Bailey School

1893 - 1951

William M. Bailey (born 1859 in Cherokee Co.; died 1909 in Blount Co.) settled 40 acres on what became Co. Rd 36 to the west and New Home Church Rd to the east in 1893. He brought three ...

Battle of Spotsylvania

May 12 - 18, 1864, between the armies of Lee and Grant is unmatched for its display of unyielding heroism and devotion to duty and principle. Here thousands of valorous men, fighting with bayonets and clubbed muskets, wrote their imperishable ...

Roberts Ferry

Originally located 3/8 mile downstream, this ferry was first established by Dr. B. D. Horr about 1850. Later owned by Dickenson and by Osborn, it was purchased by John W. Roberts in 1862 and moved to this location in 1865. ...

Berkeley County

This county was designated a court and land conveyance district in 1682, and an election district in 1683. It was named for two brothers, Lord John and Sir William Berkeley, both Lord Proprietors of Carolina. Over the years, functions of ...

John Brown Scaffold

Within these grounds a short distance east of this marker is the site of the scaffold on which John Brown, leader of the Harpers Ferry raid, was executed December the Second, 1859.

Marker is at the intersection of S. Samuel Street ...

“Warburton Manor”

Patented 1661

Home of the Digges Family (descendants of Edward Digges, governor of Virginia, 1652–1668). The most intimate friend of George and Martha Washington in Prince George’s County, where they visited many times. Washington spent his forty-third birthday here. Now site ...

Tower Bell

Cast to commemorate the California State Normal School in 1881, this 3,000-pound bell was rung at 8 a.m. each morning until the earthquake stilled its voice in 1906. In 1910, the bell was re-installed in the maim building of the ...

Site of Abraham Lincoln's Speech

Aug. 12, 1858

"A house divided cannot stand."

Marker is on S. State Street just north of 3rd Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

First Professional Basketball Game

On this site in 1896, was played the first professional basketball game. Fred Cooper, captain of the Trentons, had arranged for the rental of Masonic Temple Hall, after rent was paid, he distributed the remaining money among the players ...

Abraham Hunt House

Colonel Rall was entertained on Christmas night 1776 in the house owned by Abraham Hunt which stood on this spot.

Marker is at the intersection of North Warren Street and West State Street, on the right when traveling south on North ...