Town of Calico

Centered about the “Town of Calico”, The Calico Mining District, which had a peak population of 3,000, produced between $13 and $20 million in silver and $9 million in borate minerals between 1881 and 1907. On April 6, 1881, several ...

“Leesylvania”

This historically important property was part of a land grant dating back to 1658 and was the site of “Leesylvania,” the home of Henry Lee II (1729–1789). The Neabsco Iron Foundry, which was located nearby, furnished “pig iron and shot” ...

Walker School

Site of Former Madam C. J. Walker School. Built about 1860 to House the Black Students of the South Park Area Until 1949.

Marker is at the intersection of 50th Terrace and Grant Street, on the right when traveling west on ...

Minnieville

Nearby is Bel Air Plantation (c. 1740), burial site of Parson Mason Locke Weems, first biographer of George Washington. French and American troops moved through this community on their way to Yorktown in 1781. Northern dairymen developed large farms here ...

Roosevelt “Rosey” Brown, Jr.

Roosevelt Brown, Jr. (1932-2004) was born In

Charlottesville and played football at Jefferson High

School, the City’s only African-American High

School. Following a stellar career he attended

Morgan State University where he was named to

the Black All-American Team In 1952. Upon graduation Rosey was ...

Daring Escapes

The boat ramp in front of you was the site of two daring escapes in the Battle of Harpers Ferry. Under the cover of darkness, 1,400 Union cavalrymen fled on horseback down the ramp. crossing a pontoon bridge into Maryland ...

Harnett County Veterans Memorial

Center Panel:

This memorial presented to the citizens of Harnett County by the Harnett County Board of Commissioners through the Harnett County Memorial Association in honor to those who served their country.

Members of the Memorial Association

Fred D. Jackson (CHM.) • L. ...

Calico Lives Again

1881

Under the auspices of Knott’s Berry Farm, Buena Park, Calif. Buildings shall be rebuilt on their original sites.

Walter Knott is dedicating Calico Ghost Town to the memory of the heroic silver miners who lived and toiled here.

The preservation of this ...

Virginia Institute

Near this spot stood the frame dwelling of David Frederick Bittle, pastor of Mt. Tabor Lutheran Church, in which he began in the Fall of 1842, with the assistance of Christopher C. Baughman, also a Lutheran minister, a school for ...

Fifth Prince William County Courthouse

The city of Manassas originated in 1852 at the junction of the Manassas Gap and the Orange & Alexandria railroads. During the Civil War the junction’s strategic significance led to two important battles nearby. After the war, as the community ...