Pratt-McGirr House

Built circa 1803 by Azariah Pratt using hand-hewn beams and wooden pegs. Marietta's oldest private residence.

Marker is on Front Street, on the left when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Old Well

of the

original Fort Hamilton

was located 31 feet west

of this marker

In memory of

Carl E. Margedant

Marker is on Monument Avenue, on the left when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Robidoux Grist Mill Site

In 1846 the first grist mill in this region was built nearby by Louis Robidoux, owner of this section of Rancho Jurupa. The mill provided flour, a popular but scarce commodity, for settlers and American troops. The mill was washed ...

Potter's Field

Hidden Truths

From 1843 to 1871, this area was the City Cemetery potter's field, a graveyard for the poor and disenfranchised. More that 15,000 people, including 4,000 Civil War Rebels, were buried here on marshy land near the water's edge. Within ...

Early Explorers in Llano County

By commission of the Governor of Spanish Texas, Bernardo de Miranda in 1756 examined Cerro del Almagre, a red ochre hill supposedly rich in silver. His party of 23 from San Antonio struck Honey Creek near here, then went to ...

Site of Savage’s Trading Post

Here in 1849, James D. Savage, established a store built of logs. He engaged in trading and mining and married several squaws for protection and influence. In spring of 1850, fearing Indian depredations, he moved to Mariposa Creek. In December, ...

Henry Thomas Lodge, A.F. & A.M.

"In settlement started by Noah Smithwick, when he built water mill here in 1855. In 1861 he moved to California, but the mill continued in operation.

A. M. Cox erected this building in 1874. Minister Henry Thomas moved the Lodge ...

The Development of the Kansas City area Frontier Trails Network

Trail Map

The Santa Fe Trail went through two decades of change in the Kansas City area before evolving into it's final form by about 1840. In the early years of that decade it also became the route of the ...

In Memory of David Erickson

A U.S. Forest Service crew leader from Siskiyou County, Calif. lost his life while fighting the Stanislaus Complex Fire which destroyed 147,000 acres. For the love of the forest he gave the ultimate sacrifice September 11, 1987.

Sit and rest ...

Pioneer Oil Refinery

? 3 Miles

In 1875 the Star Oil Company, one of the predecessors of the Standard Oil Company of California, drilled its first Pico Canyon well, which yielded about one hundred barrels per day. The discovery resulted in the erection ...