesse Kerr in 1859. In 1885, Nathan McCoy, of Indiana, built an elaborate hotel here. John Hanlon took it over in 1900, and operated it until the outbreak of World ...

The Franklin Springs

For the first hundred years. Franklin Springs existed as a famous health resort. The Springs, as well as the County, was named for Benjamin Franklin. Three types of water flowed strongly from these springs, mineral, sulphur and freestone.

Preceding the Civil ...

Peter J. McGuire

1852 - - - - - 1906

Founder and General Secretary

United Brotherhood of Carpenters

and Joiners of America

1881 - 1901

Father of Labor Day

Peter J. McGuire was founder of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America in ...

Vail / Vail Pass Country

Marker Front:

Vail Mountain stood bare just days before the resort’s 1962 grand opening. As luck would have it, a late December storm blanketed the area, dumping several feet of powder on the untracked slopes. Fortune just kept smiling on the ...