The Girls and Boys of Bemisuwka

Upper Plaque

They, too, wanted only to live by the side of this Park and be a friend to man. Instead, off to war they went, by their sense of duty sent, in response to pleas, of peoples, forced to their ...

Birthplace of U.S. Copper Industry

In this building in 1801 Paul Revere-famed " Midnight Rider" Patriot and silversmith- founded an industry as well as a business.

Here he rolled copper successfully for the first time in America. Thus beginning one of the most vital industries in ...

Alfred Washington Ellet

Oct. 11, 1820 - Jan. 9, 1895

Brig. Gen. - U.S. Volunteers

Commander [Mississippi] Marine Brigade

Capt. 59th Ill. Inf. Aug. 20, 1861

Lieut. Col. U.S. Volunteers Apr. 28, 1862

Brig. Gen. Nov. 1, 1862

This marker erected in 1979

at the request of his grandson,

the late ...

Steam Barge Francis Hinton

Historic Shipwreck

Type: Wooden steam barge

Built: 1889, Hansen & Scove, Manitowoc, Wis.

Sank: November 16, 1909

Length: 152’ Beam: 31’

Cargoes: Lumber, wood products

Propulsion: Propeller

Depth of Wreckage: 15’

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places

About one-quarter mile offshore from this point lies the wreck ...

Pacific Brewery

One of four Gold Rush breweries in Weaverville, the Pacific Brewery building was built by Fred Walters in 1855. Walters sold to Lorenz and Hagelman in 1865. John Meckel bought the business from Lorenz in 1878. Meckel died in 1889, ...

Prisoner of War Camp Chapel

(3.5 MI.S)

A prisoner of war camp, used primarily for Italian soldiers, was in operation near this site during World War II. Known as the Hereford Military Reservation and Reception Center, it was first used in 1943 for prisoners captured in ...

Deaf Smith Courthouse

1910

Brick with marble veneer and interior. Second marble courthouse built in U.S.

Cost was $125,000. After hotly-contested bond issue election, Judge John Slaton and winners paraded down Main Street behind the band.

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark–1965

Marker is on East 3rd Street west ...

Deaf Smith County

Formed from Young and Bexar

Territories

Created August 21, 1876

Organized October 3, 1890

Named in honor of

Erastus “Deaf” Smith

1787-1837

Came to Texas in 1821

Rendered valuable service as a scout and

spy during the Texas Revolution

and was conspicuous for his bravery

in the Battle of San Jacinto

County ...

Old Weaverville Fire Station

This building, with its rammed earth wall was constructed by early Chinese settlers.

On January 17, 1910, it was purchased by the Weaverville Fire District and was their fire station until 1949.

In 1979, the local fire district, with funding from the ...

Town of Dawn

Had second post office in county, in 1889. Named by pioneers who saw here the “Dawning of a New Country.” Santa Fe Railroad Station House (a box car) was first building on site, 1905. Town was developed by W.E. Neal ...