Jim Beckwourth Trading Post

Established 1852

Marker can be reached from Rocky Point Road.

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Redoubt Four

In 1778, Thaddeus Kosciuszko designed Redoubt 4 to protect Fort Putnam (visible in the foreground) against British fire from this hill (Rocky Hill). American soldiers built Redoubt 4 in 1779. In 1780, Benedict Arnold described it as “ . ...

James P. Beckwourth

This monument dedicated to the memory of

James P. Beckwourth

Born in Virginia, the son of a Southern planter and a negro slave, Beckwourth was a trapper, scout and mountain man. He explored the west with Jim Bridger, Kit Carson and Peter ...

Riverside Ballroom

Packers Heritage Trail

The Packers used the Riverside as indoor practice facility when there were no such luxuries. Before their final game in 1940, Coach Curly Lambeau held practice here over two days due to snow, ice and sub-freezing temperatures. The ...

Beckwourth Trail – American Ranch

This marker stands on part of the American Ranch of 1850. A way stop for emigrants of 1851 and later. “Here were obtained some fine vegetables...” Joshua Variel. Sept. 17, 1852

Marker is at the intersection of Jackson Street and Coburn ...

J.J. Webb and Sons Building

1910

J.J. Webb’s two-story brick building housed many businesses including Shirley Brothers store, Milton County Bank, Buren Weatherford Grocery and Bates Grocery. In 1934, C.P. Brady and Sons purchased the building, where they operated a Chevrolet dealership, gasoline station and garage. ...

The Clough/Braden Home

Built in 1879, this was the home of Plumas County Judge and State Assemblyman Greenleaf Greeley Clough and his family for nearly a half a century.

In 1927 it became the home of Louis Archibald “Arch” Braden, elected to nine consecutive ...

Birthplace Of The Packers

Packers Heritage Trail

The Green Bay Packers were organized on Aug. 11, 1919, in the old Green Bay Press-Gazette building that stood here at 315 Cherry Street. The meeting took place in the editorial department on the second floor.

Two days later, ...

Conanicut Battery

Conanicut Battery

A Revolutionary Fort

Built by Americans in 1776

Grounds cleared and tablet placed by the Daughters of the American Revolution of Rhode Island

Marker can be reached from Battery Lane.

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Columbus Community Club

Packers Heritage Trail

The Columbus Community Club, which opened in 1925 as a recreational and social center, played many roles in Packer history.

In the 1920s, before radio broadcasts of Packer games, large crowds gathered on Sunday afternoons when the team was ...