Site of National Steam Grist Mill

Constructed 1867

by Peter M. Bare

Marker is at the intersection of Water Street and Washington Street, on the right when traveling west on Water Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Blues Trail From Mississippi to Memphis

The bright lights of Beale Street and the promise of musical stardom have lured blues musicians from nearby Mississippi since the early 1900s. Early Memphis blues luminaries who migrated from Mississippi include Gus Cannon, Furry Lewis, Jim Jackson and Memphis ...

Thomas Farm

Col. C. Keefer Thomas, a businessman, should have stayed in Baltimore. He was so sure a war eventually would rage around that city that he moved his family to this 240-acre farm, called Araby. Soon troops were marching through or ...

Fort Laurens

The first and only fort of the Revolutionary War, established within the limits of what is now Ohio, was built here in December 1778 by General Lachlan McIntosh, as a defense against the British and Indians, and held until early ...

Route of Gen. Kilpatrick’s Cavalry

Gen. Sherman’s Cavalry Corps, commanded by Gen. Judson Kilpatrick, consisted of 5,000 men, 8,000 animals, and 300 wagons. It rode from Gordon to Milledgeville on Nov. 24 to join the left wing of the Union Army. On the 25th, Gen. ...

The Power of Ideas

Bascom Hill Historic District

As president of the University of Wisconsin from 1903 to 1918, Charles Van Hise championed a mission of public service that became known as the Wisconsin Idea. Calling for professors to share the wealth of their teaching ...

First Burial Ground

The First Burial Ground is the presumed buying place of Norton's pioneer settler's.

William Witherell, who died in September 1691, is buried in the West end of the burial ground. When the land was passed to Nathaniel Witherell by his father,the ...

Francis Kittredge Shattuck Building

City of Berkeley Landmark, designated in 1995

Stone and Smith, Architects

1901

Jim Novosel: The Bay Architects

1998

Berkeley’s transit pattern was established in 1876 when Francis Kittredge Shattuck and James L. Barker brought a spur line of the Central Pacific (later Southern Pacific) Railroad ...

Buffalo Trace Distillery - - Warehouse C

Built in 1881, this graceful whiskey aging warehouse is a fine example of “Rick Construction”. The basic structure is built of massive wooden beams which bear the entire weight of the 24,000 barrels residing herein.

The foundation consists of Kentucky River ...

Gen. N.B. Forrest Captured Col. A.D. Streight Monument

This marks the place where Gen. N.B. Forrest with 322 men captured Col. A.D. Streight with 466 men May 3, 1863. Erected by Forney District Ala. United Daughters of The Confederacy June 3, 1939

Marker is on State Highway 9 0.1 ...