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 ...

Mrs. Addie Cowley Bradley

In honor of

Mrs. Addie Cowley Bradley

who was the first white girl born

in Eldorado Township;

the first in Butler County;

the first in the Fifth District of Kansas.

Born May 4, 1858. Died Feb. 27, 1932.

Boulder furnished by

W.H.L. Wallace

Womens Relief Corps. No. 7.

ElDorado Kansas

Courtesy ...

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, ...

Cameron Building Site

In1852 the Cameron Bros. built a 2 story building. Madam La Batcheler purchased it in 1853 and operated the Golden Gate Saloon. Later known as the Polka Saloon, by 1855, the town lodges of ECV, Masons and Son of Temperance ...

John Brown House

The home of John Brown Reflecting the wealth and position gained from his lucrative career as a slave trader, privateer, China trade merchant and Patriot.

Marker is on Powers Street, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Susan B. Anthony Voted Here

At a shop on this site on November 5, 1872, Susan B. Anthony and 14 women from this neighborhood voted in the presidential election.

Two weeks later, Miss Anthony was arrested in her home on Madison Street for this illegal ...

Blackwell School

Education for local children of Mexican descent dates from 1889, when the former Methodist church became a schoolhouse. The school, named for longtime principal Jesse Blackwell, served hundreds of Hispanic children up to ninth grade. Students were told to speak ...

Umbarger

In 1895, Civil War Veteran and farmer S.G. Umbarger established a wagon yard and sheds for travelers passing through this area. The area became known as Umbarger when the Pecos Valley Railroad, built in 1898, named a rail switch after ...

Brady's Bluff

Brady's Bluff was designated a State Natural Area in 1952 to preserve the high quality ecological systems found here. This uncultivated 65 acre remnant is characterized by steep, dry prairies, exposed cliffs, and oak woodland. The bluff, a favorite hiking ...