Fountain Grove Cemetery

Organized in 1865 by the two leading families of Glen Gardner - the Gardners and the Hunts.

Land donated by Dr. A. A. Hunt.

Marker is on Fountain Grove Road, on the right when traveling west.

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St. Michael’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church

Constructed in 1899, this church is a fine early example of Ukrainian ecclesiastical architecture in Canada. Its distinctive massing, plan and bulbous cupolas reflect the Byzantine-influenced architectural heritage of the homeland of the settlers in the region. The traditional free-standing ...

Warroad

The name Warroad bespeaks the Indian heritage of this town, once one of the largest Chippewa villages on Lake of the Woods. The Chippewa fought a long and fierce war against the Sioux for the lake's rice fields. Occupying the ...

Pirate Attacks

Before the construction of the Castillo, the people of St. Augustine were periodically raided by pirates. Since the town was never prosperous anyway, the loss of what little there was meant hard times and near starvation for all.

Marker can be ...

The Mauretta B. Thomas Pinedale Memorial Bridge

In recognition of her unselfish participation and example in community beautification. Serving on the town bicentennial committee, she proposed the covered bridge and the planting of pine trees along the lane north to the highway as being worth while community ...

Culpeper Court House

1863–64 Winter Encampment

During the winter of 1863-64, Federal officers quartered in many of Culpeper’s homes. The surrounding landscape was dotted with tents and huts for ten square miles as nearly 100,000 soldiers encamped. Gen. U.S. Grant, commander of all Federal ...

Ramp

Rampa

This stairway, probably constructed between 1752 and 1756, replaced a smooth incline used to haul guns to the top of the fort.

Marker can be reached from South Castillo Drive (State Highway A1A), on the right when traveling north.

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Old St. Raymond’s Church

1860

The Oldest Extant Catholic Church Building

In Alameda and Contra Costa Counties

This land was donated as a Catholic site by Michael

Murray and Jeremiah Fallon, who was one of the

rescuers of the ill fated Donner Party in the Sierra.

Tom Donlan was killed ...

"show low and you win the ranch".

In 1876, Corydon E. Cooley and Marion Clark, two ranchers who had both laid claim to, and eventually became partners in managing 100,000 acres of land at the northwest edge of the White Mountains determined that the land could not ...

Captain Mose Rogers

Commander S. S. Savannah

Captain Mose

Rogers

Died Nov. 11, 1821

Commander S.S.

Savannah

First Steam Ship To

Cross the Atlantic

Crossed in 1819

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Church Street and Front Street.

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