Florida Brothers Building

Thomas J. Florida established the Florida Brothers Company in 1926, supplying farm and home loans to families along the Cotton Highway. Mr. Florida built this Art Deco-influenced structure in 1935, featuring Indiana limestone. The building subsequently became home for the ...

Perryville Tavern

[Newer, Blue Marker]:

Built in 1813. Named in honor of Admiral Perry’s Lake Erie victory. Later called Brick Tavern. In 1969 moved from Rt. 78 site to this location.

[Older, Red Marker]:

Built, 1813, Named for Perry’s Lake Erie victory. Later Brick Tavern, ...

Route of the Voyageurs

From the late 1600s to about 1820 the chain of waterways of which Minnesota's border lakes form a segment was the thoroughfare of a vast fur trading empire. As its longest, this water route stretched from Montreal to Lake Athabasca, ...

Confederate Texas Legislatures

When Texas seceded, Feb. 1, 1861, the 8th Legislature was in Austin in a called session, adjourned Feb. 9.

On March 18, the 8th came back for a second called session; the 9th and 10th Legislatures in turn were harassed with ...

General Store

Opened here in the mid-1800s in “Whitehall” --

later known as “Iron Dale” and now “Woodglen.”

Typical of its kind, and one of the few still in business.

Marker is at the intersection of Hill Road and Woodglen Road, on the left when ...

Water Carves Canyons

Flowing water is the reason you see a canyon in front of you. As the Rocky Mountains lifted, water was forced to flow to either the east or the west, creating creeks and rivers. Clear Creek has been eroding this ...

26 Bar Hereford Ranch

Once owned & often visited by film legend John Wayne, the ranch with the prominent white show barn came to fame in the 1940's as the Milky Way Hereford Ranch, owned by the Mars Candy Family.

Marker is at the intersection ...

Recreation: Past to Present

Windy Saddle Park has a long history of being a favorite place for recreation. When Lookout Mountain Road was opened in 1914, it was a destination for the first automobile tours. The Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway now passes ...

The Walney Dairy

19th Century Dairying: A Cottage Industry

Butter

Before the Civil War, the Machen women and a slave named Sally made butter for the family in this room every week. By 1880 the farm was making butter for commercial sale and men did ...

Changewater Trestle

Railroad operated between Scranton and Hampton from 1856 until 1959 when bridge was razed by Delaware, Lackawanna And Western Railroad.

Marker is at the intersection of Musconetcong River Road and Port Colden-Changewater Road, on the left when traveling south on Musconetcong ...