Site of U.S. Rabbit Experimental Station

In March 1928, the Federal Government established the first and only experimental station in the United States devoted solely to research on the breeding and raising of rabbits on a five-acre property donated by A. B. Miller of Fontana. The ...

The Civil War Defenses of Washington

Fort Reno

The site of this fort was selected in August, 1861. First called Fort Pennsylvania, the fort was located at an elevation of 430 feet, commanding three important roads which entered the city from the northwest in the vicinity ...

Richardson Square

This mall is named in honor of

Richard Richardson 1704 - 1780

Brigadier General of militia in the American

Revolution, Member of the First and Second

Provincial Congresses, Commander of the

1775 Snow Campaign, and ancestor of six

Governors of South Carolina. He was ...

Calhoun Gold Mine

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Famous Calhoun Gold Mine where it is said vein gold was first discovered in Georgia by white men.

In 1828 while deer hunting Benjamin Parks, of Dahlonega, accidentally found quartz gold in pockets or lodes. His find was ...

Alpine Hotel

Originally built in 1862 as the Fiske House in Silver Mountain City. It was dismantled, board by board, in 1886 by A.M. Grover and a crew of men. Each board was marked and many of the old square nails were ...

Columbian Spring

Discovered in 1803 by Gideon Putnam while clearing land around Congress Park. Purchased by John Clark in 1823, he constructed a Grecian pavillion over it in 1840.

The City and Historical Society rebuilt the structure in 1981.

Presently the water flows here ...

Tapia Adobe Site

In 1839 Governor Juan Alvarado granted the 13,000-acre tract called Cucamonga to Tiburcio Tapia, an ex-soldier who was a prominent merchant and alcalde in Los Angeles. A half-mile west of this marker Tapia, employing Indian laborers, immediately built an adobe ...

Peters-Davenport House

circa 1838

Dr. James Peters built his family’s homestead here. The original house was a very early version of a two-room frame structure with two doors and two chimneys. Outbuildings included a barn, well, privy, and summer kitchen. The original rooms ...

Kennison Boulder Monument

In Memory of

David Kennison

The Last Survivor of the

"Boston Tea Party"

who died in Chicago, February 24, 1852, aged 115 yrs, 3 mos, 17 da, and is buried near this spot. This stone is erected by the Sons of the Revolution, the ...

Inman Veterans Monument

In honored memory

of all the men and women

who served their country

in time of war.

Marker is at the intersection of North Main Street (State Road 13) and Mill Street, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.

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