Old Cornerstone / Smith's Crossroads

Scopes Trial Trail

Old Cornerstone

In 1832, the tree that marked the corner between John Abel and Robert Cosby was replaced with the stone by this plaque.

Smith's Crossroads

On Highway 30 west at the outskirts of Dayton, there is a Trail of Tears ...

Historic Roadside Park

The picnic area on US 60 in Roberts County is an early roadside park developed by the Texas Highway Department – now Texas Department of Transportation. This 1935 park accommodated motorists attending the state's centennial events in 1936. The park ...

Windsor's Crossroads

Stoneman's Raiders Pass By

(Preface):

On March 24, 1865, Union Gen. George Stoneman led 6,000 cavalrymen from Tennessee into southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina to disrupt the Confederate supply line by destroying sections of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, the North ...

The Roadside Table

Here on old U.S. 16 in Boston Township, Ionia County, the first picnic table along a highway right-of-way was placed in 1929 through the initiative of Allan Williams, county engineer. The table was built of salvage planks formerly used as ...

Gainesville's Railroads / Past Railroads of Gainesville

Gainesville's Railroads

The coming of the Florida Railroad opened up the interior of Florida for both settlement and trading and helped establish Gainesville. On February 1, 1859 the Florida Railroad entered town and connected Fernandina Beach with Cedar Key by ...

Canopy Roads

PASSING BENEATH THE LATTICED BRANCHES OF OUR CHERISHED CANOPY ROADS, THE INFORMED COMMUTER WILL FIND THE ARBORS INTERLACED WITH FLORIDA HISTORY.

SOME OF THE CANOPY ROADS WITHIN LEON COUNTY RETRACE PREHISTORIC NATIVE AMERICAN PATHWAYS, EUROPEAN EXPLORATION, PLANTATION LIFE, AND HUNTING TRAILS. ...

Gainesville's Railroads

The coming of the Florida Railroad opened up the interior of Florida for both settlement and trading and helped establish Gainesville. On February 1, 1859 the Florida Railroad entered town and connected Fernandina Beach with Cedar Key by 1861. Built ...

Gold Rush Crossroads

The community of Big Delta began during the Gold Rush era as a trading post and roadhouse serving prospectors and travelers.

Known for many years as McCarty, Big Delta was a link in the paths of travel and trade. It was ...

Gaines’s Crossroads

“The Animal Must Be Very Slim”

(Preface): After Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s stunning victory at Chancellorsville in May 1863, he led the Army of Northern Virginia west to the Shenandoah Valley, then north through central Maryland and across the Mason-Dixon ...

Roadside Enterprise

Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor

As the Lincoln Highway prospered, many towns saw the introduction of automobile dealerships onto Main Street. In 1920, A.J. McColly purchased this site, tore down two frame houses, along with a blacksmith shop, and erected this building ...