Cedarburg Woolen Mill

Built here in 1864-65 because of Cedar Creek’s water power, Hilgen and Wittenberg’s mill made yarns, blankets and flannels. Incorporated in 1872 as the Cedarburg Woolen Mill, it was the only extensive woolen mill in 1878. A branch mill built ...

Indian Boundary

The boundary between the State of Georgia and the Cherokee Nation established by the Treaty of Augusta, May 31, 1783, ran along here. The line ran “from the top of Currahee mountain to the head, or source, of the most ...

Genoa or “Mormon Station” of the Pony Express

Near this spot stood the

Genoa or “Mormon Station”

of the Pony Express

1860 – 1861

St. Joseph, Missouri

To Sacramento, California.

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Dedicated June 9, 1934

By Citizens of Nevada.

Under Leadership Minden Rotary Club

Marker is at the intersection of Genoa Lane and Jackson Valley Road/Main Street (Nevada ...

Duck Blinds

When the last inlet to Currituck Sound closed in 1828, the water began to change. As rain, rivers, and streams poured in to the sound, the water became less salty and tall-grass marsh and wild celery attracted large flocks of ...

Maryland Begins Here

St. Mary’s County Welcome Center. Dedicated to all citizens and visitors of St. Mary’s County, Maryland.

In 1634, a group of courageous voyagers left England and all that was familiar and set out for the New World in search of religious ...

Field Marshal Sir John Dill

C.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.

Joint Resolution

recognizing the outstanding service rendered to the United Nations by Field Marshal Sir John Dill

Whereas the Congress, having been informed of the death of Field Marshall Sir John Dill, in Washington, District of Columbia on November ...

Well House

In the summer of 1867 four wells were dug on the Fort Hays grounds. The one before you serviced the post hospital. These wells provided limited quantities of water. Periodic contamination rendered the water undrinkable.

As a result Big Creek became ...

Ebenezer Meeting House

First Methodist Episcopal Church in Beltsville, Maryland

In 1863, trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church puchased one acre of land at this location from Evan Shaw, a Plantation Owner, at a cost of ten dollars.

Ebenezer Meeting House was built ...

Coxcomb Divisional Camp

Camp Coxcomb

Camp Coxcomb was established at this site in the spring of 1942. It was one of twelve such camps built in the southwestern desert to harden and train United States troops for service on the battlefields of World War ...

Ray T. Adam's Landing Strip

When Ray T. Adams bought this estate for just $25,000 in 1940, he dreamed of opening a hunt club and selling parcels of land for real estate. He changed the name to the Whatehead Club and invited potential investors, politicians ...