In Defense of San Juan

At this site you can sample a few of San Juan’s historic fortifications. Features seen here date from the 1760’s through the 1960’s, the latter part of San Juan’s military history.

The concrete blocks scattered on the lawn were left ...

John Milton Bryan Simpson

May 30, 1903 - August 22, 1987

Born 1903 in Kissimmee, Florida. Graduated from University of Florida College of Law 1926. Practiced law, Jacksonville, Florida, 1926-39. Assistant State Attorney, Fourth Judicial Circuit of Florida, 1933-39. Judge, Duval County Criminal Court ...

In Memory of Captain James Cook, R.N.

In Memory of the great circumnavigator

Captain James Cook, R.N. who discovered these islands on the 18th of January, 1778, and fell near this spot on the 14th of February, 1779.

This monument was erected in November A.D. 1874 by some of ...

Richard J. Arnold

Richard James Arnold (1796-1873) acquired nearby White Hall Plantation through his marriage in 1823 to Louisa Gindrat. A Rhode Island native, Arnold invested heavily in White Hall for the cultivation of cotton and in his Cherry Hill and Mulberry tracts ...

Jonathan Young Mill

Built circa 1720 in South Orleans, later moved to the center of town. It was moved to Hyannisport in 1897. In 1983, the structure was given to the Orleans Historical Society by the Groves family. The society then donated it ...

This Memorial to Rear Admiral Daniel J. Callaghan

[Main Marker - Mounted on base of the flag pole.]

This memorial to Rear Admiral Daniel Judson Callaghan, U.S.N. and his officers and men who gave their lives for our country, while fighting on board the USS San Francisco ...

Lt. Col. John C. Fremont

Lt. Col. John C. Fremont

and his 430 American volunteers camped on this hill December 10 - 11, 1846 and took the Mission San Miguel.

Fremont's march from San Juan Bautista to San Fernando brought about the Cahuenga Capitulation January 13, 1847, ...

Defending San Juan

Castillo San Felipe del Morro, the fortress across the broad field in front of you, protected San Juan Harbor. It is part of an extensive fortification system built by Spain over a 250-year period. The major surviving parts of these ...

Jones Iron Works Park

In 1869, John P. Jones and sons moved from the fort at Johnson Springs and purchased land and springs on the east bench of the community. Jones, who was an iron worker, built a coke oven and blast furnace where ...

The Joel Clayton House

Clayton Historical Museum

Joel Clayton, who founded Clayton in 1857, had this house built circa 1860, where Mitchell Creek meets Mount Diablo Creek.

After his death in 1872 the land was sold and the house had various uses. The Clayton Historical Society ...