Jappa Mason

1867 – 1962

Taught school for 76 years. Her pupils included Harry Sinclair, W.E. Disney, Martin Johnson, and many others of prominence. During a very useful and successful life she wrote the school laws for Oklahoma, was a foe of corruption ...

Captain Richard C. Mason

PeaRidge Battlefield Arkansas 1862

Near this monument March 8, 1862, Captain Richard C. Mason of the 16th Arkansas Cavalry and [sic] was severly [sic] wounded and his horse killed. Mason was rescued by Frank Colbert a Chickasaw. Mason served for the ...

Lincoln's Carthage Speech

Abraham Lincoln defended himself against political attacks during much of the speech he delivered here on the courthouse grounds on October 22, 1858. Stephen A. Douglas, who had spoken here eleven days earlier, had accused Lincoln of being too cozy ...

Holsey Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church

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In 1884, a group of black citizens banded together to organize a church. They appealed to the Commissioners of Columbus, Georgia, and obtained a lot on Eighth Street. The first church was completed in 1886 and called ...

Black Dog Trail Campsite

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Marker is on 4th Avenue near Ridgeway Street, on the right when traveling east.

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Fourth Street Baptist Church

In 1900 the Mt. Canaan Baptist Church was established under the leadership of the Reverends John Bellamy and Willis Carter when a few men and women met under a fig tree on Third Avenue to worship. In 1901 Rev. Bellamy ...

Stephen Crane's Pond

Here at the home of his brother Edmund, the author of the Red Badge of Courage lived and wrote in the early 1890's.

Marker is at the intersection of Cold Spring Road and County Route 48 on Cold Spring Road.

Saint Josephs

Founded in 1886 by the Sisters of St. Dominc. Saint Josephs was established on property purchased from the estate of millionaire Thomas Hunt Talmadge. Through vision and sacrifice, the Sisters developed a community that included a convent, chapel, school, guest ...

Edison Portland Cement Company

1901 - 1941

Manufactured the cement for "The Concrete Mile". The first concrete road in the state of New Jersey.

View the top of the cement plant silo through the viewfinder.

Marker can be reached from New Jersey Route 57 ½ mile west ...

Here Stood Gillman's Depot

Here stood Gillman's depot named for owner of nearby sawmills and tanneries. Station served railroad running from Port Jervis to Monticello 1871-1858

Marker is on Lake Joseph Drive 0.6 miles from Cold Spring Road, on the left.

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