Founding of Griffin

From a stump near the town spring, now covered by the embankment of the railroad, on June 8, 1840, Gen. Lewis Lawrence Griffin sold lots to the highest bidder, thus establishing the City of Griffin. The first lot was sold ...

Chicago Board of Trade Battery

December 31, 1862

Panic-stricken Union troops bolted out of the woods, closely pressed by cheering Texans. Canister from the battery's six guns, placed on this rise, forced back the attackers. Reinforced by a second battery, the Union artillerymen repulsed a second ...

Lt. Gen. Lewis Burwell “Chesty” Puller

Lewis Burwell “Chesty” Puller was born on 26 June 1898 in West Point and lived here until entering Virginia Military Institute in 1917. He withdrew a year later and enlisted in the Marine Corps, serving more than 37 years. One ...

Founding of Griffin

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Near the present junction of the Central and Southern Railways, from a stump near the town spring, on June 8,1840, Gen. Lewis Lawrence Griffin sold lots to the highest bidder, thus establishing the City of Griffin. William ...

Cavagnaro General Store

Hornitos

was a rich town

in the fifties when

Calo Cavangnaro

erected this building

Marker is on Bear Valley Road (County Road J16), on the left when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Lieutenant General Lewis B. Puller

“West Point’s Own” “A Marine’s Marine”

Lt. General Lewis Burwell “Chesty” Puller, the most decorated Marine in the history of this country, was born on June 26, 1898 and grew up only a few houses away from where are standing. He ...

Pittsburg Post Dispatch Building

Built in 1923, this brick building was the home of the Coast Counties Gas and Electric Company which provided utilities to the City of Pittsburgh. The company closed its office in the 1950s and the building became a newspaper publishing ...

Young America Engine Co. No. 6

Engine House

Organized June 21, 1855.

Cornerstone laid January 1, 1858.

One of California’s most

noted firehouses.

This marker placed January 1, 1933

On its 75th anniversary by the

N.S.G.W. and N.D.G.W.

of the City of Sacramento.

Marker is on 10th Street, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy ...

Veterans of Foreign Wars

Fort Smallwood Post 2462

Dedicate this monument Nov. 11, 1983

To all who made the supreme sacrifice.

To those of us who carry the wounds of war.

To those who's memories will live forever.

Let us with God's help never forget.

Marker can be reached from ...

So We Will Not Forget

With God's blessing, we dedicate this emblem of liberty to the men and women of this community who served and those who gave their all so that we, their children, and our childrens children can live in freedom, peace and ...