Congregational Church of Lewiston

The Congregational Church of Lewiston was organized in October 1889. It was incorporated and erected in 1896. Construction was done by a local contractor – Mr. Canfield. The total cost was $750.00. During its early years, ministers traveled from Weaverville ...

Lee Family Ranch House

This house built in 1917 by family members on land purchased from Mrs. J. Putnam is located adjacent to the 32 acre Lorenz Ranch farmed by the Lee family since 1906. Acquired from the Lee family in 1989 by Trinity ...

Race Track – Airport – Golf Course

Once known as China Graveyard Ridge, by late August, 1871, Alex Love developed a racetrack on this site 550 yards in length. This popular quarter mile track saw the names of horses like “Hayfork Kitty” and “Hollywood” owned by John ...

Assassination of F.M.B. "Marsh" Cook

On July 23, 1890, Marsh Cook of Jasper County was gunned down by six men after warning citizens that the 1890 Mississippi Constitutional Convention would likely limit voting rights and disfranchise black voters. Cook was a white Republican candidate for ...

Fort D.A. Russell

Originally named Camp Marfa, this installation began as a supply post for U.S. Army border patrol stations in 1911. It was a cavalry camp during the years of the Mexican Revolution. Renamed for Civil War general David Allen Russell, it ...

Signers of the Declaration of Independence

Our Freedom Began When in 1776

These Courageous Men Signed

The Declaration of Independence

Father of Our County

George Washington

The Voice of Freedom

Patrick Henry

The Pen of Freedom

George Mason

[Signers of the Declaration are listed by State]

With utmost thanks to those who live and die to ...

Statue of Liberty Replica

With the faith and courage of

their forefathers who made

possible the freedom of these

United States

The Boy Scouts of America

dedicate this replica of the

Statue of Liberty as a pledge

of everlasting fidelity and

loyalty

40th Anniversary Crusade to

strengthen the arm of liberty

Marker is at the ...

A Shelter for Persons Distressed

In 1636, Roger Williams bought land from the Narragansett chiefs and established a colony here near the site of a fresh water spring. Naming the town for God's providence to him, Williams declared the settlement a shelter for the persecuted ...

Revolutionary War Fortifications

Fortifications were constructed with the most readily available materials: earth, stone and wood. Forts, redoubts and batteries were normally built with a dry masonry stone foundation topped with some combination of earth, fascines (bundles of sticks) and logs. Forts ...

Oil Field Boom Towns

Oil field towns such as Oil Hill and Midian were built and maintained by oil companies such as Cities Service. These towns were fast growing and held an excitment in the early years when people moved in at all hours ...