Karamu House

Karamu House, Incorporated was established in 1915 as the Playhouse Settlement, one of Cleveland's many settlement houses for migrant and immigrant communities. Initiated by the Men's Club of the Second Presbyterian Church, in 1915 Oberlin College and University of Chicago ...

Camp of Wild's African Brigade, 1863 - 1864 / Wild's Brigade Cem

Camp of Wild's African Brigade, 1863 - 1864

Folly Island was occupied by Union troops April 1863-February 1865. Gen. Edward A. Wild's "African Brigade" camped nearby from November 1863 to February 1864. The two regiments in Wild's brigade were the ...

Twin 40mm Self-propelled Gun, M42A1 Duster

Pennsylvania Military Museum

By the time the M42 "Duster" anti-aircraft weapon system was deployed in 1953, the Soviet Union had developed high-speed aircraft that were too fast for the Duster to track. The Duster, however, found its role in the dense ...

Rhodes Family Incident

Side A:

In 1837, an enslaved family of three escaped from Missouri; settled six miles north of here 1839 with name Rhodes. In 1844, Singleton Vaughn arrived at their home to claim them; family resisted until neighbors arrived. Vaughn agreed to ...

The City of Griffin

The first city government of Griffin, founded in 1840 by General Lewis Lawrence Griffin, was authorized in 1843 when the General Assembly of Georgia granted it a charter. The charter was accepted locally in 1844 and the first municipal government ...

League Park

League Park opened on May 1, 1891, with the legendary Cy Young pitching for the Cleveland Spiders in their win over the Cincinnati Redlegs. The park remained the home of Cleveland's professional baseball and football teams until 1946. In 1920 ...

Lewis Lawrence Griffin

Born in South Carolina, October 3, 1794, Lewis Lawrence Griffin moved to Georgia with his widowed mother in the early 1800’s. He fought in the Georgia Militia under General Daniel Newnan in Florida and, later, under Generals John Floyd and ...

Sycamore Shoals of the Watauga

In this neighborhood, on Sept. 26, 1780, Rev. Samuel Doak conducted religious services for the frontiersmen from Virginia and North Carolina, including the Watauga and other settlements in what is now Tennessee, upon the start of their decisive victory of ...

Thomas Green Clemson

Born in Philadelphia July 1 1807

Died at Fort Hill April 6, 1888

Scientist     Diplomat     Soldier

Founder of Clemson College

and benefactor to the sons

of his adopted state

Marker is on Calhoun Drive, on the ...

Carlo Andrea Dondero

Discoverer and Founder

of the

California Carrara Marble Quarry

Located 3.49 miles southwest of this location on Sutter Creek Volcano Road several hundred feet above the river. This quarry produced high quality marble used in the construction of Stanford University as well as ...