Lavers Crossing

In 1854 John C. Reid filed a squatter’s claim on this spot. This same year Kern County’s first school class was held here. In 1859 David Lavers, with his father and brother, John, built a hotel and stage barn on ...

Flambeau Trail – Flambeau Trail Crossing

Iron County Heritage Area

You are standing on the ancient Flambeau Trail, an important route for commerce for Native Americans, voyagers, and explorers travelling between settlements at LaPointe on Madeline Island and Lac du Flambeau 90 miles to the south.

Until railroads ...

Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa / Ó Donnabháin Rosa

(1831 - 1915)

Ni dhéanfaidh gáeil bhearmao orc go brách

[Gaelic transcription is best effort]

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Erected in 1954. An uncut rock of Wicklow granite symbolises the patriot's unbreakable spirit. Into the rock is set a plaque bearing an impression of O'Donovan Rossa's head.

Courtesy ...

Irwin’s Crossroad

On Nov. 26, 1864, the Right Wing (15th and 17th Corps) of Gen. Sherman’s army [US], which had left Atlanta on Nov. 15th on its destructive March to the Sea, crossed the Oconee River at Ball’s Ferry (9 miles SW), ...

Cross Keys School

Built by Lester Gager in 1857

at the corner of Dixontown

Road, the school was moved

here by the township in 1976.

Former students called it

the “Knowledge Box”.

Marker is at the intersection of Mill Street and Enclave Court, on the right when traveling north ...

Cross Roads

On February 4, 1847 Medford was

set apart from Evesham Township

and on March 9, 1847 the first

meeting of Medford Township was

held here at Crossroads, near

the earliest homes.

1847-1997

Marker is at the intersection of Church Road and Mt. Holly/Medford Road (County Route 541), ...

Neosho Crossing

"The creek bank, which is short and steep, made of some little detention in the crossing of the wagons, they had to double teams several times. It is amusing here to hear the shouting of the wagoners to their animals, ...

Rosslyn Station

If you were a passenger on the Washington & Old Dominion Railway heading into Georgetown, you would first have to pass through Rosslyn, Virginia, a 15-minute train ride from here.

The first Rosslyn Terminal dated from 1906, with the establishment of ...

First Dam Across The St. Joseph River / Power Race

First Dam Across The St. Joseph River

The original dam, providing power for which Mishawaka was noted, was completed in 1837. It was 577 feet long, 24 feet thick and cost $38,000.00.

Power Race

Along this race, providing water power, and along its ...

National Register of Historic Places – City of Norcross

The Norcross Historic District has been preserved as a 19th century railroad town, and its historical significance has been recognized by the U. S. Department of the Interior through its listing on the National Register of Historic Places on November ...