Century Inn

Commissioner General Moore Furman supervised bakery near here for George Washington’s troops. Later he built this stone inn in 1800. Building renovated in 2001.

Marker is on County Route 579 at milepost 27.9, on the right.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Watervliet Shaker Community

Side A:

A Shaker village called Watervliet, Ohio, was located here from 1806-1900. The Shakers, originally called the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, were followers of Mother Ann Lee who came from Manchester, England in 1774 and established ...

Elliott Toulmin Bowers

Ninth President of Sam Houston State University

Elliott Bowers entered Sam Houston State Teachers College in 1937 and completed his bachelor’s and master's degrees in Music by 1942. He earned a doctorate in Educational Administration at the University of Houston in ...

Quakertown Methodist Episcopal Church

Organized in 1835. First church was built on this site in 1840. This Queen Anne Style structure erected in 1878.

Marker is on Croton Road (County Route 579 at milepost 26), just south of Quakertown Road, on the left when traveling ...

Dillsboro

The town was laid out by Mathias Whetstone in 1830, and named for General James Dill, soldier in the War of 1812, first county recorder, a member of the Indiana 1816 Constitutional Convention, military associate and friend of Generals William ...

This Stone Marks the Site of the Fort at McDowell's Mill

Erected by John McDowell before 1754. It was used as a base of supplies and as a magazine until the erection of Fort Loudon in 1756. The military road from Pennsylvania, connecting with the Braddock Road at Turkey Foot, was ...

Fort McDowell

This important military post protected central Arizona settlements from the Tonto Apaches during the Indian wars 1865-1886. Its function as a military post ended in 1890 and it became a reservation by executive order, September 15, 1909 as home of ...

Pony Express Ferry “Carquinez”

[Front of Marker:]

Dedicated April 23, 2000

by

James Stretesky

Benicia Historical Society

Benicia (N.S.G.W.) Native Sons

Richard & Veronica Tipton

Benicia Camel Barn Museum

Exxon Mobile, Benicia Refinery

Benicia Chamber of Commerce

Benicia Volunteer Fire Department

Pony Express Trail Association

[A list of sponsors is on bottom of base]

[Back of marker:]

Captain ...

Mount Pleasant Veterans Memorial

Erected by the Grateful People of Mt. Pleasant in Honor of Those who Served and Died for their Country in World Wars I and II

Died during Time of War

Ezra Cattell •

Dalio Brandy •

Walter Dietrich •

Donald Francy • ...

Col. Murphy's Hotel

Built c. 1798 and used as a dormitory of Marshall College, the "Old Mansion House" was acquired by Col. Murphy in 1845 who managed it as a prominent hotel until 1864. It was rumored to be a station on the ...