Van Buren Township, Bonebrake Corner

Church: Established by United Brothers in 1828.

Building erected 1847 - Used until 1900.

Cemetery 1837 to present time.

The last resting place of pioneers and soldiers who served our country in seven wars.

Marker is on East Bonebrake Road near ...

Birthplace of “Silicon Valley”

This garage is the birthplace of the world’s first high-technology region, “Silicon Valley.” The idea for such a region originated with Dr. Frederick Terman, a Stanford university professor who encouraged his students to start up their own electronics companies in ...

Private Tate, Buffalo Soldier

Walter Tate was born nearby in 1854. He

enlisted as a private on 6 May 1879 at Fort

Concho (present-day San Angelo), Texas, in

Company M, 10th Regiment, U. S. Cavalry.

Tate and those who served with him on the

western frontier defended settlements, livestock,

the ...

Jacobus S. Demarest House

Built about 1789 by Jacobus S. Demarest, the frame wing was added later. Demarest served in the Revolutionary War. Over the years his farm grew to 180 acres. In 1835 his son, Daniel J. Demarest, inherited the farmhouse. In 1863 ...

Carl Sandburg Hall

Carl Sandburg (1878-1967), poet, balladeer, biographer of Lincoln, soldier in the Spanish-American War, came from Illinois to Wisconsin in December 1907 as a state organizer for the Social-Democratic party in eastern Wisconsin. After marrying Lillian Steichen of Menomonee Falls in ...

Burrell Eskridge and His Son Vernon Eskridge

In memory of Burell Eskridge and his son Vernon Eskridge who gave this parcel of ground to the Shiloh Baptist Church in 1881 and 1894 respectively; and his great grandson Norman Bryant in 1957. May the memory of these gentlemen ...

Hardin Bigelow

Elected April 1, 1850

First Mayor of Sacramento under the Charter form of Government.

A Native of Michigan.

Died on November 27, 1850, in San Francisco of Cholera, following wounds received in the Squatters Riot at Sacramento in August 1850.

Aged 41 Years.

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Revolutionary War Patriots Buried in the Abington Presbyterian C

In memory of

the Revolutionary War Patriots

buried in the graveyard of the

Abington Presbyterian Church

Private Robert Barnes 1756-1815

Isaac Boileau 1722-1820

2nd Lt. John Houston 1751-1820

Colonel Robert Loller 1740-1808

Captain John Mann 1740-1819

Captain William McCalla 1732-1815

Presented September 17, 1987

Marker is at the intersection of Old ...

Greensboro

Founded 1732 as Bridge-Town, then in Queen Anne's and Dorchester Counties. Named Greensboro 1791. Sessions of Caroline County Court held here November, December, 1778; June 1779; march, 1780. Choptank Bridge, the first across the river built near here before 1732.

Marker ...

Ball Camp

About 3 miles NW, on Plumb Creek, Nicholas Ball, trapper and Long Hunter, established a camp which was used by westbound emigrants. Several years after founding this camp he was killed by Indians near Wells Station, Dec 23 1793.

Marker is ...