Empire Firehouse

The San Jose Fire Department, initially an intensely dedicated volunteer organization until the hiring of professionals in 1876, was established by a City ordinance in 1854. In that same year, a firehouse was erected on Lightston Street, functioning as the ...

Bellis - Durham - Totten Farm

This important early twentieth century farmstead represents the former predominance of dairy farming in Hunterdon County and is significant for its association with Frederick Totten, a founding member of the Hunterdon County Dairy Herd Improvement Association. The farmhouse on the ...

Westfield Church

Congregation organized in

1727. Second church was

site of trial of Parson

Caldwell’s killer. Present

church dedicated in 1862.

Marker is on E Broad Street (County Route 509), on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Forrest's Raid

Dec. 24, 1862

Moving to McKenzie, Forrest's Brigade captured the 100 - man garrison. Here they spent Christmas Eve, while working parties completed destruction of 4 miles of trestles and bridge between the forks of the Obion River. Other parties completed ...

The Fenwick Island Lighthouse

The Fenwick Island Lighthouse

Erected 1858

In operation from 1859 to 1978

as an official aid to navigation

Transferred to Delaware, 1981

Restored, 1982 – 1983, by The Friends of

the Fenwick Island Lighthouse under the

leadership of W. Paul Pepper, President

With the assistance of:

The State ...

Purpose of the Dam

The devastating flood of 1888 was one of several along the Savannah River in the 1800s. Altogether, they prompted the decision to build the Clarks Hill Dam and Lake, renamed the J. Strom Thurmond Dam and Lake in 1987. Authorized ...

Forest Hill

Historic Site

For more than a century this has been one of the finest residential areas in New Jersey. Development began in the 1870s, and continued into the 1920s. The Ballantines, the Clarks and other families who had amassed fortunes in ...

Men of Westfield

1775 1783

In honor of the men

of Westfield

buried here

who fought in the War

of the American Revolution

that they and their descendants

might enjoy

the blessings of a government

by the people

Marker is on E Mountain Avenue, on the left when traveling north.

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First National Bank of Beeville

Beeville, the county seat of the Bee County since 1860, did not have a secure bank until 1890, when the First National Bank of Beeville opened for business. Prior to that year, the town's only banking facility was A.C. Jones' ...

The Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus

The establishment of Estanislao Chapter 58 occurred on June 21, 1958. The inaugural meeting took place at the historic Tulloch Flour Mill in Knights Ferry under the direction of Noble Grand Humbug W.S. 'Walt' Hargrove. There were forty-eight founding and ...