The Roeblings

John A. Roebling, inventor of steel wire rope and designer of the Brooklyn Bridge, began business at Saxonburg, founded by him in 1832. His son, Washington A. Roebling, who built the Brooklyn Bridge, was born here in 1837.

Marker is at ...

Fort Frederick Officers’ Quarters

A Ghost in the Ground.

Before you is the foundation of “The Governor’s House,” the building that served as the officers’ quarters, ceremonial hall and storeroom for Fort Frederick. What did that building look like? We know the size and general ...

Wildlife of the Northern Range

Elk - Sometimes called "wapiti" (the Shawnee word for "one with a white rump"), elk are often seen in large herds in open areas where they graze on grasses and forbs. Bull elk have antlers that they shed every ...

Staacke Brothers Building

Designed by prominent Texas Architect James Riely Gordon (1864-1937), this structure was built in 1894 to house the successful carriage business of German immigrant August Frederick Staacke (d.1909). An excellent example of the architecture of a developing commercial society, the ...

New Santa Fe Road

In 1864, the New Santa Fe Rd. joined the Harrisonville Rd. (now Grandview Rd.) here and went south across I-435 then to the southwest. McNeil's Union Brigade had been ordered by Gen. Pleasonton to be here by daylight on October ...

Stevens Building

One of the finest remaining structures in San Antonio's late 19th-century commercial district, this building was designed in the Richardsonian Romanesque style by James Riely Gordon (1864-1937) and was completed in 1891. Over the years the first floor has housed ...

Fair Oaks Station

This intersection of the Richmond and York River Railroad with the Nine Mile Road became one of Henrico County’s best-known landmarks during the Civil War. Fair Oaks Station lay on the north side of the junction. As part of Gen. ...

The Battle of Lindley's Mill Memorial

In Memory of the Whig and Tory Soldiers who died in the Battle of Lindley's Mill 14th D. 11 Mo. 1781 and were buried here and on the battlefield

Erected 7th Day 10 Mo. 1979

Marker can be reached from East Greensboro-Chapel ...

Boonesborough Township (1763)

Surveyed in 1762 by Patrick Calhoun and named for Gov. Thomas Boone, this 20,500-acre township was one of four townships laid out west of Ninety-Six as a buffer between white and Cherokee lands. In 1763 Scots-Irish families began to settle ...

W. Green Deschamps, Jr. Highway

Named in his honor

1978

Bishopville

Council member, 1947 - 58

Mayor, 1958 - 62

State Senator , 1963 - 68

Member, house, 1971 -

Life Trustee, Clemson University

Dedicated Public Servant,

Strong supporter of Highway Program,

Astute businessman, Civic Leader

Marker is on Sumter Highway (South Carolina Route ...